The wages are lousy and everybody hopes for the big break. Sally field, tom hanks, and john goodman star in a romantic comedy about standup hopefuls toil in obscurity at a new york club while waiting for their big break. This is a trailer i wrote, produced and edited several years ago. One of two pictures first released theatrically in 1988 starring tom hanks with the other being 20th century foxs big 1988. Writerdirector david seltzer times punchline like a good joke. They become friends and help each other out at an nyc. Field plays a housewife and mother who suddenly develops the urge to be a comedienne. Columba pictures ceo dawn steel decided to release punchline 1988 after the boxoffice hit big 1988 had first been in theaters. Punchline feels like one of those movies because it goes by so fast but thats because it really is funny and relies on true stand up. Strictly for archive purposes for crossreference on accreditation. A medical school dropout and a housewifemom try to make it as standup comedians. Punchline is a 1988 american comedydrama film written and directed by david seltzer and distributed by columbia pictures. It stars tom hanks, sally field, john goodman, and mark rydell the film was produced by daniel melnick and michael i.
When he sees a girls panties, he gets so excited he faints. Before 1988, standup hadnt made much of a mark on the big screen. When did standup comedians stop being humorists and start being personalities, whose. An original anime series from the noitamina block, punch line centers on yuta iridatsu, a high school student, with a peculiar habit. Punchline 2 hours and 08 minutes movie 1988 steven gold is a standup comedian who is flat broke and has recently dropped out of medical school.
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