In 1984 , Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd starred in a sci - fi flick that had nothing to do with trace or gargantuan marshmallow men . InNothing Lasts everlastingly , written and directed bySNLwriter Tom Schiller , a failed creative person is force to work a menial business for an infelicitous gaffer — Aykroyd , in a cameo — before traveling to the Moon to find his soulmate on a bus man by Murray ’s character , a cranky attender .
The film was made as part ofSNLcreator Lorne Michaels ' contract with MGM , but the studio ultimately declined to release the celluloid . " The cinema is high-risk , I infer , " SchillertoldLA Weeklyin 2010 . " No , I really have n’t been give a sufficient account as to why they did n’t put out it . I reckon it ’s just because they did n’t think it was commercial . "
harmonise toThe Hollywood Reporter , MGM decided not to release the celluloid because it did n’t test well with interview . Thankfully , in 2011 , someone uploaded it to YouTube — and you may watch over it below .
Beyond Murray and Aykroyd , Nothingboasted what would become an all - star cast and crew : Zach Gilligan , who would go on to star inGremlins , play the main character ; Lauren Tom , who later appeared inThe Joy Luck ClubandFriends , played his love interestingness ; and succeeding Oscar prize winners Colleen Atwood , who did the production plan ( although these days she ’s crafting costumes , not set ) , and Howard Shore , who composed the score .
MGM might not have been proud of with the movie , but the French were fans — Nothingwas accept to Cannes . “ I got a phone call and they said , ' You have created a masterpiece ! You will be a sense experience at Cannes ! ' " Schillersaid ( terminated with Gallic stress ) at a 2010 screeningof the flick . Despite that enthusiasm , the president of MGM would n’t countenance Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller takeNothing Lasts Foreverto the film festival : " He said , ' Baby , you could get killed at Cannes . ' I say , give me the name of a pic that was killed at Cannes . He said , ' Baby , I could give the names of 50 that were killed on your desk by tomorrow . ’ I never become the name of 50 and I never got to Cannes . ”
