Bowfinger is a 1999 film directed by Frank Oz. The script is by Steve Martin, who also stars in the title role.

Plot

Film producer Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) is extremely eager to make a film, he's saved up for it his entire life. Now with a script penned by an accountant (Adam Alexi-Malle ), a camera operator (Jamie Kennedy) with access to studio-owned equipment, and several actors who are hungry for work (Christine Baranski, Heather Graham, Kohl Suzduth ) he needs access to a studio in order to get his movie made.

He manages to extract a promise from a film studio executive (Robert Downey Jr.) that the executive will distribute the film if it includes action star Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy). Ramsey refuses, so Bowfinger resorts to hiring Ramsey's twin brother (also played by Murphy) and begins covertly filming Ramsey in public in scenes with Ramsey's character. Actors walk up and recite their lines and the camera catches Ramsey's confused reactions, believing for most of the movie that Ramsey is method acting, but Ramsey misinterprets the movie's sci-fi dialogue and believes he's being stalked by aliens, damaging his already-precarious mental state.

See Also

• Mindhead

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