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Don't Make Waves

Comedy

"It's entertainment that fills up the screen like she fills out a bikini," the trailer for Don't Make Waves proclaimed. She is Sharon Tate, portraying a beach-loving, sky-diving beauty named Malibu. The entertainment filling up the screen is a gleeful sand-and-surf-and-sex satire based on Ira Wallach's Muscle Beach, set to a title tune by The Byrds and targeting SoCal's go-go beach culture and the high-living hillside denizens of its ocean-view enclaves. Tony Curtis, reteaming with director Andrew Mackendrick of Sweet Smell of Success, plays an eastern interloper who arrives with little and hits on ways to finagle his way into lots. Also making waves: Claudia Cardinale, Robert Webber, Joanna Barnes and bodybuilder David Draper.

Rich and Strange

Comedy

Fred and Emily Hill, a happy young married couple, inherit money and decide to take a world cruise. On board ship their newfound fortune goes to their heads and they tend to go their separate ways. Fred loses most of his money to a fake princess, while Emily also gets involved, but luckily escapes the commitments of her escapade. Their shipboard romances drive them apart but a shipwreck brings them back together. Rescued by a Chinese junk they return to the security of England and home, having had their fill of romance and adventure.

Hot Tamales Live II

Comedy

Kiki Melendez brings together seven of today's most talented and diverse comedians for one hot and hilarious stand-up comedy special. From sizzling Brazilian dancers to hilarious performances by Amy Anderson (Premium Blend), Kira Soltanovich (Woman Behaving Badly), Canada's own Nikki Payne (The Naughty Show & The Next Big Thing), Valentino (The Ambassador of Love), Jill-Michele Meleán (Mad TV & Reno 911), Nadine Rajabi (Skinny Fat Free News), and the incomparable Thea Vidale (ABC's THEA and Ugly Betty).

RRRrrrr!!!

Comedy

A pre-historic tale set 37,000 years ago, when two tribes lived in peace. Until the first time in the history of humanity, a crime came to be committed. And thus the first police investigation of History starts.

Chaplin's Mutual Comedies: Part One

Comedy

In the movies he made for the Mutual Film Corporation, Charles Chaplin perfected what would become the trademark themes and techniques of his career while simultaneously creating the short films that many critics and enthusiasts now regard as his best work. Flicker Alley and The Blackhawk Films® Collection are proud to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of ‘Little Tramp’ with the premiere of 'Chaplin's Mutual Comedies: Part One'. The collection features six newly restored films: ‘The Floorwalker’, ‘The Fireman’, ‘The Vagabond’, ‘One A.M.’, ‘The Count’, and ‘The Pawnshop’. In a collaborative effort, Lobster Films in Paris and L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, Italy, scanned the collections under the aegis of Association Chaplin at a resolution of 2,000 lines from original 35mm prints gathered from archives all over the world, then digitally assembled and restored. Each film offers the option of either improvised piano accompaniment or a full orchestral score. Among the many well-known composers and musicians featured are Eric Beheim, Neil Brand, Timothy Brock, Antonio Coppola, Carl Davis, Stephen Horne, Robert Israel, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Maud Nelissen, Donald Sosin, and Gabriel Thibaudeau.

Going Berserk

Comedy

Stars of the Emmy winning SCTV comedy troupe, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, and Eugene Levy headline this off-the-wall comedy which lampoons everything from religious cults to Kung Fu movies to Father Knows Best, complete with a cameo by the show's original "Princess" Elinor Donahue. Directed by comic talent David Steinberg, the film's plot finds Candy brainwashed by a religious aerobics cult to kill his soon-to-be father-in-law, a United States Congressman. Featuring such comedy character actors as Paul Dooley, Richard Libertini and Bill ("Ya Doesn't Has to Call Me Mr. Johnson") Saluga, Going Berserk recreates the inspired madness of the Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges.

Publish or Perish

Comedy

Facing impossible deadlines and an adversarial relationship with his boss, a professor obsessed with getting tenure accidentally kills a student. The cover up causes his life to spiral out of control in this award winning dark comedy.

My Dog Stupid

Comedy

Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration who has published nothing worthy of note in years. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his wife and four grown up deadbeat kids, he dreams of running away to start over again. Yet when he discovers an unattractive, bad-mannered dog in his garden, he decides to adopt him, and both start developing an unexpected friendship that inevitably upsets Henri’s family and neighbors. A bittersweet and moving comedy about love standing the test of time, starring iconic real-life couple Charlotte Gainsbourg & Yvan Attal.

Patch Adams

Comedy

Meet Patch Adams (Academy Award® winner, Robin Williams), a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh - even if it means risking his own career. Based on a true story, Patch Adams combines sidesplitting humor with an inspiring story that transcends the traditional comedy.

