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    The Last Yellow

    Two losers try to lift themselves out of the mire by letting their fantasy world take over their...

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    I Laureati

    A comedy about a quartet of 30-ish roommates stuck on the threshold of full-fledged adulthood and...

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    Funny Bones (1995)

    While in search of some good material, a failed stand-up comedian learns about his father's shady...

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    Muertos de Risa

    Bruno and Nino are two comedians who were going nowhere until their agent made them into a massively...

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    The Secret Policeman's Third Ball

    Music and comedy share the stage in this performance film, which records a four-night variety show...

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    Love Come Down

    The violent death of their father years ago continues to affect the adult lives of a black comic and...

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    a/k/a Tommy Chong (2006)

    Comic Tommy Chong is arrested for manufacturing drug paraphernalia.

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    Paris Holiday (1958)

    Comedian Bob Hunter is aided by his French counterpart Fernydel and two beautiful blondes when he is...

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    Damned in the U.S.A. (1992)

    Documentary focusing on the censorship controversy in America involving pornography, art and...

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    The Dark Backward (1991)

    A struggling comedian gains notoriety when a third arm grows out of his back.

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    The Tall Guy (1990)

    Romantic comedy about an insecure American actor in London who, after years being a comic's straight...

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    Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)

    Stand-up comic Jo Jo's (Richard Pryor) alter ego recalls his wild childhood, four wives and...

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    Wired (1989)

    The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.

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    Lily Tomlin (1987)

    Profile of entertainer Lily Tomlin and her support team as she developes, rehearses and stages her...

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    Bunny Chow: Know Thyself

    Three friends get more than they bargained for while on a trip for fun.

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    Lenny Live

    Lenny Henry live in concert at the Hackney Empire.

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    The Latin Legends of Comedy (2006)

    Explores the humor and legacies of how three struggling Latin stand up comics, J.J. Ramirez, Angel...

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    Gumshoe (1972)

    A Liverpool private eye (Albert Finney) works on a case confused by his sister-in-law (Billie...

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    Richard Pryor Live in Concert

    In his premiere performance film, Pryor takes on such subjects as heart attacks and a black version...

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    Comedienne (1984)

    An informative and sobering look at the careers of two aspiring comediennes, this documentary was...

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    Big Banana Feet

    Billy Connoly was, in the 1970s, a sort of Scottish Lenny Bruce, who, with devastating humor, sliced...

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    Ladies on the Rocks (1985)

    Two female buddies turn the mishaps of their private lives on the road into comedy material on...

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    Gentleman Tramp

    A video biography of the Little Tramp who appeared on the silver screen in 1913 and changed motion...

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    The Wild Party

    A comic hopes to make a comeback by staging a lavish party and showing a movie he has made to...

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    Lenny Bruce Without Tears

    Lenny Bruce was a stand-up comic (though he frequently sat down do deliver his monologues) whose...

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    Kovacs

    The career of television comedy pioneer Ernie Kovacs is recalled through this compilation of clips...

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    Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times (1972)

    This biographical documentary examines the early life and career of Charlie Chaplin. A repeated...

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    27a

    In this Australian drama, an alcoholic becomes so desperate to dry out that he voluntarily checks...

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    Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)

    Heironymus Merkin screens an autobiographical movie of his life, growth and moral decay.

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    I Be Done Been Was Is

    I Be Done Been Was Is may sound like the title of a film about dyslexia. Instead, it is the name...