Released
The Comic
November 19 1969 (about 55 years ago)Rating
59
Based on
10 reviews
A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!
- Director: Carl Reiner
- Writer: Carl Reiner
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 35 m
- Country: United States of America
- Company: Acre Enterprises
An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
