Underplayed Gems

In the Soup (1992)

In the Soup poster
Directed by
Alexandre Rockwell
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 94 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A struggling screenwriter with an overlong script meets an eccentric producer who offers to fund his movie. The producer's shady and chaotic style pulls the writer into strange situations.

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What happens

In the Soup is a 1992 independent comedy directed by Alexandre Rockwell, and written by Rockwell and Sollace Mitchell (credited as Tim Kissell). It stars Steve Buscemi as Aldolfo Rollo, a self-conscious screenwriter who has written an unfilmable 500-page screenplay and who is looking for a producer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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