Punchline
by David Seltzer
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Actor: John Goodman, Kim Greist, Mark Rydell, Sally Field, Tom HanksDirector: David Seltzer
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Reynaldo Villalobos
Writer: David Seltzer
Producer: Daniel Melnick
Producer: Janice Yarbrough
Producer: Jerry A. Baerwitz
Producer: Jim Van Wyck
Producer: Michael I. Rachmil
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 128 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-07-09
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Punchline
Movie Review: Quite Memorable - Comedy & Tragedy
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a memorable film for me, both good and bad. Almost 20 years later, some of the scenes in here bring either a smile or a frown to my face. I guess that means this is a powerful story. It left some indelible impressions, at least in my sensitive memory.
Tom Hanks was mesmerizing as the haunted comedian, a man with a lot of talent to make people laugh but a guy tormented by the lack of support from his father. There is a scene or two in here with this dad that is so uncomfortable to watch that it has prevented me from seeing this multiple times.
Too bad, because I do remember some wonderful, funny scenes such as Hanks in the hospital entertaining the patients. Sally Field also gives a touching performance as a housewife trying to break into the stand-up comedy business, and John Goodman is likable as her husband.
Overall, this is an interesting film with very emotional scenes you won't soon forget.
Summary of Punchline
Steven gold is a stand-up comedian who is flat broke and has recently dropped out of medical school Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 06/01/2004 Starring: Sally Field Tom Hanks Run time: 122 minutes Rating: R Director: David SeltzerAt the height of the standup-comedy boom of the 1980s, this film offered the revelation that many comedians were, in fact, rather psychologically unstable individuals for whom performing was an outlet for hostility and aggression. Wow--who would have guessed? This film focuses on two who meet and forge an unlikely friendship: Tom Hanks plays a caustic, self-destructive comic looking for his big break and Sally Field plays a more Roseannelike comedian who begins neglecting her husband (John Goodman) and children because she gets such a kick out of performing. The offstage stuff is strictly soap opera, but Hanks and Field both develop solid comedic rhythms once they get behind a microphone. --Marshall Fine
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