a bunch of amateurs

Director: andy cadiff

Actor: burt reynolds,alexandra weaver,elesia marie,sarah goldberg

Data Published: Fri Dec 19 2008

Genres: Comedy

Key Words: english countryside,rural england,amateur theatre,faded actor,celebrity

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1171226/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bunch_of_Amateurs

Description: A Bunch of Amateurs is a movie starring Burt Reynolds, Alexandra Weaver, and Elesia Marie. A sleazy Hollywood agent tricks one of his clients, a faded action star, into playing King Lear in an amateur charity production in England.

Plot: A washed-up Hollywood star is flown to England to play the title role in King Lear at "Stratford" believing he will be appearing onstage at the legendary RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. Instead he finds he has signed on with the "Stratford Players" in the Suffolk village of Stratford St John. He goes to the United Kingdom with his career deteriorating and having problems with his daughter who is an aspiring actress on the fringes of the New York theatre. The local villagers are somewhat of a motley crew and are naturally delighted to have such an - albeit unsuccessful - star playing with them. Reynolds plays a typically selfish American with no time for manners, and displays an appalling lack of class, considering himself too big for this lowly setting. The transition to humble actor, happy to play with the British actors takes some time, but eventually he is reconciled with his estranged daughter and realises that he is no better, in terms of talent and intelligence, than his amateur colleagues.