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      The Assistants

      Released Dec 3, 2010 1h 40m Comedy List
      Reviews 48% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Five film-school graduates use their positions as assistants to Hollywood power-players to lie, cheat and blackmail their way into producing their own movie. Read More Read Less

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      dave j Tuesday, May 20, 2014 (2009) The Assistants COMEDY/ DRAMA "The Assistants" as this film is called refers to a group of 'wannabe film students" who are trying to get their first big break into the film world. Written and directed by Steve Morris, the movie plays in such a pretentious fashion that who knew that it was a supposed to be a comedy. To make a long story short, Gary Greene (Joe Mantegna) is a hot shot producer, who's ordering his assistant, Jack Ryder (Chris Conner) to go through a box of worthless scripts. And although, he's trying to get out of it by making the dreaded 'pick up my father excuse', his job then gets put on the line if he doesn't comply. He does, but instead of him going through them, he dumps this kind of responsibility onto his 'wannabe film assistants', and they in turn devised a plan to concoct a brief synopsis in order for him to find, that is completely made-up, calling it "Journey's End". And then by chance, hot shot producer Gary Greene green lights it, putting Jack and company into a complicated situation. Stacy Keach and Jane Seymour also stars. Because I've read so much about the film industry as well as see so many documentaries about it, this film doesn't offer me anything I don't know myself, and if it's supposed to be a comedy then it's also failed on that aspect as well since I haven't laughed at a single moment. And the songs chosen for this film is amongst the worst as I've ever heard it. 1 star out of 4 stars Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Color me pleasantly surprised by this little independent movie about a group of friends searching for success in Hollywood, while desperately trying to avoid the price of selling out (or selling their souls) that so many other people have paid in order to achieve their dreams in the biz. The group (each interested in a different aspect of movie production, including writing, directing, editing, producing, acting, and behind the scenes work), hatch a hair-brained scheme to get a movie in production by using their positions as assistant to various powerful people to manipulate things in their favor. The movie ranges from light comedy to some fairly heavy stuff. People with inside knowledge of how Hollywood often works will probably appreciate this more than others. The Assistants also doesn't look that cheap, which automatically gives it an advantage over a lot of the bare-bones indies that are being made today. I liked it. It's no masterpiece, but it exceeded my expectations by being a pretty interesting small budget flick. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times This movie about wanting to make a movie doesn't make for much of a movie. Rated: 2/5 Dec 2, 2010 Full Review Dennis Harvey Variety There's no novelty or flair here to even briefly transcend overall predictability. Nov 29, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Five film-school graduates use their positions as assistants to Hollywood power-players to lie, cheat and blackmail their way into producing their own movie.
      Director
      Steve Morris
      Screenwriter
      Steve Morris
      Distributor
      Team Effort Films
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 3, 2010, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 11, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 40m
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