Paul Provenza
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Provenza (born July 31, 1957) is an actor, comedian and filmmaker. Provenza is currently based in Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Provenza, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 31, 1957
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Gender: Male
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Chow Bella
Overview: A frustrated crime reporter is given the job of food critic by his editor and when he writes a bad review of a mob owned restaurant, he must face the consequences.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-01
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I Am Comic
Overview: Through unprecedented backstage access and candid interviews, the film weaves through the absurd world of the working comedian and reveals a crazy and hilarious psychological profile of its practitioners. We also follow retired comic Ritch Shydner's attempt to climb back on stage after a thirteen-year hiatus. At the top of his game in the 1980's, Shydner had HBO specials, shot five pilot TV shows, and numerous late night appearances (Carson, Letterman, Leno, etc.) but the big time eluded him. Equipped with the collective wisdom and nutty musings of over 80 of his peers, he gives it another shot. Does Ritch have what it takes to connect with today's young crowds and still get the laughs?
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-10
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The Aristocrats
Overview: One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-29
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Phobophilia: The Love of Fear
Overview: More terror/magic hijinks from Penn & Teller, with support from some other players. Paul Provenza spends the whole show trapped in a system of giant tubes. Skits include a new director and an auditioning starlet who can and will do anything, and the Three Stooges on a construction project. Other notable tricks include earthworms finding a photo from a stack, a borrowed ring apparently cut from a volunteer's stomach, and a bullet swap.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Survival Quest
Overview: A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same time to go camping. When one of the soldiers thinks their boss has been killed by one of the city slickers, he coaxes his team into exterminating all of them. They will have to rely on their wits and on each other in order to survive.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-01
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Chasing Robert
Overview: Alan is a gambler desperate to erase the huge sports debt he owes to a cruel but quirky Chicago mobster.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-17
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The Bitter Buddha
Overview: The Documentary takes an unconventional journey through the life of one of America's most original comedic voices. Eddie Pepitone, "The Bitter Buddha", is looked at in this portrait of creativity, enlightenment and rage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-15
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Under the Influence
Overview: Noah Talbot is a long-time alcoholic whose drinking begins to have a devastating effect not only on his personal life but on his family as well.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-28
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Fixing Frank
Overview: Frank (Miller) is a gay journalist who goes undercover at the urging of his therapist boyfriend Jonathan (Provenza) to write an exposé of Dr. Apsey (Butler). Apsey performs conversion therapy on gay male clients, a practice which Jonathan finds reprehensible. Frank quickly comes clean with Apsey but continues to meet with him under the pretense of interviewing him, but finds himself questioning himself, Jonathan and their six-year relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-03
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A Venue For The End Of The World
Overview: Haunted by uncanny similarities between Nazi stage techniques and the showmanship employed by modern entertainers, a filmmaker investigates the dangers of audience manipulation and leader worship.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-14
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The Facts
Overview: Originally a pilot that aired as a late movie on the CBS network. it was never picked up to continue as a series. It featured Phil Hartman, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, and has appearances by young Bob Saget and Emo Phillips. Very obscure, it wasn't included in any of the mentioned performers' filmographies until 2024.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-01
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Dying Laughing
Overview: The craft, creative process and complicated lives of Stand-up Comedians.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-24
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Silenced
Overview: “Silenced” is a film about the state of free speech in America.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-03
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Gilbert
Overview: The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-20
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The Hungry Bachelors Club
Overview: A celebration of life, love, acceptance and family, "Food for the Heart" is a sweet romantic comedy, about two best friends, Delmar (Jorja Fox) and Hortense (Suzanne mara), whose culinary talents and gift for hospitality leads the two women to host evenings of love and laughter with an eccentric circle of half-baked family and friends.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-12
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Nothing Sacred
Overview: Three longtime pals live in San Francisco: Darin is married to Natalie, but their family life is too still and Darin is not happy about it, Matt is ladies' magnet but tired of it, trying to get something stable from his relationships, and goofy Kevin doesn't have any success with women at all. Darin starts an affair with his friend's wife Maxine and Matt falls deeply in love with a woman he has seen once.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-09
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Plump Fiction
Overview: Four stories intersect in this violent film parody. Exterminators dress as hit men and try to protect the wife of their boss, Montello. Meanwhile, the strippers at Montello's strip club, dressed as nuns, attempt to rob him. Tag-team wrestlers steal Montello's briefcase, thinking its contents are valuable. Finally, Bumpkin, running to deliver a script, loses a lot of the pages.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-01
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Batman & Jesus
Overview: Was Jesus a historical person? We'll trace and compare existing evidence to modern mythology.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-30
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Odd Jobs
Overview: Five college buddies start their own moving business only to find themselves tangling with sleazy competitors and the mob.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-01
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