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5.4/10   262 votes
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Writers:
Deric Haddad (writer)
Richard Martini (writer)
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The Cannes Film Festival. It's where deals get made, producers get laid, and stars get paid. It's where... more | add synopsis
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(6 articles)
Sympathy for Mr. Con Man
 (From Huffington Post. 15 May 2009, 7:53 AM, PDT)

Seth Gordon Directing Con Man Flick Suicide Squad
 (From FirstShowing.net. 18 November 2008, 2:44 PM, PST)

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An enjoyable little spoof of the movie industry. more (5 total)

Cast

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François Petit ... Frenchman
Robert Hockley ... American
Luana Anders ... Agent on Phone

Jack Ong ... Minister
Francesco Quinn ... Frank 'Rhino' Rhinoslavsky
Rebecca Broussard ... Rebecca Lerner

Lloyd Kaufman ... Himself - Troma Chief
Lawrence Kasanoff ... Studio Exec
Duncan Clark ... Duquesne Cameron
Gary W. Goldstein ... Producer

Seymour Cassel ... Sy Lerner
Therese Kablan ... Tawny
Jim Stark ... Betting Producer

Randal Kleiser ... Director
Alex Ben Block ... Hollywood Reporter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Canne$ Man (USA) (video box title)
Con Man (USA) (DVD box title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
88 min
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[Sy Lerner interrupts Johnny Depp and Jim Jarmusch while they are meditating in order to pitch them a film]
Sy Lerner: This is a very spiritual film. This is a film written by a poet, whose father was a poet, one of the great American cowboy poets.
Sy Lerner: [to Jim Jarmusch] And in fact, this is the kind of film that you would be perfect to direct. Now I don't know if you could handle a budget that big, 25 million, 'cause you're not used to working with that...
Jim Jarmusch: Hey, I could handle any budget - 100 million - but I'm on a level above the earth right now. I'm interested in spiritual...
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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
An enjoyable little spoof of the movie industry., 29 July 1999
7/10
Author: Joe Kazimierczyk from New Jersey, USA

The film takes place at the famous Cannes film festival. It's about a producer who, as a bet, tries to hype up a nobody, and make everyone believe he's the greatest writer since Hemmingway. This writer's non-existent story is appropriately called 'Cannes Man', but pronounced 'Con Man'. Lots of cameo appearances by some big names, and pretty funny performance by Johnny Depp. An enjoyable little spoof of the movie industry!

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