Matinee
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). It tells the story about a William Castle-type independent filmmaker promoting the premiere of his latest movie during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Despite critical acclaim, the film was a box office failure.
Plot
In October 1962, in Key West, Florida, Gene Loomis and his younger brother Dennis live on a military base with their mother Anne while their father is away on a United States Navy ship. At a local movie theater one afternoon, Gene and Dennis see a promo for an exclusive engagement of producer Lawrence Woolsey's sensational new horror film entitled Mant!
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| author | Charles S. Haas |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Florida |
| director | Joe Dante |
| editor | Marshall Harvey |
| events | Cold War |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | acute radiation syndrome air raid ant arrest atomic bomb cuban missile crisis duck and cover fallout shelter famous monsters of filmland first amendment first amendment to the united states constitution first date first kiss horror film john f. kennedy juvenile delinquent key west kiss locked in military base movie theater mushroom cloud mutate president kennedy read return home soviet missiles in cuba speech subwoofer switchblade trap |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith |
| producer | Michael Finnell |
| productionCompany | Renfield Productions |
| publisher | Gaylord Films Universal Pictures |
| theme | filmmaking independent shapeshifting |