The original Broadway production of Speed-the-Plow starred Joe
Mantegna, Ron Silver, and Madonna in this hilarious satire of
Hollywood, a culture as corrupt as the society it claims to reflect.
Charlie Fox has a terrific vehicle for a currently hot client.
Bringing the script to his friend Bobby Gould, the newly appointed
head of production at a major studio. Both see the work as their
ticket to the big time. The star wants to do it; as they prepare their
pitch to the studio boss, Bobby wagers Charlie that he can seduce the
temp secretary, Karen. As a ruse, he gives her a novel by "some
Eastern sissy" writer that needs a courtesy read before being
dismissed out of hand. Karen slyly determines the novel, not the
movie-star script, should be the company's next film. She sleeps with
Bobby, who is so smitten with Karen and her ideals that he pleads with
Charlie to drop the star project and pitch the "Eastern sissy"
writer's book.
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