Claire Makes It Big (1999)
Claire Makes It Big, Jeremy Workman's award- winning short comedy, follows the travails of a talented overweight actress and her difficulties landing a decent movie role. A sharply written and briskly directed satire of the acting and filmmaking professions that then turns into a hilarious wish-fulfillment fantasy, it also features a lovely lead performance by Mara Hobel (whom Joan Crawford-heads may recognize as the child Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest) and funny supporting turns from more recognizable folks like Clancy Brown, Paige Turco and Peter Bogdanovich, along with a voice cameo from the late Don LaFontaine.
- Date of release
- 1999-04-27
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 30m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Jeremy Workman
Casting
- Mara Hobel — Claire Beaumont
- Clancy Brown — Frank
- Stuart Fratkin — Harry the Agent
- Paige Turco — Brownyn
- James DiSalvatore — Headshot Photographer
- Michelle Lieberman — Audition Receptionist
- Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt — Ross
- Charles Mandracchia — Jeff Wesker
- Wali Collins — Chris Marker
- Amy Sohn — Chris' Assistant
- Michael Emil — Ingve Pizler
- Gary Dennis — Video Stork Clerk
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