Nicolas Cage stars as… Nick Cage in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal).
Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. With a career built for this very moment, the seminal award-winning actor must take on the role of a lifetime: Nick Cage.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a 2022 American black comedy action film directed by Tom Gormican from a screenplay co-written with Kevin Etten. It stars Nicolas Cage as a fictionalized version of himself, along with a supporting cast that includes Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Ike Barinholtz, Alessandra Mastronardi, Jacob Scipio, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tiffany Haddish. The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 12, 2022. It was released in the United States on April 22, 2022, by Lionsgate Films.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
Directed by: Tom Gormican
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Jacob Scipio, Ike Barinholtz, Alessandra Mastronardi, Demi Moore , Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffany Haddish, Anna McDonald, David Gordon Green
Screenplay by: Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten
Production Design by: Kevin Kavanaugh
Cinematography by: Nigel Bluck
Film Editing by: Melissa Bretherton
Costume Design by: Paco Delgado
Set Decoration by: Jennifer M. Gentile, Letizia Santucci, Zsuzsanna Sipos, Beth Wooke
Art Direction by: Zsuzsa Kismarty-Lechner, Kristof Pataricza, János Szárnyas
Music by: Mark Isham
MPAA Rating: R for language throughout, some sexual references, drug use and violence.
Distributed by: Lionsgate Gelms
Release Date: March 12, 2022 (SXSW), April 22, 2022 (United States)
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