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The Unbookables
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The Unbookables

2012-01-19 · 96 min · ★ 6.8

Documentary · Comedy

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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Directors
Jeff Pearson
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United States of America
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Andy AndristAndy AndristHimself
Brett EriksonHimself
James InmanHimself
Kristine LevineHerself
Travis LipskiHimself
Sean RouseHimself
Brendon WalshHimself

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