Swimming with sharks 1995 trailers and clips moviefone. Buddy ackerman, performed by kevin spacey, asks his assistant guy, frank whaley, to bring him sweetener for the coffee. A savage indictment of both the movie business and the price of ambition, swimming with sharks is one of the best black comedies in recent years. While i dont usually comment on menus, especially as an extra feature, sharks has really cool menu screens. Buddy ackerman kevin spacey, a big time movie producer on the rise, hires young guy frank whaley to be his assistant. Kevin spacey full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films.
The film details the events, mainly in flashback, that lead from his first day on the. See the full list of swimming with sharks cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Originally screened at telluride as the buddy factor, swimming with sharks is an uneven but engrossing picture, and a possible warning to anyone with plans to break into the motionpicture business. A description of tropes appearing in swimming with sharks. Guy frank whaley is a young film executive whos willing to do whatever it takes to make it in hollywood. Feb 25, 2012 buddy ackerman, performed by kevin spacey, asks his assistant guy, frank whaley, to bring him sweetener for the coffee. Swimming with sharks dvd, 1998 for sale online ebay. You have no brain swimming with sharks 1994 youtube.
What buddy doesnt know is that the tables are about to turn. A young, naive hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on. With kevin spacey, frank whaley, michelle forbes, benicio del toro. A motion picture executives assistant puts up with his abusive boss up to a point and then completely snaps, in this ultradark comedy from firsttime director and former hollywood assistant george huang. The whole film stands as a sort of parable about the value system in. Kevin spacey, a domineering, manipulative, coldhearted boss. When guy frank whaley, a recent filmschool graduate with big ideas, takes a job as assistant to major studio executive buddy ackerman kevin. He begins working for famed producer buddy ackerman kevin spacey, a domineering, manipulative, coldhearted boss. With his oval face and mild, puppyish eyes, spacey has the look of a. Feb 10, 2020 kiernan and krugers version offers a genderbent twist on huangs indie comedy film that featured frank whaley and kevin spacey in the original roles, respectively. Jan 17, 2009 trailer for the 1994 film swimming with sharks.
Swimming with sharks was written and directed by george huang, who was himself a personal assistant in hollywood, and whose networking must have paid off, since he got a movie out of it. An abusive hollywood executive kevin spacey is kidnapped and tortured by his. When swimming with sharks opens, paramedics are depositing a sheetdraped. This is a bold, enormously enjoyable effort, by turns both hilarious and. The film revolves around a guy named guy, who gets a highprofile job as the personal assistant to corporate bigwig jerkass mean boss buddy ackerman.
Herbert hoover sidney andrews ira stewart herman melville gouvenor morris the rev. What buddy doesnt know is that the tables are about to turn in a big way. Swimming with sharks is a smart, merciless hollywood satire thats darkly hilarious and observant, thanks to kevin spacey s performance as ruthless studio. Released april 21st, 1995, swimming with sharks stars kevin spacey, frank whaley, michelle forbes, benicio del toro the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of out. But it stumbles in a few other places, requiring a pretty hefty suspension of disbelief first at guys making it into his miserable job that many would kill for, then when he finds himself on.
Theres not much in the way of extras outside of cast info and theatrical trailers. Nov 20, 2019 quibi has ordered swimming with sharks, a drama series from lionsgate that will be a contemporary update of the 1994 movie that starred kevin spacey. Usc producing graduate george huang directed his screenplay for swimming with sharks after roberto rodriguez told him to simply go out and make a movie. With his oval face and mild, puppyish eyes, spacey has the. Quibi has ordered swimming with sharks, a drama series from lionsgate that will be a contemporary update of the 1994 movie that starred kevin spacey. Multiple formats, color, dolby, full screen, letterboxed, widescreen. Swimming with sharks also known as the boss and buddy factor is a 1994 american dark comedydrama film written and directed by george huang and starring kevin spacey, frank whaley and michelle forbes. Buddy ackerman, an influential movie mogul, hires guy, a naive young writer, as his assistant. Swimming with sharks 1994 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Watch swimming with sharks trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. Buddy ackerman kevin spacey is vice president of production for a big studio. Throw in some deep black comedy and an earthshatteringly evil performance by masterbastard kevin spacey, and youre looking that a movie that ive really grown to admire. A young, naive hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on his incredibly abusive producer boss.
