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Apr 8, 2019 · Seymour Cassel (1935-2019): Prolific Character Actor Was A Witty, Talented Rapscallion. The colorful, mischievous movie and TV star has passed away at 84. To me, he’ll always be Sy Lerner, the cigar chomping producer in “Cannes Man”
Cannes Man. Available on Tubi TV. In a now classic spoof of the Hollywood star making machine, film producer Sy Lerner (Seymour Cassel) makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival.
- Richard Martini, Susan Shapiro
- Seymour Cassel
In a now classic spoof, film producer Sy Lerner (Seymour Cassel) makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival.
So, he meets Sy Lerner (Seymor Cassel), perhaps a bigger loser in movie business and as each person interviewed in this mockumentary, he has made a fool out of a lot of industry executives and cost them plenty of money.
Cannes Man. A prominent film producer (Seymour Cassel) makes a bet that he can turn a taxi driver (Francesco Quinn) into a Cannes sensation. Rebecca Lerner: Rebecca Broussard. Himself: Johnny...
- 2 min
Sy Lerner is the quintessential movie producer, when he makes a bet that he can take any kid off the street and turn him into a superstar overnight using the universal language of the festival: hype. He meets Frank Rhinoslavsky and turns him into 'Frank Rhino, one of the hottest screenwriters to hit Cannes since Faulkner and Hemingway.'
Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to try and turn the cab driver named Frank into the talk of the ...
- 88 min
