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THE COMEDIAN Special Screenings

Description

An aging comic icon, Jackie (Robert De Niro) has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother (Danny DeVito) and his wife (Patti LuPone), Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony (Leslie Mann), the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul (Harvey Keitel), and the two find inspiration in one another, resulting in surprising consequences.

Bios

Taylor Hackford received Oscar® nominations for Best Director and Best Picture for RAY (2004), starring Jamie Foxx; and won an Oscar® for Best Live Action Short Film for TEENAGE FATHER (1979). His films include AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (1982); BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT (1993); DOLORES CLAIBORNE (1995); THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE (1997); and LOVE RANCH (2010).

Contact

Sony Pictures Classics

Details

Country: USA

Year: 2016

Director: Taylor Hackford

Screenwriters: Art Linson, Jeff Ross, Richard LaGravenese, Lewis Friedman

Producers: Art Linson, John Linson, Mark Canton, Courtney Solomon, Taylor Hackford

Executive Producers: Scott Karol, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones, Iain Abrahams, Fredy Bush, Dennis Pelino, Mark Axelowitz, Lawrence Smith, Peter Sobiloff

Director of Photography: Oliver Stapleton

Editor: Mark Warner

Production Designer: Kristi Zea

Music: Terence Blanchard

Cast/Featuring: Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, Danny DeVito, Edie Falco, Veronica Ferres, Charles Grodin, Patti LuPone, Cloris Leachman, Lois Smith, Harvey Keitel

Running Time (minutes): 119 min

Language: English

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