Release Date | 2012-01-19 |
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Runtime | 96 minutes |
Genres | Documentary, Comedy |
Stars | Andy Andrist, Brett Erikson, James Inman, Kristine Levine, Travis Lipski |
Directors | Jeff Pearson, Jim Harkins, Chris Millar, Jim Harkins, Mary Jones |
The Unbookables is a narrative documentary about stand-up comics who have spent their careers pushing limits--on stage and off. Relegated to small venues and touring in a crappy van through the Midwest they careen between the desire to succeed and the reality that there may be nothing left to lose. Road life is far from glamorous: comics come and go and cruel pranks and hard drinking punctuate their obsidian dark comedy on stage. They succeed and fail-spectacularly. When they face being fired for going too far on stage, the conflict culminates in a showdown: compromise or double down?