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29 January 1993 (USA)
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Lawrence Woolsey presents the end of civilization as we know it. Make that... Proudly Presents!
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A small-time film promoter releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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(4 articles)
A Career-Spanning Conversation with Joe Dante
(From Fangoria. 11 October 2009, 4:32 PM, PDT)
Exclusive: Down in The Hole - An Interview with Joe Dante
(From Fangoria. 21 September 2009, 11:14 PM, PDT)
(From Fangoria. 11 October 2009, 4:32 PM, PDT)
Exclusive: Down in The Hole - An Interview with Joe Dante
(From Fangoria. 21 September 2009, 11:14 PM, PDT)
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More Woolsey & '50s Horror Schlock Would Have Made This A Big Winner
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Goodman | ... | Lawrence Woolsey |
 | Cathy Moriarty | ... | Ruth Corday / Carole |
| Simon Fenton | ... | Gene Loomis |
| Omri Katz | ... | Stan |
| Lisa Jakub | ... | Sandra |
 | Kellie Martin | ... | Sherry |
 | Jesse Lee Soffer | ... | Dennis Loomis (as Jesse Lee) |
| Lucinda Jenney | ... | Anne Loomis |
 | James Villemaire | ... | Harvey Starkweather |
 | Robert Picardo | ... | Howard, the Theater Manager |
| Jesse White | ... | Mr. Spector |
| Dick Miller | ... | Herb Denning |
 | John Sayles | ... | Bob |
 | David Clennon | ... | Jack |
 | Lucy Butler | ... | Rhonda |
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Rated PG for language, and for mild violence and sensuality.
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99 min
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Dick Miller plays one of the two "protestors" who are trying to stir up interest in "MANT", the movie-within-a-movie. During the screening of "Mant", Miller can also be spotted in one of the crowd scenes with General Ankrum. He's wearing a helmet and holding up the giant bag of sugar.
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Anachronisms: Although the story takes place in late October 1962, the recreations and references are from the 1950s.
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Gene Loomis:
Y'know, it's hard to believe you're a grown-up.
Ruth Corday: No kidding.
Lawrence Woolsey: You think grown-ups have it all figured out? That's just a hustle, kid. Grown-ups are making it up as they go along, just like you. You remember that, and you'll do fine.
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Ruth Corday: No kidding.
Lawrence Woolsey: You think grown-ups have it all figured out? That's just a hustle, kid. Grown-ups are making it up as they go along, just like you. You remember that, and you'll do fine.
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Referenced in The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight
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I would have liked this movie if they had stuck to the main story instead of getting bogged down in some stupid young teen romance story.
John Goodman was interesting as a Grade B movie director of the early '60s, a kind of William Castle/Roger Corman/Ed Wood of his day. Goodman is good at playing a loud, obnoxious guy. He looks the part with his big stogie hanging out of his mouth and his clever ways of getting kids to come to the theater. He winds up in Key West, Fla., trying to promote his latest celluloid bomb.
With the aid of the real-life Cuban Missile Crisis happening just 90 miles away, and some teenage kid in the area, "Lawrence Woosley" (Goodman) attempts to get some good PR and put those bodies into the movie seats.
With that premise, I was settling in for a very enjoyable film - and I did enjoy quite a bit of it, but overall it got a little stupid and the story totally breaks down in the second half of the film. How many times have you seen that?
For instance, the teen violence at the movie theater was absurd, as was the supermarket-panic scene. In fact, most of the scenes with the teens are either poorly done or of poor taste and take away from the fun monster/sci-fi movie- story aspect that was there in the first half.
The movie-in-a-movie, "MANT," was a real hoot to see. I love some of those old '50s monsters-horror films. For giving them such a good plug in this film, it pains to me to say negative things about "Matinee." I loved the premise; it just should have been better, especially the ending.