Film
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
2018 · 1h 41m · Comedy · Drama
Being the King of Comedy is no joke.
- IMDb
- 6.7
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 67%
- Metacritic
- 55
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Overview
In a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy empire, molding pop culture in the 1970s.
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Cast
Will Forte
Doug Kenney
Domhnall Gleeson
Henry Beard
Martin Mull
Modern Doug
Neil Casey
Brian McConnachie
Jon Daly
Bill Murray
Nelson Franklin
P.J. O'Rourke
John Gemberling
John Belushi
Rick Glassman
Harold Ramis
Seth Green
Christopher Guest
Harry Groener
Harry Kenney
Max Greenfield
Chris Miller
Camille Guaty
Alex Garcia-Mata
Ed Helms
Tom Snyder
Thomas Lennon
Michael O'Donoghue
Joe Lo Truglio
Brad
Matt Lucas
Tony Hendra
Crew
- David WainExecutive Producer · Director
- John AboudExecutive Producer · Screenplay
- Michael ColtonExecutive Producer · Screenplay
- Peter PrincipatoProducer
- Jonathan SternProducer
- Ted SarandosProducer
- Ed HelmsExecutive Producer
- Ben OrmandExecutive Producer
- Edward H. Hamm Jr. Executive Producer
- Sean McKittrickExecutive Producer
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 24, 2018
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
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