Straight shooter agent Joe Devine has been assigned to cook up an elaborate scheme to take down infamous mob boss John Gotti. He assumes the role of a Hollywood producer and tells all the right lies to enlist a stooge to help execute his sting. He finds unsuspecting wannabe director Steven Schatz, who'd do just about everything to get the chance to direct a "feature." Schatz falls hook, line, and sinker for the pitch, but what Devine doesn't tell Schatz is that the movie will never be made. Everything goes according to plan--until Devine and the suits at the Bureau start enjoying their new lives as "Hollywood players" a bit too much.
Production Touchstone Pictures (presents) (copyright owners); Morra Brezner Steinber & Tenenbaum (MBST) Entertainment (as A Morra, Brezner, Steinberg and Tenenbaum Production); Mandeville Films (in association with); Burro Productions; High Arc Productions (uncredited);
Cast Names Matthew Broderick; Alec Baldwin; Toni Collette; Tony Shalhoub; Calista Flockhart; Tim Blake Nelson; Buck Henry; Ray Liotta; Ian Gomez; Troy Winbush; Thomas McCarthy; W. Earl Brown; Evan Jones; Glenn Morshower; James Rebhorn; Amy Smallman; Michael Papajohn; Jon Polito; Valeria Hernandez; Richard Penn; Stanley Anderson; Solaria Trent; Bob Colonna; Abel Soto; Stephanie Venditto; Ross Canter; Blue Deckert; Robert (XL) Lee; Kelly McNair; Sean Whalen; Gina Doctor; Chris Kelley; Yorgo Constantine; Alan Selka; Shoshannah Stern; Sybyl Walker; John Prosky; Robert Axelrod; Tava Smiley; Michael Glover;
Box Office USD 463,730
Release Date 2004-09-24 (limited)
Genres Comedy;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for language and some sexual content.