Cannes Man
- Seymour Cassel: Sy Lerner
- Francesco Quinn Frank 'Rhino ' Rhinoslavsky
- Rebecca Broussard: Rebecca Lerner
- Johnny Depp: he himself
- Jim Jarmusch: he himself
- Dennis Hopper: he himself
- John Malkovich Himself
- Lara Flynn Boyle: they
Cannes Man is a satire of Richard Martini in 1996, starring Seymour Cassel and Francesco Quinn.; Have guest appearances, among others, Johnny Depp, John Malkovich and Dennis Hopper.
Action
The boy Frank Rhinoslavsky travels to the Cannes Film Festival and trying to finance his stay there by doing odd jobs. But luck is not initially on his side. This changes when the eccentric producer Sy Lerner, motivated by a discussion of the current state of the film industry, with an acquaintance enters into a bet that he can make any person for the star of the festival. The choice falls on Frank, who herumschlendert randomly in the area. Then Sy tries everything to make Frank on the subject of the stars, by issuing him as the coming new author Frank Rhino is said to have written the best script in recent years and compares him even with Faulkner and Hemingway.
Sy succeeds through his contacts and persuasion to involve several stars in the film, although there is absolutely no film. After a few days, everyone talks in Cannes on Frank Rhino and its screenplay, which Sy has won the bet and there are no longer any reason for it, the dizziness to spin on. But Frank himself is caught in a lie and has lost sight of the fact that he is not a successful author. So he tries desperately to bring on your own be fictional screenplay to the man, but meets with disapproval from all sides. After the festival Sy fakes his own death in order to settle with the money of investors who wanted to fund Frank Rhinos film. However, Sy is detected later on a beach and now has to deliver a finished film, which he produced with the help of Frank Rhinoslavsky and a year later presented in Cannes.
Criticism
" 1995 turned during the festival in Cannes in guerrilla -style satire on the movie business, which was developed without any real book. The action falls by the wayside and only provides the framework for some punchlines and cameo appearances. "Writes the lexicon of the International film.