September 24, 2004
| Touchstone Pictures
| 93 minutes
Directed by: Jeff Nathanson
| Written by: Jeff Nathanson
| Cinematography: John Lindley
| Editing: David Rosenbloom
| Costume Design: Gloria Gresham
| Production Design: William Arnold
| Music: Rolfe Kent
Agent Joe Devine (Alec Baldwin) has been assigned to cook up an elaborate scheme to take down an infamous mob boss. He assumes the role of a Hollywood producer and tells all the right lies to enlist a stooge to help execute his sting. He finds unsuspecting wannabe director Steven Schatz (Matthew Broderick), who'd do just about everything to get the chance to direct a feature. Schatz falls hook, line, and sinker for the pitch, but what Devine doesn't tell Schatz is that the movie will never be made. But first, everything goes according to plan.
Cast: Matthew Broderick (Steven Schats), Alec Baldwin (Joe Devine), Toni Collette (Emily French), Tony Shalhoub (Tommy Sanz), Calista Flockhart (Valerie Weston), Tim Blake Nelson (Marshal Paris), Buck Henry (Lonnie Bosco), Ray Liotta (Jack Devine), Ian Gomez (Agent Nance), Troy Winbush (Agent Ray Dawson), Thomas McCarthy (Agent Pike), W. Earl Brown (Willie Gratzo), Evan Jones (Troy Haines), Glenn Morshower (Agent McCaffrey), James Rebhorn (Abe White), Jon Polito (Wally Kamin), Joan Cusack (Fanny Nash)