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Jul 27, 2021 · For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close: Directed by Heather Ross. With Andrew Alexander, Ike Barinholtz, Bernadette Birkett, Stephen Burrows. Documentary film about the legendary improv guru, Del Close.
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- Documentary
- Heather Ross
- 2021-07-27
English. For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close is a 2020 comedy - documentary hybrid film about comedian Del Close (1934–1999), who coached many of the best-known comedians and comic actors of the late twentieth century. [1] Its stories are drawn in part from Wasteland, an autobiographical horror comic co-written by Close and John ...
- George Mandl, Tova Goodman, Sean Jarrett
- Heather Ross
- Jacques Brautbar
- Heather Ross, Adam Samuel Goldman
Jul 30, 2021 · Director Heather Ross struggles to avoid turning “For Madmen Only” into a talking-head documentary, but she succeeds through revealing Close’s difficult dark side too. After all, Del Close would have hated a puff piece. Ross assembles a team of comedy legends, old and new, and they provide the bulk of the interesting insight into how Del ...
About this Movie. For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close. Starting his career with Nichols and May, training most of the original cast of SNL, and being the inspiration for the Upright Citizens Brigade theater, there isn't a comic working today who wasn't mentored in some way by Del Close.
- Heather Ross
- October 14, 2020
Watch For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close with a subscription on Hulu, rent on Apple TV, or buy on Apple TV. Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out ...
- Heather Ross
- One Road Studios
Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through sewers, m...
Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through sewers, mental wards, and his peculiar talent for making everyone famous but himself, Close emerges as a personification of the creative impulse itself. He's a muse with BO and dirty needles, offering transcendence despite (or because of) the trail ...
