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That's Adequate is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Harry Hurwitz released in USA on 1 january 1989 with Tony Randall
That's Adequate (1989)
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Add to a movie listThat's Adequate is a 1989 mockumentary documenting a fictional Hollywood studio, Adequate Film Studios. Narrated and hosted by Tony Randall, the film features an all-star cast including James Coco (in his final film role), Robert Downey, Jr., Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller, Bruce Willis and Ben Stiller.
It was also the last one for actress Ina Balin, who had also appeared in Hurwitz's previous films such as The Projectionist and The Comeback Trail.
Synopsis
Faux documentary about a fictional Hollywood film studio.Actors
Tony Randall
(Host)
Amy Stiller
(Jolene Lane)
James Coco
(Max Roebling)
Robert Downey Jr.
(Albert Einstein)
Jerry Stiller
(Sid Lane)
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