French-born director Francois Velle's American debut isn't simply a clever reworking of the age-old fable of the "Emperor's New Clothes," but a sharp-fanged satire of Hollywood at its most bloodthirsty. Like countless aspiring screenwriters before him, idealistic young Kevin Taylor (Jordan Bridges) arrives in Los Angeles with a script under his arm and a snowball's chance in hell of selling it. Eighteen months later, he's a lowly assistant to the notoriously contentious Muster Hansau (Dan Hedaya), a once-hot producer whose foundering career can barely subsidize his taste for high-priced hookers, and Hansau's frazzled development executives, Molly (Heather Donahue) an...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
92 mins