Matinee (film): Difference between revisions

 

{{quote|''"Grownups don't know what they're doing either, kid. That's the real hustle."''|'''Lawrence Woolsey'''}}

 

'''Matinee''' is a 1993 [[Dramedy]] film directed by [[Joe Dante (Creator)|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.]

 

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* [[Ten Minutes in The Closet|10 Minutes In The Bomb Shelter]]

* [[Adam and Eve Plot]]: Sandra thinks she and Gene are in one after they're locked in the fallout shelter.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Robert Picardo as the nervous theater manager.

** [[Invasion of the Body Snatchers|Kevin McCarthy]] as The General in "MANT!"

* [[Actor Allusion]] / [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Robert Picardo [[Stargate Atlantis|talking to a man named "Woolsey".]]

* [[Holding Hands]]: A big deal between Gene and Sandra.