Famous

This film is brilliant and it accurately portrays the lives of many struggling NYC actors, from the fact that talented actors are passed up for models for jobs, how do you try to stay in your craft, how no one... Full review

Lisa Picard Is Famous is a clever mockumentary directed by Griffin Dunne that follows an aspiring actress while she strives for stardom. The humor is extremely subtle and dry, and I found myself actually laughing out loud a whole lot... Full review

I watched this movie 2 days ago and while watching it, I thought it was pretty good. It is a very funny look at fame and being on the cusp of fame and about a very particular type of person... Full review

Historically, Hollywood has done a lousy job of capturing what really goes on behind the scenes in its own industry. The "dream factory" that thrives on creating glossy visions of idealized lives has never been very good at examining its... Full review

I saw this in Lawrence, KS, where one of the co-writers & principal characters (Laura Kirk/"Lisa Picard") had gone to college. The reviews of it in the Topeka paper made it look interesting; the paper said it was a very... Full review

Unfortunately, "Famous" rates neither of these descriptions. Written by the two leads, pic features loads of random incidents, the liveliest of which are encounters with real-life celebs the filmmakers were able to dragoon into service. ... Full Review

But it makes for a marshmallow-soft satire that eventually peters out into sticky near-melodrama. Kirk and DeWolf's script also lacks Guest's instinct toward the jugular understandable, perhaps, in that their film mirrors Lisa's ambition in its one-shot bid for some kind of recognition. ... Full Review

Lisa Picard Is Famous" shows a lot of smarts, but would have been better served as a live action short. While the script makes many astute observations and the performers are game, "Lisa Picard Is Famous" comes across as slight as the marginal characters it portrays. ... Full Review

Lisa Picard is Famous" looks at the days leading up to the premiere of the film, and how even the smallest amount of fame can change a person-- and not for the better. Instead, Dunne fills the film with typical clichés about the entertainment industry and actors in general-- wishful actors live in shithole apartments (excuse me, shoe box-sized rooms), cameos quickly go to actors' heads, actors' so-called big breaks can land on the cutting room floor... ... Full Review

Lisa Picard Is Famous" epitomizes the tightrope balance of mockumentary humor: It tends to fall off in the "big" scenes, when Kirk and DeWolf over-indicate to the camera for effect, as actors are fond of saying. The best moments exude the tension of reality tweaked the barest notch, as in a devastating three-way encounter in which Charlie Sheen, playing himself, stealthily one-ups Tate in a play for Spike Lee's favor. ... Full Review

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Author Dominick Dunne, who told stories of shocking crimes among the rich and famous through his magazine articles and best-selling books, died Wednesday. ... Full Article

Veteran comic Joan Rivers offers a coarse variation on Robin Leach's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" with the new series "How'd You Get So Rich?" (10 p.m., TV Land). ... Full Article

Lisa Picard is Famous , directed with scrappy wit by Griffin Dunne, is a mockumentary about the fame game, written by two struggling young actors, Laura Kirk and Nat DeWolf, who play fictionalized versions of themselves. ... Full Article

Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) May 10-21, 2000.Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 1-10, 2000.Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) November 1-16, 2000. ... Full Article

Kirk Honeycutt Dec 6, 2000 Dunne plays a documentarian, who follows young actress Lisa Picard (Laura Kirk), whom he has decided is destined for fame, on her daily rounds of agents, casting calls and rehearsals. ... Full Article

See how much you know about celebrities who have passed through Maryland. 1. Manil Suri, the author of "The Death of Vishnu," is a professor in which department at UMBC? 2. ... Full Article