A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confines himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks.
Casts Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Bob Hoskins, Veronica Cartwright, Stephen Davies
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IMDB 7 | Oct , 1998
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IMDB 7.2 | Aug , 1993
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IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 1954
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IMDB 3.9 | Apr , 2008
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IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2000
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IMDB 5 | May , 2008
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IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 1994
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IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 1990
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IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 1996
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IMDB 6.3 | Aug , 2000
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IMDB 6.4 | Aug , 1997
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IMDB 5.6 | May , 2003
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