I had seen this movie on cable, but only part of it, and didnt know the name. Swimming with sharks 511 movie clip you gotta be a man. A harsh, cutting, and wickedly funny look into the darker side of show business, swimming with sharks tells the story of a naive and eager assistant frank whaley and his slide into the cutthroat world of hollywood power struggles. To explain what has happened, writerdirector george huang uses a series of flashbacks. Russell, roy dotrice, matthew flint, patrick fischler, jerry levine, sabryn genet, kyle reed show all swimming with sharks quotes 20 quotes. Whaley goes to work for a top movie executive kevin spacey who almost immediately begins to wear down his new. But kevin spacey takes this archetypal jerk to new levels of tyrannical bravado in the exuberantly nasty swimming with sharks. Spaceys buddy is a different kind of hollywood monster. A 1994 crime drama written and directed by george huang, starring kevin spacey, frank whaley, and.
Swimming with sharks is a 1994 american dark psychological drama film written and directed by george huang and starring kevin spacey, frank whaley and. Swimming with sharks is a smart, merciless hollywood satire thats darkly hilarious and observant, thanks to kevin spaceys performance as ruthless studio. Regardez swimming with sharks avec bo du film mariodelpais sur. He torments guy with petty requests and daily reamings for bringing him equal instead of sweetnlow. Guy frank whaley gets ripped a new one after telling buddy kevin spacey that his client is unreachable. His boss buddy ackerman kevin spacey is ready to fire him, and this news inspires guy to take buddy hostage. When swimming with sharks opens, paramedics are depositing a sheetdraped body in an ambulance. When we first meet him, hes having lunch with a table full of other. Kiernan shipkas new show swimming with sharks satirizes. For a lot of people in hollywood, thats a nobrainer, and swimming with sharks is about two of them. The reason hollywood stories fascinate us, i think, is not because of the glamor and the sex appeal, but because of the greed and savage raw ambition. Swimming with sharks was written and directed by george huang, who.
Swimming with sharks full movie starring kevin spacey, fullhd tv movies action. Swimming with sharks is a 1994 film about a young hollywood executive that becomes the assistant to a big time movie producer who is the worst boss imaginable. All actors kevin spacey, frank whaley, michelle forbes, benicio del toro, t. Swimming with sharks sees guy frank whaley attempt to turn the tables on his abusive boss buddy kevin spacey, and while this makes the film simple and unoriginal in terms of plot, it is a cut above the rest thanks to the performances of its small cast. Kevin spacey, who is the reason to see the picture, is hilariously ruthless as buddy ackerman. A young, naive hollywood studio assistant finally turns the. Writerdirector george huangs vitriolic 1994 debut is perhaps most notable for the blistering, caustic turn by kevin spacey as remorseless studio executive buddy ackerman. Swimming with sharks quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. He begins working for famed producer buddy ackerman kevin spacey, a domineering. Kiernan and krugers version offers a genderbent twist on huangs indie comedy film that featured frank whaley and kevin spacey in the original roles, respectively. A fedup assistant frank whaley gets revenge on his abusive boss kevin spacey. Trailers are included for swimming with sharks of course. His plot may be overwritten and the ending may be less than satisfying, but his eye and ear are right.
Swimming with sharks 411 movie clip shut up, listen. Guy is eager to climb the ladder of success, but buddy stops at nothing to grab credit and foil guys plans. Not this fine, lean picture from 1994, from santa monica indie outfit cineville who later also produced hurlyburly, another movieaboutthemovies with spacey starring. May 19, 1995 but kevin spacey takes this archetypal jerk to new levels of tyrannical bravado in the exuberantly nasty swimming with sharks. There doesnt seem to be enough material here to satisfy a full. A 1994 crime drama written and directed by george huang, starring kevin spacey, frank whaley, and michelle forbes, with a brief appearance by benicio del toro. Swimming with sharks is fine when it puts buddy into outrageous play. Watch swimming with sharks 1995 full movie free online. Making love with michelle pfeiffer, or producing a michelle pfeiffer movie that will make you rich and famous. But soon things turn around when the young executive kidnaps his boss and visits all the cruelties back on him. The audience knows that someone has made a bad decision, for the police presence in the residential neighborhood means a homicide, not a heart attack. Kevin spacey for outbreak, se7en and the usual suspects tied with ed harris for apollo 1995, just cause 1995 and nixon 1995. Swimming with sharks is the movie which gives you reality of people who want to reach the top of their goals.
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