Matinee poster

Matinee

Lawrence Woolsey presents the end of civilization as we know it. Make that... Proudly Presents!

6.7(346)19931h 39m3

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.

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Status
Released
Budget
$14M
Box office
$9.5M
Language
English
  • florida
  • cold war
  • military base
  • film in film
  • cuban missile crisis
  • 1960s
  • key west
  • bomb shelter
  • film director
  • teenage protagonist

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Behind the camera

Director

Joe Dante

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG29 Jan 1993
    • PhysicalPGVHS21 Apr 1993
    • PhysicalPGDVD29 Jul 1998
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG18 Jun 1993
    • PhysicalPGBlu-ray 12 Sept 2016
  • AustraliaAU

    • PhysicalPGDVD4 Dec 2013
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Physical1 Jan 1995
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP28 Jul 1993
  • GermanyDE

    • Premiere1226 Jun 1993
  • South KoreaKR

    • TheatricalAll19 Feb 1994
  • SwedenSE

    • Physical11VHS30 Sept 1994
    • TV11Kanal 525 May 1997
    • Physical11Blu-ray1 Mar 2021

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Matinee was released on 29 January 1993.

Audience reviews

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  • R

    r96sk

    5/22/2023

    5/10

    A bore! John Goodman almost saves <em>'Matinee'</em>, he's good, but not quite. I personally didn't care for the characters of Key West and their stories, especially the parts with those portrayed by Kellie Martin, Omri Katz and James Villemaire. The story shoots off into quite a few directions, but I was genuinely not into any of it apart from the scenes with Goodman's Woolsey. The 'film within a film', <em>'M…

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