The Dark Backward

The Dark Backward (1991)

A man pursues stand-up comedy encouraged by his fellow garbage man. Though his friend, who accompanies him on accordion, continues to tell him how great he is, he actually stinks. When the "comedian" grows a third arm out of his back, the friend uses this twist to get him signed up with a sleazy talent agent, and it begins to look like his career is on the move, even though his girlfriend has left him.

Erscheinungsdatum
1991-07-26
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (45)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 41 Min.
Genres
Komödie
Regie
Adam Rifkin

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

  • Gedreht in: Kalifornien und Los Angeles

The Dark Backward is a 1991 American black comedy film written and directed by Adam Rifkin. It stars Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, and Wayne Newton. It follows a garbage man who tries his hand at stand-up comedy, failing miserably until a third arm mysteriously grows from his back.

Production

The Dark Backward was the first screenplay that Adam Rifkin ever wrote. He was just 19 years old when he was inspired to write it after watching a night of stand-up comedy in 1985.

Principal photography began on August 14, 1990, in Los Angeles, California, and concluded in mid-September 1990.

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