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Search and Destroy (1995)
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Search and Destroy (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A satire about desperate hustling, pop philosophy and big money.
Style: humorous, independent film, light, captivating, offbeat, realistic, witty, semi serious
Plot: filmmaking, dark humor, showbiz, american dream, satire, rivalry, danger, husband wife relationship, film producer, destiny, guru, artists and showbiz, media satire, business, airplane, debt, nude model, female full frontal nudity, song, breasts, jumping into water, cable, nipples, shot in the back, street ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa

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Mistress (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the ...
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Plot: filmmaking, mistress, screenwriter, hollywood, showbiz, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire, media satire ...
Time: year 1992, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa's continued, humorous, struggles as an actress, as well as the conflict that arises when ...
Style: cynical, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
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Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
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The Blue Tooth Virgin (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two writers must face a dilemma that is common to anyone who has ever had an artistic friend: what happens when you have to give feedback, and the news isn't good? Sam, an aspiring screenwriter, and David, a successful magazine editor, have ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: ego clash, friendship, best friend, rivalry, filmmaking, showbiz, performer's life, criticism, screenwriter, magazine editor, friends, unsupportive friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Last Producer (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An old-time mogul struggles to reenter the club where power and money make the rules.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, independent film
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, one last chance, showbiz, dishonesty, aging, betrayal, artists and showbiz, film industry, movie studio, gambling, heist ...
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Place: usa, los angeles, california
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Jake Squared (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
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Style: witty, humorous, satirical, sad, semi serious ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Late Shift (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Duration: 56 min.
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Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, feel good ...
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Country: USA
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