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The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991) [N/A]

Release Date:
May 1, 1991

Original Title:
The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

Alternate Titles:
The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

Genres:
Comedy | Romance

Production Companies:
Fildebroc
Les Films Ariane
Sovereign Pictures
Umbrella

Production Countries:
France | United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U 

Runtime: 89

The catch of the day is fresh comedy.

Overview from TheMovieDB

A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle begins in which Goldblum finds adoring crowds believing him to be Jesus and then begins to believe it himself.

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Production

Casting:
Margot Capelier
Florence Dugowson

Co-Producer:
Simon Perry

Costume Design:
Elisabeth Tavernier

Director:
Ben Lewin

Director of Photography:
Bernard Zitzermann

Editor:
John Grover

Executive Producer:
Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre

Hairstylist:
Pierre Vadé
Laurella Luffroy

Makeup Artist:
Françoise Chapuis-Asselin
Stephane Helle

Novel:
Marcel Aymé

Original Music Composer:
Vladimir Cosma

Producer:
Michelle de Broca

Production Design:
Carlos Conti

Screenplay:
Ben Lewin

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