"Comedy is often misunderstood." 17 January 2009 Comedy, Music 91 mins
A satirical songwriter comes to Los Angeles and puts his life's work in jeopardy.
Watch the official Punching the Clown 2009 trailer in HD below or find more Punching the Clown videos on Vidimovie.
Henry Phillips as Henry Phillips
Ellen Ratner as Ellen Pinsky
Matthew Walker as Matt Phillips
Audrey Siegel as Becca
Derek Waters as Dave the Intern
Eddie Pepitone as Eddie
Paul Willson as Bill
Nikki Glaser as Olympia
Wade Kelley as Captain Chaotic
Guilford Adams as Fabian Mann
Mik Scriba as Joel
Evan Arnold as Don Chase
Mark Cohen as Stupid Joe
Michelle Anne Johnson as Jane Crown Jones
Bill Wiley as Sam
Gregori Viens Director
Ian Campbell Cinematography
Gregori Viens Writer
Gregori Viens Editor
Henry Phillips Writer
United States 17 January 2009
If you liked the Punching the Clown trailer, you may like these ones:
04 November 2007
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.
01 October 2002
Comedian Cedric the Entertainer uses his considerable appeal to introduce some up-and-coming young stand-up comedians.
31 March 1983
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship.
30 March 2017
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash.
29 March 2020
In order to acquire Taro's Humagear Progrise Key, Aruto has to defeat Taro at a three-round joke showdown!
20 April 2018
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
19 September 1968
The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.
05 November 2005
Carlin returns to the stage in his 13th live comedy stand-up special, performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City for HBO®.
27 January 1984
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob.
04 January 2019
Biopic of Marathi comedian, India's first stand-up comedian P. L. Deshpande.
28 April 2006
Life has its downs for James, living with his mom in Chicago at 39, an aging performer at Second City, eating and weighing too much.
More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Punching the Clown:
The movie opens OCTOBER 22 2010 in New York. Winner of the Slamdance Film Festival Audience Award for ...
Satirical folk-singer Henry Phillips stumbles towards stardom in Hollywood in this genius comedy. After a case of mistaken identity a down and out comedian ...
A clip from the new comedy PUNCHING THE CLOWN winner of the Salmdance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature. The movie opens OCTOBER 15 ...
Henry Phillips sings a twisted love song on stage in the new comedy "Punching the Clown" produced and directed by Gregori Viens Co-written by Henry ...
"Punching The Clown" Night 5 - 2009 Gen Art Film Festival - &
A clip from the new comedy PUNCHING THE CLOWN winner of the Salmdance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature. The movie opens OCTOBER 15 ...
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 2009:
13 March 2009
Immortalized in the world of improv comedy, Second City veterans TJ Jagodowksi and David Pasquesi explore the unique partnership and transcendental forces that govern their legendary performances.
07 July 2009
A short documentary about Vince Guaraldi, the composer most well known for his work on several 'Peanuts' animated television specials.
01 January 2009
I am the drowning sea. Waxing, waning, vanishing, surrendering, yearning, drunk, helpless against your indifference, with no way out.
25 June 2009
Guntur (Rangga Raditya) is an ordinary kid from village in Banyuwangi who lives an ordinary life. Well, not quite ordinary, since he is the “victim” of his father and friend obsession.
13 September 2009
Mao and Chiang Kai-shek during some decisive moments in the battle over the fate of China.
21 June 2009
Many people remember Marion Barry as the philandering drug-addled mayor of the nation's capital. He's the poster boy for corruption, a pariah.
05 June 2009
The end of the 18th century. In California, in the "New World" of America, people suffer beneath Spanish despotism and hope their saviour will come.
01 November 2009
A love-struck man discovers he has an incurable illness shortly after meeting the woman of his dreams.
05 November 2009
Two lives collide and then change forever when a suicidal psychiatrist is interrupted mid-attempt by the ambitious son of his wealthiest patient- a young man who claims to desperately need help and won't take no for an answer.
17 September 2009
TV film, nominated for Best Experimental Series in 2010, in Streamy Awards.
01 March 2009
The story of American film criticism.
12 April 2009
Andrés Rabadán was headline news after killing his father with a crossbow. But beyond the chatter of the media, what is the true story of the young man who became known as the “maniac with the crossbow”?
Have you watched Punching the Clown yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 2009 Viens Films.
