The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
1991, English. Directed by Ben Lewin.
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A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle begins in which Goldblum finds adoring crowds believing him to be Jesus and then begins to believe it himself.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Ben LewinDirector
- Bob HoskinsLouis Aubinard
- Jeff GoldblumPianist
- Natasha RichardsonSybil
- Michel BlancNorbert
- Jacques VilleretLingerie Man
- Jean-Pierre CasselZalman
- Angela PleasenceLouis' Sister
- Carlos KlosterThe Archbishop
- Claudine MavrosMother Superior
- Artus de PenguernSaint Francis
- Martine FerrièreMother of Lingerie Man
- Sacha VikouloffThe Violinist
Details
- Released
- 1 May 1991
- Country
- United Kingdom, France, United States of America
- Written by
- Ben Lewin
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The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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Who directed The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish?
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991) was directed by Ben Lewin and stars Bob Hoskins, Jeff Goldblum, Natasha Richardson.