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Kenny (2006)

Kenny poster
Directed by
Clayton Jacobson
Genre
comedy film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 66 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mockumentary follows Kenny Smyth, a Melbourne plumber who works for a portable toilet rental company. He is an eternally optimistic man who always puts others before himself.

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What happens

Kenny is a 2006 Australian mockumentary film starring Shane Jacobson as Kenny Smyth, a Melbourne plumber who works for a portable toilet rental company. The film was followed by the television series Kenny's World. Director Clayton Jacobson describes the character of Kenny as "'The Dalai-Lama' of Waste Management, eternally optimistic and always ready to put others before himself. Kenny represents the humbling nature of common decency." The film was shot entirely on location in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, and Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. The film was released in the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom on 28 September 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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