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Oct 2, 1970 · The Comic: Directed by Carl Reiner. With Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney, Cornel Wilde. Story of a brilliant silent-film comic whose talent is overshadowed by his ego.
The Comic is a 1969 American Pathécolor comedy-drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Carl Reiner. It stars Dick Van Dyke as Billy Bright (which was the original title of the film), Michele Lee as Bright's love interest, and Reiner himself and Mickey Rooney as Bright's friends and colleagues. Reiner wrote the screenplay with Aaron ...
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A silent-film comedian (Dick Van Dyke) drinks, cheats on his wife (Michele Lee), bullies his buddy (Mickey Rooney) and makes a brief TV comeback.
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- Comedy, Drama
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Structured as a memory piece, The Comic is narrated by a postmortem Billy Bright as he lies in repose in a mortuary casket, a likely nod to Billy Wilder's proposed opening to Sunset Boulevard (1950), which was nixed by the studio.
Oct 1, 2013 · From director Carl Reiner (The Jerk) comes a film mixed with slapstick laughs and great performances from Michele Lee (TV's "Knots Landing"), Mickey Rooney (Breakfast at Tiffany's) and Cornel Wilde (A Song to Remember). Newly remastered.
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In Carl Reiner's The Comic, Dick Van Dyke gets to show his full range of talents especially in he art of pantomime. In homage to the the great silent screen comics like Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, and Van Dyke's own hero and mentor Stan Laurel.
Nov 19, 2019 · ‘The Comic’: THR’s 1969 Review. On Nov. 19, 1969, Columbia premiered a comedic, yet dark, look at Hollywood with Dick Van Dyke starring as a silent movie star in The Comic. The Hollywood...
Josh Gillam ★★½. Silent film comedian Billy Bright (Dick Van Dyke) gradually alienates those closest to him thanks to his ego, in Carl Reiner’s comedy drama co-starring Michelle Lee, Mickey Rooney and Cornel Wilde.
