A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person.
The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star--the first totally believable synthetic actress. The "actress" becomes an overnight sensation, with a major singing career as well, and everyone thinks she's a real person. However, as Simone's fame skyrockets, he cannot bear to admit his fraud to himself or the world.
Written by Sujit R. Varma
When Simone's costars for "Eternity Forever" with whom she conducts a meeting via telephone introduce themselves, most of them have computer software/hardware manufacturers' names: Corel, Claris (Simone worked with her cousin Dell), Hewlett, Lotus, and the two that aren't companies: Mac and Hal, the HAL 9000 from
2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Goofs
Continuity:
When Viktor says "with Hank's tragic passing his secret did die with him" we see a newspaper with a message about Hank's passing under a glass, which is supposedly on the table in front of Victor. But there is no newspaper there in any other shot.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Production Assistant:
Uh, Mr. Taransky, she's... Viktor:
She's walking? Don't tell me she's walking. She can't walk!
[heads off running]
Viktor:
Nicola! See more »
Crazy Credits
Despite the fact he has an important role in the film, the actor who plays
Hank is not credited.
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"Requiem - Pie Jesu"
Written by Gabriel Fauré Performed by Oxford Camerata and Schola Cantorum of Oxford J. Summerly, conductor Courtesy of Naxos of America By Arrangement with Source/Q
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