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| Director: | Abel Ferrara | 
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| Writer: | Nicholas St. John | 
| Staring: | 
| A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 13, 1993 | 
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| Director: | Abel Ferrara | 
| Writer: | Nicholas St. John | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
| Keywords | film in film, drugs, divorce, filmmaking, life imitates art, film director, psychological games, actress-director relationship | 
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Maverick Picture Company, Cecchi Gori Europa N.V., Eye Productions, Pentamerica | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $1,261,210 Budget: $10,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Harvey Keitel | Eddie Israel | 
| Madonna | Sarah Jennings | 
| James Russo | Francis Burns | 
| Nancy Ferrara | Madlyn | 
| Reilly Murphy | Tommy | 
| Victor Argo | Director of Photography | 
| Leonard L. Thomas | Prop Guy | 
| Christina Fulton | Blonde | 
| Heather Bracken | Stewardess | 
| Glenn Plummer | Burns' Buddy | 
| Niki Munroe | Girl in Trailer | 
| Lori Eastside | Party Guest | 
| John Snyder | Party Guest | 
| Adina Winston | Party Guest | 
| Dylan Hundley | Party Guest | 
| Juliette Hohnen | Bar Patron | 
| Julie Pop | Morton's Waitress | 
| Lili Barsha | Flight Attendant | 
| Robyn B. Ashley | Flight Attendant | 
| Anthony Redman | Swinger | 
| Noga Isackson | 1st AD | 
| Randy Sabusawa | Producer | 
| Melinda Eshelman | Wardrobe | 
| Jesse Long | Script Supervisor | 
| Linda Murphy | Boom Operator | 
| Marta Bukowski | Video Tap Monitor | 
| Bill Pope | Camera Operator | 
| Martin Schaer | Camera Operator | 
| James Fitzgerald | 1st Assistant Camera | 
| Hiram Ortiz | Hair | 
| Howell Caldwell | 2nd Assistant Director | 
| Phil Neilson | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Richard Belzer | Cameo | 
| Annie McEnroe | Cameo | 
| Sam Pressman | Cameo | 
| Steve Albert | Boxing Announcer | 
| Werner Herzog | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 
| Bonnie Brennan | Waitress (uncredited) | 
| Ken Kelsch | Camera Operator (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Nicholas St. John | Writer | 
| Nathan Crowley | Art Direction | 
| Marlene Stewart | Costume Design | 
| Phil Neilson | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Joe Delia | Original Music Composer | 
| Ken Kelsch | Director of Photography | 
| Anthony Redman | Editor | 
| Alex Tavoularis | Production Design | 
| Greg Sheldon | Sound Designer | 
| Mel Zelniker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Mike Malone | Set Dresser | 
| Randy Sabusawa | Casting | 
| Joe Cuervo | Makeup Artist | 
| Raqueli Dahan | Makeup Artist | 
| Pilar DeMann | Makeup Trainee | 
| Hiram Ortiz | Hairdresser | 
| Nancy Tong | Hairstylist | 
| Howell Caldwell | Second Assistant Director | 
| Terry Miller | First Assistant Director | 
| Chris Marazzo | Second Second Assistant Director | 
| Michael Barosky | Sound Mixer | 
| Jessica Caggiano | Sound | 
| Kenna Doeringer | Apprentice Sound Editor | 
| Jay Dranch | ADR Editor | 
| Tom Foligno | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Raymond Karpicki | Dialogue Editor | 
| Bruce Kitzmeyer | ADR Editor | 
| Michael Shore | Dialogue Editor | 
| Stuart Levy | Sound Effects Editor | 
| Abel Ferrara | Director | 
| James Fitzgerald | First Assistant "B" Camera | 
| Linda Murphy | Boom Operator | 
| Melinda Eshelman | Assistant Costume Designer | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Mary Kane | Producer | 
| Freddy De Mann | Executive Producer | 
| Ron Rotholz | Executive Producer | 
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