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Cannes Man (1996)

Cannes Man poster
Directed by
Richard Martini
Genre
comedy film
Country
France, United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
R
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A businessman bets he can take an unknown guy to the Cannes Film Festival and make him a star. The film follows their adventures with many celebrities appearing as themselves or in cameo roles.

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What happens

Cannes Man is a 1996 independent comedy film directed by Richard Martini, and Susan Hillary Shapiro (scenes in Cannes). The film stars Seymour Cassel and Francesco Quinn. The film also features more than 15 famous Hollywood actors (mostly cameo) including Johnny Depp, Jon Cryer, Benicio del Toro, John Malkovich, Dennis Hopper, Kevin Pollak, Jim Jarmusch and Chris Penn. The film was released as Direct-to-DVD in many countries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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