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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
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 668211
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- publication date
- 1993-06-18
- title
- Matinee
- review score
- 7.6/10
- capital cost
- 13000000
- box office
- 9532895
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Categories
1993 American films1993 comedy films1993 English-language films1993 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican coming-of-age comedy filmsFilms about filmmakingFilms about shapeshiftingFilms about the Cuban Missile CrisisFilms directed by Joe DanteFilms partially in colorFilms scored by Jerry GoldsmithFilms set in 1962Films set in cinemas and movie theatersFilms set in FloridaFilms shot in FloridaRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterTemplate film date with 1 release dateUniversal Pictures films