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6.7A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.
Released: 1993-01-2999 minDir: Joe DanteComedy, DramaBudget: $14.0MBox office: $9.5M
Cast
- John Goodman as Lawrence Woolsey
- Cathy Moriarty as Ruth Corday / Carole
- Simon Fenton as Gene Loomis
- Omri Katz as Stan
- Lisa Jakub as Sandra
- Kellie Martin as Sherry
Themes
- florida
- cold war
- military base
- film in film
- cuban missile crisis
- 1960s
- key west
- bomb shelter
- film director
- teenage protagonist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- Joe Dante
- Cast member
- Archie Hahn
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Narrative location
- Florida
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 668211
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1993-06-18
- title
- Matinee
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- movie theater
- review score
- 7.6/10
- capital cost
- 13000000
- box office
- 9532895
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