Short Cut to Hollywood (2009)
Johannes Friederich Selinger is in his mid-30s and has nothing to show for his life apart from failure. Only the dream of becoming famous keeps him on track. He is now prepared to take drastic measures to achieve this. Together with two friends, he sets off for the USA, where he wants to make a movie like no other before, starring himself and his new identity John Frederik Salinger: he wants to sacrifice one body part after another in front of the camera in order to win the admiration of the masses.
- Date of release
- 2009-09-24
- TMDB
- 2.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Marcus Mittermeier, Jan Henrik Stahlberg
Casting
- Jan Henrik Stahlberg — John F. Salinger / Johannes Selinger
- Marcus Mittermeier — Matt Welby / Mattias Welbinger
- Christoph Kottenkamp — Chrismon / Christian Hannawald
- Marta McGonagle — Shannon
- Allison Findlater-Galinsky — Paula Martini
- Aslı Bayram — Roseanne May
- Iris Karina — J.F. Salingers Mutter
- John Auer — Reporter
- Charles Arthur Berg — Jason
- Jewel Blackfeather — Fan
- Dominic Boeer — Sat2-Moderator
- Nadine Bosurgi — Susan
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