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The Pickle

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The Pickle
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R,1hr 43min
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1993
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Columbia TriStar
Synopsis: Paul Mazursky directed this comedy, which blends a broad satire of the film industry with a thoughtful tale of a middle-aged man looking back on his life's failures. Harry Stone (Danny Aiello) is a film director who desperately needs a hit -- so desperately that he gets talked into directing an inane sci-fi film about a group of farm kids (led by Ally Sheedy) who grow an enormous pickle that they turn into a spaceship, allowing them to visit the planet Cleveland (ruled by Little Richard and his right ... Full Synopsis
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Sometimes there's an enormous gulf between conception and execution, and the one that separates the inkling of The Pickle from the finished product must be vast indeed. Writer/director Paul Mazursky is too intelligent a filmmaker to not have had some reason for creating this embarrassing mess of a movie, but what that reason may be is anyone's guess. Pickle's problems could fill an encyclopedia, but ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Harry Stone
Ellen Stone
Francoise
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