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Comedy Films 4
01.16.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Lenny (1974) Jon Chandler suggested this film, a biopic of comedian Lenny Bruce starring Dustin Hoffman. That does open us us to a whole new category of comedian biopics. That said the only other one I can think of is…
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Comedy Films 3
01.15.10 | Permalink | 4 Comments

Martin Croser also suggested the following three “films about comedy”. Mr. Saturday Night (1992) Made by Billy Crystal at the height of his powers, Crystal plays lounge comedian Buddy Young. Buddy Young was a character Crystal developed in Saturday Night Live but this is a much more dramatic movie than the other SNL spin-off’s you [...]
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Comedy Films 2
01.11.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

I’ve had a couple of other suggestions for my “films about comedy” from a couple of pals.
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Comedy Films
01.09.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I was trying to think of some films which are about comedy. Not necessarily comedies, but films which are about comedy. Here are the few I could come up with.