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'''Matinee''' is a 1993 [[Dramedy]] film directed by [[Joe Dante]]. Set in Key West, Florida during the [[Cold War|Cuban Missile Crisis]] Gene and his little brother Dennis live on the military base with their mother while their father is deployed in the Navy. Amidst the growing paranoia of the impending nuclear destruction, movie producer Lawrence Woosley comes to town to premiere his latest creature feature [[Show Within a Show|"MANT!"]] and uses his unique brand of showmanship to play off of people's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y2Lbhwl23M fears.]
The film received critical acclaim when it was first released but has fallen to the sands of time and currently [https://web.archive.org/web/20130824172510/http://www.filmjunk.com/2010/06/02/forgotten-films-matinee/ lives on] as a [[Cult Classic]].
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** Gene thinks that the theater managers trying to break in to the sealed bomb shelter are starving [[After the End|atomic mutants]] bent on [[Stupid Evil|killing them]] for food. Sandra responds: [[Friend to All Living Things|"Then we have a duty to let them in!"]]
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Bill makes them to deal with his transformation.
{{quote|You think this is a picnic for me?! Ha ha ha ha! Did you hear what I just said, get it? [[Don't Explain the Joke|Ant, picnic?]] What am I, alone here?
''(scientist picks up bug spray)'' }}
* [[I Love Nuclear Power]]: Actually, people hate it, but the trope is how "MANT!" is formed.
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