Inside Monkey Zetterland

Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992)

Life. It's A Trip.

An off beat comedy about an out of work screen writing/artist that complains about being too cool, too talented and way too gay.

Date of release
1992-09-12
TMDB
3.6 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Jefery Levy

Casting

Interesting facts

Inside Monkey Zetterland is a 1992 independent comedy film directed by Jefery Levy and written by Steve Antin. The film follows Monkey Zetterland, a former child actor turned aspiring screenwriter and the goings-on with his eccentric family and friends. The story uses voiceover narration and is interspersed with fantasy sequences.

Production

The inspiration from the script came from Steve Antin’s own background, as he himself started out as a child actor before getting into writing. The script originated as a book of short stories titled Campfire Stories. While Antin was filming the 1988 movie The Accused, Jodie Foster asked to read some of Antin's stories, after which she suggested he turn the stories into a film script.

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