Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caesar!

Lights. Camera. Abduction.

2016106 min5.9 / 10

A playful, visually sumptuous farce set in 1950s Hollywood that uses a kidnapping mystery as a vehicle for affectionate satire of old studio culture and filmmaking itself.

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

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