Shtickmen (2003)

Directed by

Eric Jewell, Jeff Hays

Genre

mockumentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This mockumentary follows struggling comedians as they take odd jobs and scrape by to pursue their craft. It shows the often bleak and unglamorous side of trying to make it in comedy.

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What happens

Shtickmen is a mockumentary film about the life of struggling comedians, and the things they have to do to make a living. It stars Dean Lewis, Jeff Hays, Burton Gilliam, David Wilk and Gordon Keith. It was released in 2003 and subsequently received 5 awards at various festivals around the world. This led to a distribution deal with Blockbuster Video, where it was released in January 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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