State and Main

  • Comedy
  • Drama
8/26/2000
106

Lock your windows. Hide your daughters. Say your prayers.

The residents of a small Vermont town don't know what hit them when a beleaguered Hollywood film crew brings a chaotic shoot to their quaint village.

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$9,206,279

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  • Wuchak

    A film crew descends upon a New England town

    with William H. Macy playing the director, Philip Seymour Hoffman the troubled writer and David Paymer the no-nonsense producer.

    Written & directed by David Mamet, its a dialogue-driven quirky comedy/drama that pokes fun at the film business. The dialogue is fairly rat-a-tat-tat and so youll probably miss a lot of good lines, but this gives the flick great rewatch value.

    I loved the one about the directors favorite pillow, which says Shoot first and ask questions afterwards. Yet there are dozens of amusing bits, such as the running joke about giving someone an assistant producer credit and the pothole on main street. The only thing I didnt care for was the preoccupation in the seco...

    October 8, 2025

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