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Burning Down the House

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Burning Down the House (2001)

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Synopsis: Jake Seiling (John Savage) could be the next Steven Spielberg, but right now he's a nobody. His vision may never reach the big screen either due to his lack of funds and the punch he landed on a major Hollywood executive's jaw. This conundrum needs a problem solver like Arnie Green (James... Jake Seiling (John Savage) could be the next Steven Spielberg, but right now he's a nobody. His vision may never reach the big screen either due to his lack of funds and the punch he landed on a major Hollywood executive's jaw. This conundrum needs a problem solver like Arnie Green (James Wilder). Green is a Roger Corman type who has made films under the worst conditions and raised money in a variety of ways. Together, Arnie and Jake cook up a plan to burn the would-be director's house down in order to compile the scratch necessary to make this film. A fading movie actress and ex-lover of Jake's, Brenda Goodman (Joanne Baron), photographs the arson and weasels her way into the scheme as well in this darkly comedic send-up of Hollywood. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: John Savage, James Wilder, Joanne Baron, David Keith, William Atherton

Director: Philippe Mora

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Apr 29, 2003

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  • Jake Seiling (Savage) has a vision he wants to bring to the big screen. The problem is he doesn't have the money to pull it off. Despite being Hollywood's erstwhile wunderkind director, his claim to fame is a drunken punch he landed squarely on the nose of the biggest studio exec in town. Enter Arnie Green (Wilder), a notorious B-Movie con man/producer with a veneer of what today might pass as charm. Together they concoct a plan- to burn down Jake's house and collect the insurance money for financing the film. Only Jake's ex, fallen movie star Brenda Goodman (Baron), catches the whole scam on Polaroid. Now they really have problems unless they include her in the movie, bribe the insurance investigator who is, what else, an actor and whoever else wants a piece of the action. Burning Down the House; an unflinching, out-of-control black comedy in the flavor of The Player and Mistress.
  • Source: Vanguard International Cinema
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    you might check it if for no other reason than to watch the buxom Baron incessantly fondle herself.

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