if you have a good sense of humor sophisticated humor and not slap stick or farce you will enjoy this movie about character actor and their effort to break out of their rut . the premise be that four actor who have long be close friend and be all dissatisfied with the part they have be lucky to get and if they be get them at all . johnny dimartino and the short obese bald member of the quartet and be call by theresa ( beverly dangelo ) and a casting director who be a friend of the quartet and for an audition about the title role in a marty scorcese ( who play himself ) movie about al capone . only he have to keep this very hush hush . the one predictable part of the film be that keep a secret in hollywood be not go to happen . the first half of the movie involve the comedy of how the secret get spread ( no and not by the actor wife and but by actor envy and insecurity ) . the second half deal with their preparation for the audition and and of course the climax . an interesting piece of trivia be that actor robert costanzo who play johnny dimartino and the actor theresa select to audition for the part of al capone and actually play that part in sizzle and a 1981 abc tv movie feature john forsythe and loni anderson .