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The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:28
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: Though not objective by any means, The Kid Stays in the Picture is irresistibly entertaining.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language and some brief violent and sexual images
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release:Jul 26, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $1,332,561
Synopsis: The Kid Stays in the Picture traces the meteoric rise, fall, and rise again of legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans. Adapted from Mr. Evans's tell-all autobiography, the movie takes the... The Kid Stays in the Picture traces the meteoric rise, fall, and rise again of legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans. Adapted from Mr. Evans's tell-all autobiography, the movie takes the audience on an intimate journey into the mind of this Hollywood legend. Robert Evans lived the life that many only dream of. His film career started in 1956, at the oddest of places: poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel. His good looks, charm, and overwhelming confidence captured the eye of screen legend Norma Shearer. She offered him a role in the picture "Man of a Thousand Faces." After a glamorous, but short-lived, career as a movie star, Evans decided to try his hand at producing. Miraculously, at the age of 34, with no producing credits to his name, he landed a job as chief of production at Paramount Pictures. Evans ran the studio from 1966-1974. During his tenure, Evans was responsible for bringing some of the greatest films of the era to the screen, including "The Godfather," "Rosemary's Baby," "Love Story," "The Odd Couple," "The Conformist," "Harold and Maude," and "Chinatown." By the early '80s, the "Golden Boy" of Hollywood was losing his luster. After a failed marriage to Ali MacGraw, a cocaine bust, and, finally, a rumored involvement in the "Cotton Club" murder, Evans disappeared into near-obscurity. Only through tremendous will and uncanny luck did he once again rise as "the kid who stays in the picture." -- © 2002 USA Films [More]
Starring: Robert Evans, Dustin Hoffman, Phyllis George, Ali MacGraw
Starring: Robert Evans, Dustin Hoffman, Phyllis George, Ali MacGraw, Paul Newman, Bob Hope, Herve Villechaize
Director: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Director: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Screenwriter: Brett Morgen
Producer: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen, Graydon Carter
Studio: USA Films
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Reviews for The Kid Stays in the Picture
If you love flamboyant people, movies or -- especially -- flamboyant movie people, don't miss The Kid Stays in the Picture.
For a life lived boldly and productively if imperfectly, Robert Evans deserves this trenchant, revealing, vastly entertaining documentary.
Giddy, absurdly entertaining account of Evans' rise and fall in the movie biz.
An engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character.
For movie lovers, it's like an aging Lancelot reminiscing about Camelot.
The thing about guys like Evans is this: You're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins. But as you watch the movie, you're too interested to care.
Even if you don't emerge from the film ready to worship at his Beverly Hills altar, you wind up liking the guy.
Evans is shameless, but his self-deprecating humor takes the sting out of his 'truth.'
A little like being stuck at a fellow's deathbed, listening to him gas and gas about his life -- only in this case, the guy turns out to be fascinating.
Hugely entertaining from start to finish, featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves, it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels.
One of the must-see films for any student of Hollywood fame and infamy.
It might be considered the best, the flashiest, the most enjoyable vanity production ever.
Implicitly acknowledges and celebrates the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most American of businesses, and for that reason it may be the most oddly honest Hollywood document of all.
The best thing the film does is to show us not only what that mind looks like, but how the creative process itself operates.
The movie's high points ... are the ones when he's most fervently selling himself, as in the delightful scene where we see Evans rescue his job (and his studio) with a suave promo film/presentation directed by Mike Nichols.
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