MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Christopher Guest
Genres: Comedy
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Mockumentary mastermind Christopher_Guest turns his satirical eye away from dog shows, small-town theater, and folk music to offer a hilarious take on Hollywood award season in this comedy focusing on trio of actors whose lives are turned upside down when they discover that their performances in an independent film are generating a sizable buzz in the entertainment industry. Jay Berman (Guest) is in the process of directing his first feature film -- an intimate family drama set in the 1940s and detailing the tempestuous reunion of an estranged Jewish family that is reluctantly drawn together to celebrate Purim at the behest of their dying matriarch. The cast soon comes down with an infectious case of award fever when rumors on the Internet claim that "Purim" stars Marilyn Hack (Catherine_O'_Hara), Victor Allan Miller (Harry_Shearer), and Callie Webb (Parker_Posey) may be delivering Oscar-caliber performances. When "Hollywood Now" co-anchors Chuck Porter (Fred_Willard) and Cindy Martin (Jane_Lynch) perpetuate the buzz on national television, the entire film crew starts to see stars in their eyes. Subsequently convinced that they have a sleeper hit on their hands, unit publicist Corey Taft (John_Michael_Higgins), talent agent Morley Orfkin (Eugene_Levy), and producer Whitney Taylor Brown (Jennifer_Coolidge) immediately cave to requests from Sunfish Classics president Martin Gibb (Ricky_Gervais) to alter the film so that it may appeal to a larger audience. Now, while "Purim" screenwriters Lane Iverson (Michael McKean) and Philip Koontz (Bob_Balaban) are forced to watch helplessly as their original screenplay is plundered in order to cash in on the positive buzz, awards season draws near and the production takes a most unexpected turn. Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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