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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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Aug 13, 1999 · Reviews. Bowfinger. 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.
Bowfinger is a 1999 American satirical buddy comedy film directed by Frank Oz. The film depicts a down-and-out filmmaker in Hollywood attempting to make a film on a small budget with a star who does not know that he is in the movie.
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
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.
- (75K)
- Comedy
- Frank Oz
- 1999-08-13
"Bowfinger" is a movie about movies, with all the potential for in-jokery and self-indulgence that brings, but for the most part dispenses with the clever-clever, isn't-Hollywood-shallow stuff to deliver laughs.
Bowfinger Reviews. The film relies heavily on the chemistry Murphy and Martin have together, and the former’s uncanny ability to disappear into multiple roles blended well with the Hollywood ...
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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.
