Kevin Pollak
11) The Comedy Club
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When a fire destroys Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, defiant owner Tom Sawyer and his crew of comedians rebuild it, hoping to revive the struggling local comedy scene. As a breeding ground for young comedians, Cobb's could not be equaled. Jim Carrey, Dana Carvey, Paula Poundstone, Bob Saget, Ellen DeGeneres, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bill Maher, Kevin Pollak and more developed at this small club. David C. Schendel (Yank Tanks, 2003) documents the roller...
16) Benjamin
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A dysfunctional family coming together for an intervention on behalf of their youngest member, fifteen-year old, Benjamin. When the unlikely group assembles for one night, via a Facebook Event Invite, the adults on hand begin launching into their own problems while all but ignoring the one person who they came there to help. Through the unlikeliest of methods this initially fractured tribe of individuals finds solace and healing together- but not...
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Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much is the thrilling, award-winning documentary from CJ Wallis about a math genius from Texas named Ted Slauson who spent the majority of his life memorizing the prize amounts on The Price Is Right. The film explores how Ted went from bidding to banned, and reveals his part in a 2008 perfect bid Showcase scandal that was covered in Esquire, Time Magazine & others.
18) Hendrie
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Feature documentary on legendary talk-radio comic legend Phil Hendrie, who influenced a legion of great comedic minds through his innovative and relatively short-lived, off-the-wall radio show.