Claire Makes It Big (1999)

Claire Makes It Big Jeremy Workmans award winning short comedy follows the travails of a talented overweight actress and her difficulties landing a decent movie role A sharply written and briskly directed satire of the acting and filmmaking professions that then turns into a hilarious wishfulfillment fantasy it also features a lovely lead performance by Mara Hobel whom Joan Crawfordheads may recognize as the child Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest and funny supporting turns from more recognizable folks like Clancy Brown Paige Turco and Peter Bogdanovich along with a voice cameo from the late Don LaFontaine