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Cannes Man
Film / 1996

Cannes Man

Directed by Richard Martini
ComedyDramaDocumentary

★ 5.3/10Audience rating

Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to try and turn the cab driver named Frank into the talk of the town. Many celebrities make cameos throughout …

The story

Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to try and turn the cab driver named Frank into the talk of the town. Many celebrities make cameos throughout the film.

Cast

Seymour CasselSy Lerner Francesco QuinnFrank 'Rhino' Rhinoslavsky Rebecca BroussardRebecca Lerner Luana AndersAgent on Phone Lloyd KaufmanSelf - Troma Chief James BrolinSelf John MalkovichSelf Ann CusackKitty Monaco Julian LennonSelf Jim StarkBetting Producer Robert EvansSelf Dennis HopperSelf
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Jim JarmuschSelf Benicio del ToroSelf Bryan SingerSelf Kevin PollakSelf Johnny DeppSelf Lara Flynn BoyleSelf Treat WilliamsSelf Jon CryerSelf Chris PennSelf Peter GallagherSelf Frank WhaleySelf Harvey WeinsteinSelf Menahem GolanSelf François PetitFrenchman

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