Moon over Parador

Jack Noah (Richard Dreyfuss) is all actor: Self-possessed, obsessive, vulnerable, and an addict for praise, his soul burns with "the craft." Having just finished a grade-Z straight-to-cable crime thriller in the fictional South American country of Parador, he gets the ultimate acting challenge ...more

Director Paul Mazursky is a very funny and fair man. His Moon Over Parador is a much better satire of the way politics and performing mix than Dave, yet it's also a devilishly funny tease of the relationship between actors and directors and Washington and Hollywood. Mazursky skewers others and doesn't let himself off the hook, either. It's one of his and Dreyfuss's best comedies and features a powerfully funny performance from the late Raul Julia. Playing off the stereotypical relationship ...more