The Unbookables (2012)
Take A Ride on Comedy's Dark Side
The Unbookables is a narrative documentary about stand-up comics who have spent their careers pushing limits--on stage and off. Relegated to small venues and touring in a crappy van through the Midwest they careen between the desire to succeed and the reality that there may be nothing left to lose. Road life is far from glamorous: comics come and go and cruel pranks and hard drinking punctuate their obsidian dark comedy on stage. They succeed and fail-spectacularly. When they face being fired for going too far on stage, the conflict culminates in a showdown: compromise or double down?
- Date of release
- 2012-01-19
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Documentary, Comedy
- Director
- Jeff Pearson
Casting
- Andy Andrist — Himself
- Brett Erikson — Himself
- James Inman — Himself
- Kristine Levine — Herself
- Travis Lipski — Himself
- Sean Rouse — Himself
- Brendon Walsh — Himself
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