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Punchline (1988)
Directed by David Seltzer
“Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.”
Comedy, Drama · 2h 03m
Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. When the two meet, they form an unlikely friendship, and Steven tries to help the untried Lilah develop her stage act. Despite the objections of her family and some very wobbly beginnings, Lilah improves, and soon she finds herself competing with Steven for a coveted television spot.
Cast
Sally Field
Tom Hanks
John Goodman
Mark Rydell
Kim Greist
Paul Mazursky
Damon Wayans
Taylor Negron
George McGrath
Ángel Salazar
Crew
- Director
- David Seltzer
- Writer
- David Seltzer
- Director of Photography
- Reynaldo Villalobos
- Original Music Composer
- Charles Gross
- Editor
- Bruce Green
- Producer
- Daniel Melnick, Michael I. Rachmil
Details
- Release date
- 1988-10-07
- Runtime
- 2h 03m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Box office
- $21,032,267