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A gripping thriller, and [[Deconstruction]] of the peoples' view of the glamorous world of film production and show business. A brutal love-triangle scenario mixed with [[Grey and Gray Morality]].
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* [[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]]: {{spoiler|Ackerman,}} towards the beginning of the kidnapping.
* [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]
* [[Arc Words]]: Did Ackerman say it? Then yes, it will be important later. No exceptions. This also leads to many, many examples of [[Ironic Echo]].
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Buddy.
* [[A Tragedy of Impulsiveness]]▼
* [[Bastard Understudy]]: Guy.
* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Disposable Woman]]:}} Dawn.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Not on purpose, especially seeing as how this came out before [[Se7en]], but there is a good example. {{spoiler|A man, [[Love Makes You Crazy|driven to madness due to a lost love,]] is pointing a gun at Kevin Spacey. Spacey is giving a [[Not So Different]] [[Hannibal Lecture]], while a third person is on the side begging the man not to shoot Spacey, because this is just what he wants.}} It does {{spoiler|turn out ''much'' differently though.}}
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* [[Drama Bomb]]: Everything after {{spoiler|we see Dawn's final phone call with Buddy.}}
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Discussed.
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* [[Limited Advancement Opportunities]]
* [[Living MacGuffin]]: Dawn.
* [[The Lost Lenore]] : {{spoiler|Buddy's wife, type A}}.▼
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: Guy.
* [[Mean Boss]]: Do I even have to say?
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* [[Not So Different]]: Buddy to Guy.
** ''Look, I can appreciate this. I was young too, I felt just like you. Hated authority, hated all my bosses, thought they were full of shit. Look, it's like they say, if you're not a rebel by the age of 20, you got no heart, but if you haven't turned establishment by 30, you've got no brains. Because there are no story-book romances, no fairy-tale endings. So before you run out and change the world, ask yourself, [[Arc Words|"What do you really want?"]]''
* [[The Obstructive Love Interest]]: Dawn.▼
* [[Professional Butt-Kisser]]: A requirement for the job.
* [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!]] : SHUT UP. LISTEN. AND ''LEARN''.
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* [[Sir Swearsalot]]: It's Kevin Spacey. You expect anything different?
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: The films that Ackerman usually produces.
▲* [[The Obstructive Love Interest]]: Dawn.
* [[Teen Drama]]: The piece that Dawn and Guy are planning to put together.
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]
▲* [[The Lost Lenore]] : {{spoiler|Buddy's wife, type A}}.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Most of everything Ackerman says during the latter half of the kidnapping. {{spoiler|Especially once Dawn arrives.}}
** Buddy:
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* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Buddy's speech to Guy when trying to get him to convince Dawn to come to their studio and not to their competitor's.
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Guy
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