Underplayed Gems

See This Movie (2004)

See This Movie poster
Directed by
David M. Rosenthal
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two clueless filmmakers trick their way into a prestigious film festival, claiming to have a movie that actually does not exist. The story follows their escalating deceptions as they try to pull off the con.

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What happens

See This Movie is a 2004 comedy film written by David M. Rosenthal and Joseph Matthew Smith, and directed by Rosenthal. The film stars Seth Meyers and John Cho, and also features Jessica Paré, Jim Piddock, and Jessalyn Gilsig, with cameo appearances by Patton Oswalt, Miguel Arteta, and the film's executive producers Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz. The plot revolves around two inept filmmakers who con their way into the Montreal World Film Festival with a movie that does not exist. The entire film was shot in only thirteen days, in Los Angeles and in Montreal during and with the cooperation of the actual 2003 Montreal World Film Festival. Festival organizers gave the filmmakers access to all festival events and locations, and even programmed a screening for the film-within-a-film during which festival-goers screened an assembly cut of the film, and got to "play" the audience in the screening scene as it was being shot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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