"Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."07 October 1988Drama, Comedy123 mins
Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. When the two meet, they form an unlikely friendship, and Steven tries to help the untried Lilah develop her stage act. Despite the objections of her family and some very wobbly beginnings, Lilah improves, and soon she finds herself competing with Steven for a coveted television spot.
Luis Raúl takes over the arena stage for his final stand-up show, recorded live at Puerto Rico's renowned José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan on September 14, 2013.
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more.
When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's children, whom she is looking after, he knows he's in hell.
In Margate, England, life is not easy for teenager Sarah Taylor, between being bullied at school, being exploited by a dominant boss and having to take care of her depressive mother and her two siblings.
Comedian Tim Allen shares his enthusiasm for power tools, automobiles, grunting, and the myriad obsessions of the American male in this special for the Showtime premium cable network, which was aired a few years before he rose to stardom with the television sitcom Home Improvement.
Subtle, sensitive and touching? Probably! Serene? Not quite. Hilarious? Absolutely! Jean-François is getting older and experience forces him to evolve.
Kareem and Johnny are two comics in New York struggling on the circuit. In a last-ditch attempt to kickstart their careers, they decide to put together a comedy showcase, but the only place they will let them do it is Kellogg's Diner, an old-school joint in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
FBI agent Lucas Baker must go undercover as a bartender at a local comedy club. During his time behind the bar, he uncovers the secrets behind an underground criminal organization.
After a rough, unsuccessful show at the club, a pitiful stand-up comedian goes to a convenience store in the middle of the night to get cigarettes, but only to desperately try to make a weary, Indian clerk laugh.
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A St. Louis cop, Mike Braxton (Sam Jones), receives an urgent call for help from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles.
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest.
Adoring capsule of the Mets 1988 season, in which they won 100 games and the National League east division but lost the pennant to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
