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The Unbookables

Name: The Unbookables
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Released: 2012-01-19
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 6.8

★ 6,8 /10 (9 Votes)

2012 EN 96 min

Overview

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?

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