Matinee (1993)

Directed by

Joe Dante

Genre

comedy film, horror film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 331 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1962 Florida, a showman filmmaker promotes his new horror movie during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A teenage boy and his friends deal with school, family, and the bomb scare while trying to see the premiere.

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What happens

Matinee is a 1993 American comedy film directed by Joe Dante, written by Jerico Stone and Charles S. Haas, and starring John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Kellie Martin, and Lisa Jakub with supporting roles done by Robert Picardo and Jesse White (in his final theatrical film role). Goodman plays a William Castle-type independent filmmaker promoting the premiere of his latest movie during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Despite acclaim, the film was a box office failure. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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