The "almost" true story of the greatest movie never made. A movie director-screenwriter (Matthew Broderick) finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent working on a mob sting operation. The film was inspired by the true story of a sting operation in Providence, R.I., focusing on two gangstersworking for the late Mafioso John Gotti. Producers optioned the life rights to the principals' stories about the sting operation that brought down the mob kingpin.
Release:
September 24, 2004 (limited)
Premiere:
September 14, 2004 at Cinema One Theatre, New York
Studio:
Walt Disney / Touchstone Pictures
Genre:
Comedy / Crime
Rating:
R
Running Time:
93 minutes
Writer:
Jeff Nathanson
Producer:
David Permut, Larry Brezner, David Hoberman and Walter Hamada
The "almost" true story of the greatest movie never made.
