Claire Makes It Big
1999Claire Makes It Big, Jeremy Workman's award- winning short comedy, follows the travails of a talented overweight actress and her difficulties landing a decent movie role. A sharply written and briskly directed satire of the acting and filmmaking professions that then turns into a hilarious wish-fulfillment fantasy, it also features a lovely lead performance by Mara Hobel (whom Joan Crawford-heads may recognize as the child Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest) and funny supporting turns from more recognizable folks like Clancy Brown, Paige Turco and Peter Bogdanovich, along with a voice cameo from the late Don LaFontaine.
Acted in
Mara Hobel
as Claire Beaumont
Clancy Brown
as Frank
Stuart Fratkin
as Harry the Agent
Paige Turco
as Brownyn
James DiSalvatore
as Headshot Photographer (as Jim DiSalvatore)
Michelle Lieberman
as Audition Receptionist
Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt
as Ross
Charles Mandracchia
as Jeff Wesker
Wali Collins
as Chris Marker
Amy Sohn
as Chris' Assistant
Michael Emil
as Ingve Pizler
Gary Dennis
as Video Stork Clerk
Peter Bogdanovich
as Arturo Mulligan
Elizabeth Meadows Rouse
as Felice Hill
Don LaFontaine
as Wild Horses Trailer Narrator (voice)
Phil Mao
as Wild Horses Leading Man
Mike Skloot
as Studio Gate Guard
John Di Benedetto
as Dominic
Vince Viverito
as Studio Lab Chief