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Matinee is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joe Dante released in USA on 29 january 1993 with John Goodman
Matinee (1993)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 29 january 1993
Length 1h39
Directed by Joe Dante
OriginUSA
Themes Political films
Rating68%
Matinee is a 1993 period comedy film directed by Joe Dante. It is a ensemble piece about a William Castle-type independent filmmaker, with the home front in the Cuban Missile Crisis as a backdrop. The film stars John Goodman, with Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Lisa Jakub, Robert Picardo, and Kellie Martin. A then-unknown Naomi Watts has a small role as a character in a film within the film. The film was written by Jerico Stone and Charlie Haas, the latter portraying Mr. Elroy, a schoolteacher.
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In Key West, Florida in 1962, boys Gene Loomis (Fenton) and his brother Dennis (Lee) live on a military base (N.A.S. Key West); their father is away on a nearby submarine. After hearing the announcement of an exclusive engagement of Lawrence Woolsey's (Goodman) new sensational horror film Mant! ("Half man! Half ant!" "in Atomo-Vision and Rumble-Rama!"), including Woolsey's appearance in-person, they arrive home to President Kennedy's television interruption, stating the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba. Woolsey finds this atmosphere of fear to be the perfect environment in which to open his atomic-radiation-themed film.Actors
John Goodman
(Lawrence Woolsey)
Cathy Moriarty
(Ruth Corday / Carole)
Omri Katz
(Stan)
Kellie Martin
(Sherry)
Lisa Jakub
(Sandra)
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