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Seduced and Abandoned

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Filmmaker James Toback and actor Alec Baldwin travel to the Cannes Film Festival to secure financing for a movie.
Seduced and Abandoned

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Critics Consensus

Although Seduced and Abandoned highlights the frustrating side of the movie business, Alec Baldwin and James Toback's comedic chemistry ensures that its darker moments are leavened with a lighter touch.

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Deborah Ross The Spectator 09/05/2018
The film is funny, and sad, and insightful if you've no idea what a movie deal looks like, which I hadn't. Go to Full Review
David Stratton The Australian 05/12/2014
4/5
Seduced and Abandoned is, if nothing else, a film buff's delight. Go to Full Review
Philippa Hawker The Age (Australia) 05/12/2014
3/5
Their [Toback and Baldwin] film about the idea of the film is entertaining and diverting, even if there is also something slightly melancholy about this artificial pursuit of a cinematic phantasm. Go to Full Review
Daniel Green CineVue 03/06/2019
2/5
Hugely self-indulgent and at times just plainly ridiculous, the most eye-opening aspect of Seduced and Abandoned is the very level of talent wrangled into contributing. Go to Full Review
Camilla Long Sunday Times (UK) 03/06/2018
4/5
Seduced and Abandoned isn't a deeply intellectual film, but it is a wry and dry road trip that's worth a watch, at least for the pleasure of Baldwin playing the role he was born to play, Alec Baldwin. Go to Full Review
Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) 05/13/2014
3/5
The film is at its very best when Baldwin informally cross-examines respected names such as Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski, Bernardo Bertolucci, James Caan and Jessica Chastain. Go to Full Review
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Ari . 04/17/2023 Not quite as patently absurd as Kurt Metzger led me to believe. See more 10/02/2016 I'm not impressed by all these bigshots patting themselves on the back about how intelligent, artistic, or rich they are. Shows the cynical business aspect of moviemaking and how most movies are rendered into predictable garbage because of business decisions. See more 07/25/2016 This is a really interesting and entertaining movie about the business of film. Director James Toback and Alec Baldwin go to Cannes to pitch a movie they want to make. It is an enlightening look at how movies get financed for those who don't know, I saw this world and recognize it. It's all about stars and numbers, the script isn't important. They land some great interviews including Ryan Gosling, Jessica Chastain, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. This is a must for film buffs! See more 01/23/2016 Interesante documental sobre el problema de recoger fondos para hacer una película. Tiene buenas entrevistas con Polansky, Coppola, Scorsesse, etc y da una buena visión del Festival de Cannes pero se queda corta y resulta muy superficial. Es divertida por las acotaciones de Toback pero el lastre de Baldwin no lo deja despegar. See more 07/05/2015 Alec Baldwin and James Toback hit Cannes and give us a back-stage look at how films actually get financed. Toback is a bit sleazy in this, but Baldwin's interviews with directors and actors really shine. See more 04/15/2015 A rare glimpse behind the curtain of the seemingly confidential world of the big money men driving the international film market. The balance of propaganda and art most famously studied in Battleship Potemkin is still and well alive. Alec Baldwin and other filmmakers shine with character while also the weight of their money and fame channelling reveal some fundamentals of human behavior. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker James Toback and actor Alec Baldwin travel to the Cannes Film Festival to secure financing for a movie.
Director
James Toback
Producer
Alec Baldwin, Michael Mailer, James Toback
Screenwriter
James Toback
Production Co
Michael Mailer, HBO Documentary Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 28, 2014
Runtime
1h 35m