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Nickelodeon (1976)
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Synopsis
Peter Bogdanovich
's early career as a film writer stood him in good stead for this comedy drama about the early days of the motion-picture industry, based in part on his interviews with pioneering directors
Raoul Walsh
and
Allan Dwan
. Leo Harrigan (
Ryan O'Neal
) is a lawyer and Buck Greenway (
Burt Reynolds
) is a cowboy and gunman. Both are sent to California to shut down a renegade group of silent-movie makers -- financed by blustery H.H. Cobb (
Brian Keith
) -- who are in violation of the Motion Picture Patents Co. Trust. Harrigan and Greenway somehow find themselves working with the movie crew instead of shutting them down; they join forces with cameraman Franklin Frank (
John Ritter
), leading lady Kathleen Cooke (Jane Hitchcock), and precocious prop girl Alice Forsyte (
Tatum O'Neal
). Greenway becomes a star and Harrigan a respected director, but both battle over the affections of Cooke. Incidentally, Cobb's big speech near the end is taken almost verbatim from a quote given to Bogdanovich in an interview with actor
James Stewart
. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Jane Hitchcock
Kathleen Cooke
Brian Keith
H.H. Cobb
Ryan O'Neal
Leo Harrigan
Tatum O'Neal
Alice Forsyte
John Ritter
Franklin Frank
Burt Reynolds
Buck Greenway
Stella Stevens
Marty Reeves
Production Crew
Richard G. Berger
Art Director
Laszlo Kovacs
Cinematographer
Richard Hazard
Composer (Music Score)
Hal Needham
Coordinator
Norman Salling
Costume Designer
Sandra Berke
Costume Designer
Theadora Van Runkle
Costume Designer
Peter Bogdanovich
Director
William Carruth
Editor
Jack Sanders
First Assistant Director
Frank Marshall
Producer
Irwin Winkler
Producer
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Peter Bogdanovich
Screenwriter
W.D. Richter
Screenwriter
Darrell Silvera
Set Designer
Kay Rose
Sound Editor
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound/Sound Designer
Barry Thomas
Sound/Sound Designer
Les Fresholtz
Sound/Sound Designer
Michael Minkler
Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1976
Runtime: 121
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG
Category: Feature
Genre
Comedy Drama
Color type
Metrocolor
Produced by
Columbia Pictures
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.