For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close (2020)

Directed by

Heather Ross

Genre

documentary, drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary about the influential comedy coach Del Close mixes animated sequences based on a horror comic with interviews and archival clips. It shows how his wild life and avant-garde approach shaped generations of famous comedians.

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What happens

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close is a 2020 comedy-documentary hybrid film about comedian Del Close (1934–1999), who coached many of the best-known comedians and comic actors of the late twentieth century. Its stories are drawn in part from Wasteland, an autobiographical horror comic co-written by Close and John Ostrander and published by DC Comics (1987–89). Directed by Heather Ross, the film stars James Urbaniak (as Close), Patton Oswalt, Bob Odenkirk, Jason Sudeikis, Matt Walsh, Josh Fadem, and Lauren Lapkus. It premiered digitally at SXSW in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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