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Jan 26, 2018 · A Futile and Stupid Gesture: Directed by David Wain. With Frank Gingerich, Morgan Gingerich, Annette O'Toole, Harry Groener. In the 1970s and '80s, National Lampoon's success and influence creates a new media empire overseen in part by the brilliant and troubled Douglas Kenney.
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- Biography, Comedy
- David Wain
- 2018-01-26
Jan 25, 2018 · Doug Kenney was a comic genius — but his untimely passing was inarguably tragic. While vacationing in Hawaii in 1980, the National Lampoon magazine co-founder and OG of snark walked...
- 3 min
- Michael Kaplan
A Futile and Stupid Gesture is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film based on Josh Karp 's book of the same title, directed by David Wain, and written by Michael Colton and John Aboud. The film stars Will Forte as comedy writer Douglas Kenney, during the rise and fall of National Lampoon.
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Douglas Clark Francis Kenney (December 10, 1946 – August 27, 1980) was an American comedy writer of magazine, novels, radio, TV and film, who co-founded the magazine National Lampoon in 1970. Kenney edited the magazine and wrote much of its early material.
- Screenwriter, magazine editor
- Humor
- 1965–1980
- Kathryn Walker (?–1980, his death)
A Futile and Stupid Gesture. 2018 | Maturity Rating: TV-MA | 1h 41m | Comedy. In a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy empire, molding pop culture in the 1970s. Starring: Will Forte, Domhnall Gleeson, Emmy Rossum.
- David Wain
- 101 min
A Futile and Stupid Gesture entertainingly recreates the birth of an influential comedic movement, even if it struggles to cover its creative ground. Writer Doug Kenney co-founds National...
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- Biography, Comedy
