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Matinee

Movie (1993)


A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalises 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.

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Released: Jan 29th, 1993
Budget: N/A
Revenue: $9,532,895.00

Matinee Main Cast

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John Goodman
John Goodman
plays Lawrence Woolsey
Cathy Moriarty
Cathy Moriarty
plays Ruth Corday / Carole
Simon Fenton
Simon Fenton
plays Gene Loomis
Omri Katz
Omri Katz
plays Stan
Lisa Jakub
Lisa Jakub
plays Sandra
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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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  • James Villemaire plays the hood named Harvey Starkweather. The name comes from Charles Starkweatherr, a real-life serial killer of that time.
  • The exterior of the movie theater was an actual theater, while the interior was a set created on the back lot at Universal Studios Florida.
  • For "Mant," the movie-within-the-movie, Kevin McCarthy plays a character named General Ankrum, a tribute to character actor Morris Ankrum, one of the most familiar faces in similar supporting roles in real science-fiction films of that era.
  • The seat gimmicks used in the film were a real trick actually used by William Castle for screenings of The Tingler.
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