Here's more word on BOFINGER'S BIG THING from a pair of attendees last night... SOunds like they had a bit of fun with the flick...
Saw "Bowfinger" at a test screening in Universal City tonight. Very, very, very funny. Half smart, half silly, with a side of sweet. To put it in "The Player" speak, it's "Ed Wood" meets "The Truman Show" meets, appropriately enough, "L.A. Story". The premise is Steve Martin's a down on his luck producer who makes a film starring Eddie Murphy's character - he plays the world's biggest action star - without Eddie knowing. And of course, hilarity ensues.
It's also got a nice subplot that skewers Scientology. And - not to give too much away - Eddie plays another character as well. And it's probably the funniest thing in the movie. It's definitely Eddie's funniest movie in quite some time. You heard it here first - "Bowfinger" will be big. Rock on.
Then there is this review....
First time contributing. Just saw a preview of the Frank Oz comedy BOWFINGER, written by Steve Martin and starring Martin along with Eddie Murphy and Heather Graham. What can I say? It's hilarious. Another great Valentine to Los Angeles, though not as surreal as L.A. Story. Martin plays Bowfinger, a down and nearly out producer who comes across what he feels is a breakthrough hit screenplay and the only way he can get it made is to get the hottest action star in the world to be in it, Kit Ramsey (played beautifully by Eddie Murphy). The trouble is, Kit won't even look at the script. So what does Bowfinger do? He shoots the movie with Kit anyway, except Kit doesn't know it. It's a pretty rediculous plot, but it all works well together. The cast is spectacular and everyone in it is playing a hyper-real example of a Hollywood movie person. And as is par for Murphy, he also plays Kit's brother. This movie should be a hit and shows that Martin AND Murphy still have what it takes. Very, very funny.
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