Sacked filmmaker Viktor invents a computerised actress, but can’t deal with the secrecy and success when her first film scores at the box office., Sacked filmmaker Viktor invents a computerised actress, but can’t deal with the secrecy and success when her first film scores at the box office. Tinseltown satire., Al Pacino headlines this clever satire of celebrity worship. Pacino plays a struggling filmmaker who creates a computer-generated actress to star in his comeback film. When his synthetic thespian—named Simone for “Simulation One”—becomes a media sensation, he tries to dupe the public into believing she’s a real person., Film director Al Pacino has a problem. His star actress has walked off the set and no-one else will work with him. Then computer whiz Elias Koteas offers a solution – a computer generated star who will do as she’s told. But the problem is that she and the film are such a hit that the world wants to meet this new star in the flesh, a difficulty Pacino has to steer round in Andrew Niccol’s smart sci-fi comedy., Film director Viktor Taransky has a problem. His star actress has walked off the set and no-one else will work with him. However, a computer whiz offers a solution; a computer generated star who will do as she’s told. But the problem is that she and the film are such a hit that the world wants to meet this new star in the flesh, a difficulty Taransky has to steer round in Andrew Niccol’s smart sci-fi comedy.