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Nickelodeon

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PG,2hrs 1min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1976
Director:
Peter Bogdanovich
Starring:
Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal  ...more
Synopsis: Peter Bogdanovich's early career as a film writer stood him in good stead for this comedy drama about the early days of the motion-picture industry, based in part on his interviews with pioneering directors Raoul Walsh and Allan Dwan. Leo Harrigan (Ryan O'Neal) is a lawyer and Buck Greenway (Burt Reynolds) is a cowboy and gunman. Both are sent to California to shut down a renegade group of silent-movie makers -- financed by blustery H.H. Cobb (Brian Keith) -- who are in violation of the Motion Picture ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Nickelodeon, Peter Bogdanovich's love letter to the early days of silent films, is so heartfelt a film that it's a shame it isn't more successful overall. The problem seems to be that Bogdanovich fell so in love with making an homage to the era that he failed to sharpen the screenplay into a cohesive, dramatic story and to give sufficient depth to the characters. Adding to the problem is that Bogdanovich, ... Full Review
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Ryan O'Neal
Leo Harrigan
Burt Reynolds
Buck Greenway
Tatum O'Neal
Alice Forsyte
Brian Keith
H.H. Cobb
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