Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 01/20/06 (Limited) Home Video 08/29/06 MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for drug content and brief strong language Running Time 1 hour 38 minutes Genre Comedy, Politics Director/Writer Albert Brooks Cast Albert Brooks, Amy Ryan, John Carroll Lynch, Sheetal Sheth, Jon Tenney Studio Warner Independent Pictures |
LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD
SYNOPSIS
In the hilarious new film LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN
THE MUSLIM WORLD, comedian Albert Brooks
gets summoned by politician/actor Fred Dalton
Thompson to come to Washington D.C. to help in
a new diplomatic effort. His job? Spend a month in
India and Pakistan, write a 500 page report, and
tell the U.S. government what makes the over 300
million Muslims in the region laugh. While Brooks
isn't sure he's the man for the job, the possibility
of a Medal of Freedom proves irresistible and he
accepts.
With the aid of two government agents, Stuart
(John Carrol Lynch), Mark (Jon Tenney), and a
lovely assistant, Maya (Sheetal Sheth), Brooks
starts the interviewing process, as soon as he
lands in India, asking everyone, "What makes you
laugh?" Since people aren't as forthcoming as he
would like, and when he discovers there are no
comedy clubs in India or Pakistan that would help
him observe, he decides to put on The Big Show,
the first comedy concert in New Delhi. He figures
that by what the audience laughs at, he'll get what
he needs for his important government
assignment. He figured wrong. Undaunted,
Brooks continues his quest, doing everything
from a clandestine meeting with a group of
Pakistani comedians, to a business meeting with
Al Jezeera, all in the hopes of achieving his goal.
--© Warner Independent
In the hilarious new film LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN
THE MUSLIM WORLD, comedian Albert Brooks
gets summoned by politician/actor Fred Dalton
Thompson to come to Washington D.C. to help in
a new diplomatic effort. His job? Spend a month in
India and Pakistan, write a 500 page report, and
tell the U.S. government what makes the over 300
million Muslims in the region laugh. While Brooks
isn't sure he's the man for the job, the possibility
of a Medal of Freedom proves irresistible and he
accepts.
With the aid of two government agents, Stuart
(John Carrol Lynch), Mark (Jon Tenney), and a
lovely assistant, Maya (Sheetal Sheth), Brooks
starts the interviewing process, as soon as he
lands in India, asking everyone, "What makes you
laugh?" Since people aren't as forthcoming as he
would like, and when he discovers there are no
comedy clubs in India or Pakistan that would help
him observe, he decides to put on The Big Show,
the first comedy concert in New Delhi. He figures
that by what the audience laughs at, he'll get what
he needs for his important government
assignment. He figured wrong. Undaunted,
Brooks continues his quest, doing everything
from a clandestine meeting with a group of
Pakistani comedians, to a business meeting with
Al Jezeera, all in the hopes of achieving his goal.
--© Warner Independent
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