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La Cage Aux Folles II

Comedy

The two gentlemen from La Cage Aux Folles are back! 'Zaza' (Michel Serrault) thinks that he is no longer attractive to Renato (Ugo Tognazzi), and to make him jealous sets out to the local caf‚ in magnificent 'drag'--where 'she' is promptly picked up by a spy who is fleeing from enemy agents. Soon 'Zaza' is in possession of precious microfilm. To catch the bad guys, the French authorities decide to use 'Zaza' and Renato as bait, and the couple are off to Italy--as man and wife. Renato's mother (Paola Borboni) lives in Italy and doesn't 'know.' (Mother will not be pleased by the appearance of her son's bride!) Having to contend with the evil goings-on, 'Zaza' and Renato will, in their own riotous way, face down the villains. Music by Ennio Morricone. Edouard Molinaro directed.

Hot to Trot

Comedy

Comedian Bob Goldthwait stars as an insecure stockbroker who teams up with Don the Talking Horse, a chatty four-legged financial advisor. Together, this decidedly odd couple gallop through a series of comic misadventures that echo the grand tradition established by Francis the Talking Mule and TV's beloved Mr. Ed. Co-starring Emmy Award-winner Dabney Coleman ("9 to 5," "Tootsie"), Virginia Madsen ("Candyman"), Gilbert Gottfried ("Aladdin") and the voices of John Candy ("Cool Runnings," "Uncle Buck") and Burgess Meredith ("Grumpy Old Men," "Rocky"). Featuring the music of Danny Elfman ("Batman," "Beetlejuice").

Answer This!

Comedy

Brilliant trivia whiz Paul Tarson is great at answering little questions but horrible at answering the big ones – like what’s he going to do after grad school? When his father withdraws his funding, Paul is forced to confront his future and much procrastinated dissertation deadline…until he discovers the First Annual Ann Arbor Pub Trivia Tournament. Paul and his buddy James quickly form a team and rise to the top. When they get a shot at the championship at the exact same time his dissertation is due, Paul’s course of action is not quite as trivial!

Werner Herzog Film Collection: Stroszek

Comedy

Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck. After they are harried and beaten by the thugs who have been Eva's pimps, they join Bruno's neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin. In that winter bound, barren prairie, Bruno works as a mechanic, Eva as a waitress. They buy a trailer. Then, bills mount, the bank threatens to repossess the trailer, Eva wants privacy, and inexorably, the promise of a new life deserts Bruno.

Ghost Town

Comedy

In the comedy "Ghost Town," Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly and but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (Téa Leoni). That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle, with spirited results.

Septien

Comedy

Michael Tully’s SEPTIEN follows Cornelius Rawlings who returns to his family’s farm eighteen years after disappearing without a trace. While his parents are long deceased, Cornelius’s brothers continue to live in isolation on this forgotten piece of land. Ezra is a freak for two things: cleanliness and Jesus. Amos is a self-taught artist who fetishizes sports and Satan. Although back home, Cornelius is still distant. In between challenging strangers to one-on-one games, he huffs and drinks the days away. The family’s high-school sports demons show up one day in the guise of a plumber and a pretty girl. Only a mysterious drifter can redeem their souls on 4th and goal. Triple-threat actor/writer/director Tully creates a backwoods world that’s only a few trees away from our own, complete with characters on the edge of sanity that we can actually relate to. A hero tale gone wrong, SEPTIEN is funny when it’s inappropriate to laugh, and realistic when it should be psychotic.

All Saints

Comedy

Inspired by the real life story of salesman-turned-pastor Michael Spurlock, the film shines a light on a pastor who was told to close down his tiny, rundown church and instead ended up serving as the host for refugees from Burma in southeast Asia.

Le marquis

Comedy

Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and sentenced to six months imprisonment. To win the respect of his fellow inmates, he claims he is "The Marquis," a brilliant robber whose identity has remained a mystery. Two weeks before his release, an armed robber named Quentin Tasseau helps him escape and takes him to Manila so he can take part in a robbery whose mastermind requires the talents of the Marquis...

Smokey and the Bandit

Comedy

Get ready to tear up the highway with the Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a fun-loving, fast-talking trucker who takes on his craziest haul yet - delivering 400 cases of beer from Texarkana to Atlanta in just 28 hours. With Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) hot on his trail and eager to teach him some respect for the law, the Bandit joins forces with good ol' boy, Cledus (Jerry Reed) and runaway bride Carrie (Sally Field). Gear up for huge laughs, pedal-to-the-metal action, and some of the wildest car crashes ever filmed!

Band of Robbers

Comedy

A modern day, comedic adventure that imagines Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as grown men, still searching for the hidden treasure that has eluded them since childhood.

Pete Holmes: Dirty Clean

Comedy

Two years after starring in his first HBO stand-up special, and in advance of the third season of his HBO comedy series Crashing, comedian/writer/actor Pete Holmes stars in his second special for HBO, to be taped in November in front of a sold-out live audience at the Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon. The special will feature an all-new routine showcasing Holmes' self-deprecating humor and infectious enthusiasm for exploring the most mundane aspects of everyday life. This latest comedy hour finds Holmes confronting personal truths about the mechanisms of consciousness, the afterlife and Elon Musk, as well as sharing a few thoughts on being a new dad.