Straight Up

Comedy

Todd is a hyper-articulate, obsessive compulsive gay twentysomething whose fear of dying alone leads him to a baffling conclusion: he might not be gay after all. When he meets Rory, a whip-smart struggling actress with her own set of insecurities, the two forge a relationship that’s all talk and no sex. Writer-Director-Star James Sweeney delivers a razor sharp rom-com that’s equal parts Classical Hollywood and distinctly 21st century, exploring just how elastic our definitions of love and sexuality can get.

California King

Comedy

When mattress store manager Perry (Travis Bennett)'s childhood crush Lynette (Victoria Justice) announces she's leaving town, he panics. Desperate to prove himself, he and his reckless best friend Wyatt (Jimmy Tatro) concoct a harebrained scheme to "rescue" her younger brother from a fake kidnapping—only to accidentally pull off a real one. What starts as a misguided romantic gesture spirals into a chaotic, fast-talking crime caper where Perry will have to outwit crooks, cops, and his own terrible decisions—before his entire life goes up in flames. Also starring Joel McHale.

Jeffrey

Comedy

Disenchanted with the not-so-romantic side of safe sex, sweet, single, and obsessive Jeffrey (Weber) vows to become completely celibate! No sooner has he sworn off sex than he meets hunky, sensitive Steve (Weiss). But just as passion starts to ignite, Steve reveals some earth-shattering information, leaving Jeffrey to choose between losing the man of his dreams-or taking a risk on what just might be true love!

Paris Can Wait

Comedy

Anne is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with a business associate of her husband. What should be a seven-hour drive turns into a carefree two-day adventure replete with diversions involving picturesque sights, fine food and wine, humor, wisdom and romance, reawakening Anne's senses and giving her a new lust for life.

Call Center Girl

Comedy

After her 13-year stint on a cruise and her husband’s untimely death, Teresa vows to keep her family together. The determined mother then receives a chance to rekindle her relationship with her daughter Regina when she lands a job at the call center where her daughter is working. As Teresa tries to set things right between her and Regina, a demoralized call center team gets a boost from the loving mom in the most unexpected manner.

I Don't Understand You

Comedy

Dom (Nick Kroll) and Cole (Andrew Rannells) set out on the perfect Italian getaway. But after getting lost on the way to dinner, they end up stranded in a storm, offend the locals, and—whoops—accidentally kill a beloved restaurant owner. With no cell service or language skills, the body count continues to rise as their romantic escape goes completely off the rails.

Fahim Anwar: There's No Business Like Show Business

Comedy

Pigeons, NBA Jam, a Disney Channel audition gone wrong. Fahim Anwar displays some of the smartest stupid material with moments of poignancy in his first one hour special. Join him on the quest to make his parents less disappointed.

David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer

Comedy

The new David Cross comedy special, Bigger and Blackerer was taped during two shows, back-to-back on the same evening at Boston's Wilbur Theatre. During his illustrious career, David Cross has played recurring roles on the TV programs Arrested Development and The Colbert Report, and won an Emmy Award for his contributions to The Ben Stiller Show. He has also appeared in such films as Waiting for Guffman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Bob Dylan fantasy I'm Not There (in which he portrayed Allen Ginsberg), and Kung Fu Panda. Bigger and Blackerer is both David Cross' third album and first comedy special on Sub Pop Records, preceded by the albums It's Not Funny (2004) and Shut Up, You F****** Baby! (2002), and the 2003 tour documentary Let America Laugh.

Free Money

Comedy

When two small town losers court the Swede's (Marlon Brando) daughters, they go head to head with a father-in-law set on making them his guests in his prison. Dreaming of breaking out, Bud (Charles Sheen) and Larry (Thomas Haden Church) eye a "money train" on it's way through town. The only thing standing in the way of a financial opportunity of a lifetime is The Swede. Is this "Free Money" worth the price? Welcome to a wacky mix of small town morals and unpredictable danger.

An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn

Comedy

After getting fired by her scheming husband Shane Danger from his cappuccino shop, dissatisfied Lulu Danger (Aubrey Plaza) is stunned when a TV commercial for "An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn For One Magical Night Only" reveals a mysterious man from her past (Craig Robinson). When Shane and his bumbling cohorts steal the cashbox from Lulu's adopted vegan brother Adjay, specialist Colin (Jemaine Clement) enters the fray to retrieve the stolen funds. But Lulu seizes the opportunity to run off in search of her mystery man—and events only become stranger from there. This is a story of love, theft, athletic swimming, and a magical magical event.

You Choose!

Comedy

French fries or salad? Friends or lovers? Right or left? Life is comprised of small and large decisions. Juliette’s big problem is that she is totally unable to make the slightest choice. Even at 40, she asks her father and her two best friends to decide everything for her. When her love life crosses paths with Paul, and then Etienne – each one charming and unique – it’s only normal that Juliette’s heart wavers. But this time no one can make up her mind for her.

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