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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0881524303019
Format: NTSC
Label: Mantic Eye
Languages: EnglishUnknown
Manufacturer: Mantic Eye
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Mantic Eye
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 30, 2008
Running Time: 105 minutes
Studio: Mantic Eye
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Product Description:
This controversial documentary follows five roommates trying to make it in Hollywood who face the unexpected consequences of fame. When Tony Zierra, an aspiring filmmaker with no money, stars or crew, resorts to filming the lives of his four struggling actor roommates, he never imagined the incredible twists of fate he would end up capturing on camera. Things take an amazing turn when three of the actors, Brad Rowe (Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, Shelter), Chad Lindberg (October Sky, The Fast And The Furious) and Wes Bentley (American Beauty, Ghost Rider) defy astronomical odds and quickly hit it big. Meanwhile, the fourth actor, Greg Fawcett, is nearly driven insane watching the others get famous. It doesn't take long for the unsettling reality of stardom to set in. Lindberg's hope of becoming a leading man is crushed when he s repeatedly told he doesn t have the right look; Rowe ends up typecast as a pretty boy and can't break past his uncanny resemblance to Brad Pitt; while Bentley, who has the most explosive career launch in decades, uneasily retreats from his sudden, overwhelming fame. As the actors struggle with life in the public eye, Zierra deals with constant obstacles while he tries to complete his film - including being scrutinized and blocked by the actors' nervous agents. While popular shows like Entourage offer a fun, fictionalized view into the workings of the film industry, My Big Break shows the good times along with the darker side of becoming a celebrity. The documentary is a rare, raw look at life in Hollywood that reveals what can happen if your dreams unexpectedly come true.
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I won't go into any specific details about the plot but I do have to say this is the MUST SEE movie of the year, hell of many years. If you want a reason (or many) to watch it, read on.
I am a movie lover, (to the tune of owning over a thousand DVD's of every variety and genre) and so many movies these days are afraid to be as honest as this one. I am more than happy to grant a glowing recommendation to a movie that I really enjoyed (and thought was a truly powerful movie).
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I can't believe the makers of this movie haven't promoted it as being Entourage in real life--except if Turtle and Eric are successful actors, too. In My Big Break, you follow the (real-life) careers of four young aspiring actors who live together in a messy house in LA. Three of them make it fairly big--and one of them, unbelievably big (Wes Bentley, who did the amazing job as the troubled kid in American Beauty). Then things start to fall apart, and Wes's career (among others) starts to crumble. ... Read More
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"My Big Break" is an astonishing achievement in documentary filmmaking. In telling the true story of the struggles of four actors and one filmmaker trying to make it in Hollywood one might say this is the most raw, honest, and enduring tale of tinsel town since the mythic and fictional "Sunset Blvd."
It not only chronicles the rise of three young actors to sudden breathtaking fame but also the flatline of the fourths attempts at a career. And of course what the film is ultimately presenting ... Read More
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The considerations that I will intend to do about the movie are very personal ones, once all that each person who watch My Big Break has is the footage and the edition it was provided by the director Tony Zierra - marvelously through an extensive work from more than 200 hours - in selecting what it better would tell the story. As it is impossible to access directly `the thing', all we can do is having perspectives on it and on the actors' ones.
The story, told somehow in a Greg Fawcett's ... Read More
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I had the great honor of being among the first people to see this movie at the first screening in Orlando and was blown away. Tony Zierra shows a unique view of Hollywood and the rise and fall of aspiring actors. This roller coaster of a film almost never saw the light of day due to pressure from Hollywood to keep it from being released. Congratulations to Mr. Zierra for continuing to press ahead and finally making this film available to us the viewers. Follow the lives of these four actors and one director... ... Read More
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