The Comedian Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Last modified: Jun. 12, 2017

The Comedian

Release Date: Friday, December 2, 2016 Oscar Run Friday, February 3, 2017 NYC/LA

Director: Taylor Hackford

Starring: Leslie Mann • Edie Falco • Harvey Keitel • Danny DeVito • Patti LuPone

R Comedy N/A

2.67 / 5.0

78% WILL SEE 22% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: An aging comic icon, JACKIE BURKE (Robert De Niro) has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother (Danny DeVito) and his wife (Patti LuPone), Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets HARMONY (Leslie Mann), the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul (Harvey Keitel), and the two find inspiration in one another resulting in surprising consequences. Through the alchemy of their unlikely friendship, Harmony and Jackie overcome their own emotional damage and emerge as better people.

Comedy

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Who stars in The Comedian – Cast List

Leslie Mann
Rio, Poetic License
E
Edie Falco
Avatar: Fire and Ash, Avatar 4
Harvey Keitel
Hellfire , Laws of Man
Danny DeVito
Jumanji: The Next Level, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
P
Patti LuPone
City by the Sea, Union Square
V
Veronica Ferres
The Unholy Trinity, Love, Weddings and Other Disasters

Who is making The Comedian – Crew List

A look at The Comedian behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Taylor Hackford last helmed Parker and Love Ranch. The film's writer Art Linson last penned What Just Happened?.

Director: Taylor Hackford
Screenwriter: Art Linson
Producers: Mark Canton
Art Linson
John Linson
Courtney Solomon

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Companies: —

Production – What we know about the The Comedian

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Oct 2016

Completed

Changed The Comedian movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: R Restricted for crude sexual references and language throughout
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

The Comedian Trailers and Clips

The Comedian

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The Comedian Release Date: When was the film released?

The Comedian was released in Oscar Run on Friday, December 2 , 2016. There were 12 12 other movies released on the same date, including Incarnate, La La Land and SiREN.