The Deal (2008) - OFFICIAL Trailer

The official trailer for The Deal, starring WIlliam H. Macy, Meg Ryan, LL Cool J, and Elliott Gould!

Distributed by Peace Arch Entertainment.
Directed by Steven Schachter.

Meet Charlie Berns, a guy whose suicidal tendencies give him the chutzpah to con a major studio into a $100 million deal on a script he hasn't even read. At the very moment when his idealistic screenwriter nephew knocks on the door, toting a solemn art-house period script about Benjamin Disraeli, Charlie has literally had it with life. But the trade papers have announced that a recently converted black action star is actively seeking Jewish material, so the serendipity is too absurd to resist.

Charlie masterminds a plan, making it impossible for the studio not to green-light this project, which, while Jewish, couldn't be further from an action flick. No matter. In Hollywood, perception is everything. Along the way, Charlie meets his match in Deidre Hearn, a sharp-witted development executive who sees right through his games but also recognizes that maybe his caution-to-the-wind philosophy has serious merit.

The mischievous charm in this smart screwball satire about renegade producers bamboozling a soul-crushing industry hinges on the wonderfully crackly Tracy-Hepburn chemistry between William Macy and Meg Ryan. Steven Schachter's tongue-in-cheek romp revels in sending up Hollywood stereotypes—zealous star, histrionic director, slippery suits—but also Ryan's legacy as romantic comedy's "it" girl, and even the notion that it's possible to make a meaningful movie.

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[holekyo]

'you will never find woman like me, so what's the deal?'. Listen how it is. I will be honest, not just trying to get on your nerves. You're just not attractive to me any more. I will explain - choose three categories you think you're best in. I will find 10 girls better than you in those categories, all of them form my town. That happens

[arkitektura2218]

esta buena? = is it a good movie? or regular?

[arkitektura2218]

esta buena? = is it a good movie? or regular?

[clariece105]

I am watching this right now

[cheryklemish95]

njoyed this great movie in webmovietube

[inogi339]

A messed up face VS worn out face....sigh~~

They were my favorite actresses...

Still….yet….I guess~~

[inogi339]

Meg’s (nowadays) face is just a little bit better than (nowadays) Julia’s :)

[inogi339]

The lead actor gotta be a producer himself~

[Rambler342]

does anyone know hwat the first song in the movie is called?

[jsbach15]

Wish I knew the name of the jazz tracks played in the movie; probably was just an original composition by the talented soundtrack composer.