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- Bowfinger is a terrifically witty movie that skewers all the right targets. It's self-referential and geared toward movie buffs, but it's not so insular that you need an in-depth knowledge of the industry to get the jokes.
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On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie.
- (113)
- Frank Oz
- PG-13
- Steve Martin
Aug 13, 1999 · Bobby Bowfinger, a nearly bankrupt aspiring movie producer-director, is about to take one last shot at fame and fortune. Desperate to hit the big time, the hapless dreamer recruits a motley crew of aspiring misfits, including an eager nerd, an ambitious ingenue and an overthe-hill diva.
- (33)
- Frank Oz
- TV-14
- Steve Martin
Aug 13, 1999 · Comedy. 97 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 1999. Roger Ebert. August 13, 1999. 4 min read. It is a plan of audacity and madness: Bowfinger, a low-rent movie producer, will make a film with a top Hollywood action star, and the star won't even know he's making the picture.
Looking back at it, the meta commentary on Hollywood life is absolutely gold, down from the exaggeration of film production thru the shenanigans Bowinger productions gets into, all the way to Eddie Murphy as the neurotic, bordering crazy movie star.
Stage actor turned Grade Z amateur filmmaker:Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) is Hollywood's least successful director. When Bowfinger decides to make an ultra low-budget film with the hottest action star:Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy).
Bowfinger: Directed by Frank Oz. With Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski. When a desperate movie producer fails to get a major star for his bargain-basement film, he decides to shoot the film secretly around him.
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We just watched Bowfinger (1999) last night and it was fantastic. Steve Martin as Bobby Bowfinger, a washed up movie director who never got his big break. Eddie Murphy as Kit Ramsey, a black action movie mega-star with paranoid delusions. Eddie Murphy also as a brace-faced nerdy loser that happens to look remarkably like Kit Ramsey.
