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When

the

credit

"Director

of

Photography Ken Kelsch" popped on the
at the start of the 1997 culinary
comedy Big Night, some in the East
Coast film community were probably a
bit surprised. After all, Kelsch - who
was recently invited to join the
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had been practically
joined at the hip to
screen

of Arthur (Tucci) and Maurice (Oliver

Platt), two

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unemployed,
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on

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cinematographer has moved even
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Impostors, is the second effort from Big
Night writer/co-director/star Stanley
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Impostors is a hilariously
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successful

her

financing and the show will not go
Arthur and Maurice turn truly
desperate.
The dramatic duo end up in a
barroom fracas with Jeremy Burtrom
(Alfred Molina), a pompous, successful
actor they despise, and are chased by the
police. Arthur and Maurice hide in a
large basket by the docks, where they
fall asleep - only to wake up on a
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