Claire 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.
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Mara Hobel
Claire Beaumont
Clancy Brown
Frank
Stuart Fratkin
Harry the Agent
Paige Turco
Brownyn
James DiSalvatore
Headshot Photographer (as Jim DiSalvatore)
Michelle Lieberman
Audition Receptionist
Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt
Ross
Charles Mandracchia
Jeff Wesker
Wali Collins
Chris Marker
Amy Sohn
Chris' Assistant
Michael Emil
Ingve Pizler
Gary Dennis
Video Stork Clerk
Peter Bogdanovich
Arturo Mulligan
Elizabeth Meadows Rouse
Felice Hill
Don LaFontaine
Wild Horses Trailer Narrator (voice)
