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Matinee is a 1993 American comedy film directed by Joe Dante. It is about a William Castle-type independent filmmaker, with the American home front during the Cuban Missile Crisis as a backdrop.
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Jan 29, 1993 · A filmmaker (John Goodman) stages a premiere of his giant ant movie in Key West during the Cuban missile crisis. A young fan (Simon Fenton) and his crush (Kellie Martin) get caught up in the showmanship and the chaos of the era.
The teenage son of a navy sailor newly stationed in Key West gets some excitement with his friends when a small-time film producer comes to town to premiere a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Comedy set in Key West, Florida, about a group of teenagers who frequent a Saturday movie matinee during the time of the Cuban missile crisis.
- Joe Dante
- Kurt Smildsin
Set in the Florida Keys at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, movie mogul Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman), a cross between the gimmicky William Castle and exploitation master Samuel Z. Arkoff...
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- Comedy
- PG
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A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie. Cast. John Goodman. Lawrence Woolsey. Cathy Moriarty. Ruth Corday / Carole. Simon Fenton.
- 99 min