The Good Witch

Comedy

A mysterious woman, Cassie Nightingale, comes to town, setting small-town tongues wagging when she inhabits the local haunted mansion, and stirring up more than potions by opening a curio shop, “Bell, Book, and Candle.” The question on everyone’s lips… is she truly a witch, or just a bewitchingly cunning woman? A deluge of mean-spirited complaints circulates, especially from the mayor’s mean wife and her band of busybodies. Police chief Jake and his children are charmed by her ways, but it may take a little enchantment to win over her more ardent opponents. There’s magic in the air – and maybe romance, too – as Jake struggles to sort things out in this delightful family comedy starring Catherine Bell.

The Sting II

Comedy

Get ready for the next Sting! Those incredible con men are at it again and setting their next scheme in motion. The Depression is over and everybody wants an even bigger piece of the action. It's twist after twist as Gondorff (Jackie Gleason), Hooker (Mac Davis) and Veronica (Teri Garr) try to out sting both Doyle Lonnegan (Oliver Reed), the notorious gangster previously stung by this group and now out for revenge and profit, and Macalinski (Karl Malden), a local racketeer. It's the con to outdo all cons, and someone's finally going to get stung… but who?

Lottery Ticket

Comedy

Kevin Carson (Bow Wow) a young man living in the projects, is just an ordinary guy...until he wins $370 million in the Mondo Millions Lottery. That's the good news. The bad news is, the lottery claim office is closed for the long 4th of July weekend, so, before he can collect his prize, Kevin is going to have to figure out how to keep a lid on his good fortune and survive the next three days. As news of his windfall spreads through the community, Kevin quickly discovers the good, the bad and the ugly in his closest friends and neighbors. Girls who could never be bothered before start chasing him down. Everyone wants a piece of him--the reverend, the local loan shark and one very threatening parolee who won't take no for an answer. On edge and on the run, he even begins to question the intentions of his best friend, Benny (Brandon T. Jackson). He also starts to realize the power he holds in his hands and what this lottery ticket could really mean to him, his future, and the community.

The Heat (Unrated)

Comedy

You have the right to remain laughing when Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy team up in the outrageously funny unrated version of this comedy from the director of Bridesmaids, Paul Feig. FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn and Boston cop Shannon Mullins couldn't be more incompatible. But when they join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected...buddies.

Loitering with Intent

Comedy

When out-of-work-actors Raphael (Ivan Martin) and Dominic (Michael Godere) hustle a prominent New York producer into believing they've written a hot movie script, they have 10 days to deliver the goods or lose their last opportunity for a big break. Hoping to escape the bustle of New York City to write in peace, the duo head to the upstate country home of Dom's sister Gigi (Marisa Tomei). But their writer's retreat descends into bacchanalian romp when Gigi's hostile boyfriend Wayne (Sam Rockwell) and his younger brother Devon (Brian Geraghty) bring old flames and simmering grudges to a head for the group. As yearnings for love and familial dynamics threaten to derail their career-making opportunity, will Raph and Dom's friendship survive the creative process?

The Queens of Comedy

Comedy

Four of today's hottest black comedians headline this Queens of Comedy video special, a follow-up to Spike Lee's The Original Kings of Comedy film (although Lee does not direct here). Adele Givens, Mo'Nique (from UPN's The Parkers), Sommore, and Laura Hayes (from BET's Comic View) present a very provocative adult program with riffs on everything from the size of various body parts, to the habits of men, to former president Bill Clinton.

Black Dynamite

Comedy

African-American action legend Black Dynamite goes after 'The Man' for killing his brother Jimmy, for pumping heroin into local orphanages and for flooding the ghetto with hopped-up malt liquor.

Kid Blue

Comedy

Bickford Warner, a.k.a. Kid Blue, is a bumbling outlaw who wants to move to the "big city" to retire from his life of crime. Arriving in the tiny town of Dime Box, Texas, he begins a series of routine jobs; cleaning spittoons, sweeping out a barbershop, slaughtering chickens, and shoveling coal into the huge kiln at the town's only factory, the Great American Ceramic Novelty Company, which manufactures the sort of cheesy ashtray sold at tourist traps in places like Atlantic City. It's not easy to blend in. The Sheriff is on his case, berating him and calling him white trash. But then again, maybe "blending in" isn't possible in this town of eccentrics, including a married man who rhapsodizes about male companionship and the Greeks, and a fire-and-brimstone preacher who is building an "aero-cycle" (a bicycle with wings) and praises the Lord for his gifts of peyote, hemp and alcohol. Eventually, though, Bickford is drawn back to a life of crime...

The Thin Man

Comedy

Oscar-nominee William Powell ("Life With Father") and Oscar-honoree Myrna Loy ("The Best Years of Our Lives") star as a husband-and-wife detective team who take on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts. The original comedy detective classic that inspired several sequels received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Actor (William Powell), Director and Screenplay. Co-starring Maureen O'Sullivan ("David Copperfield"). Inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry and recently selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 greatest American films of all time.

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