The Comedian (2016) on Netflix
Jackie Burke, an aging comic icon, wants more than the TV character he played decades ago. Punching a man filming his routine lands him community service, where he meets Harmony Schiltz.
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- Rotten Tomatoes24%
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Plot summary
Jackie Burke built a following decades ago as the star of a cult television show, and audiences still want him to repeat the jokes and scenes they remember from it. He wants a career beyond that character. At a nostalgia night at the Governor's Comedy Club in Levittown, New York, a man in the crowd tries to film Jackie's routine, and Jackie punches him. He is sentenced to 30 days in jail and 100 hours of community service. At the soup kitchen where he serves the hours he meets Harmony Schiltz, there on her own community service, whose father is a real estate mogul in Florida.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Comedian (2016)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Jennifer Aniston was at one point attached to play Harmony Schiltz in The Comedian, but the role was later given to Leslie Mann opposite Robert De Niro.
- Before filming began, Robert De Niro attended shows at comedy clubs in New York City several times a week to prepare for his role as an aging comic.
