Cannes Man 1997

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R
Comedy Drama

Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to try and turn the cab driver named Frank into the talk of the town. Many celebrities make cameos throughout the film.

Release Date 1997-06-03
Runtime 1h 28m
Directors Richard Martini, Dean Lent, Denise Brassard
Producers Holly MacConkey, Johan Schotte, Tom Coleman, Jon Turtle
Writers Deric Haddad, Susan Shapiro, Richard Martini, Irwin M. Rappaport