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Paul Williams

Orson Welles

Telly Savalas

Steve Martin

Cloris Leachman

Carol Kane

Madeline Kahn

Bob Hope

Elliott Gould

James Coburn

Milton Berle

Mel Brooks

Edgar Bergen

Austin Pendelton

Charles Durning

Richard Hunt

Jerry Nelson

Dom DeLuise

Richard Pryor

Caroll Spinney

Tim Burton (uncredited)

John Landis (uncredited)

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Paul Williams

Orson Welles

Telly Savalas

Steve Martin

Cloris Leachman

Carol Kane

Madeline Kahn

Bob Hope

Elliott Gould

James Coburn

Milton Berle

Mel Brooks

Edgar Bergen

Charlie Mc Carthy

Austin Pendelton

Charles Durning

Richard Hunt

Dave Goelz

Jerry Nelson

Dom DeLuise

Richard Pryor

Frank Oz

Jim Henson

Caroll Spinney

Tim Burton (uncredited)

John Landis (uncredited)

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Paul Williams

Orson Welles

Telly Savalas

Steve Martin

Cloris Leachman

Carol Kane

Madeline Kahn

Bob Hope

Elliott Gould

James Coburn

Milton Berle

Mel Brooks

Edgar Bergen

Charlie Mc Carthy

Austin Pendelton

Charles Durning

Richard Hunt

Dave Goelz

Jerry Nelson

Dom DeLuise

Richard Pryor

Frank Oz

Jim Henson

Caroll Spinney

Tim Burton (uncredited)

John Landis (uncredited)

A 1979 film with song lyrics by Paul Williams, and script by Jerry Juhl,

with a runtime of 95 minutes.

This movie could TECHNICALLY be described as an exploration of the path to

stardom, with glimpses of the drawbacks on the way there.

One character abruptly abandons the lead at a phone-call from their agent,

another expresses the loneliness of the road and having to leave home behind,

and the lead must continually face the prospect of selling out rather than

following his dream of making millions of people happy.

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A feel good underdog movie. You know the kind. Awkward teen blossoms into ... no, he just stays an awkward teen. But at least he gets the girl! Except... he... doesn't. She goes for the typical jock instead. And of course, THAT guy is a total as... well, no, he's actually a pretty nice guy and the best friend/older brother figure of the awkward teen. But hey, at least the awkward teen makes it onto the football team and makes the gamewinning catch in the big game... except, no, he drops what would have been the gamewinning catch in the big game. A feel... good... underdog movie? Well, it was. And hey, at least the lead actor fulfilled this movie's promise of an exceptional, critically acclaimed career... except, no, he went on to become a caricature of himself and died prematurely. Shucks, now I'm depressed. Well, at least one good thing came of this movie -- Winona Ryder.

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Not striking a familiar chord here, either. Maybe if we know who the self-destructive one was...

George

Would that be River Phoenix? I can't get past the earliest WR movie, Edward Scissorhands. Probably a decade too late.

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