The Jimmy Show | |
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Directed by | Frank Whaley |
Produced by | Beni Tadd Atoori Mary Jane Skalski |
Written by | Frank Whaley (screenplay) Jonathan Marc Sherman (play) |
Starring | Frank Whaley Carla Gugino Ethan Hawke |
Music by | Georg Brandl Egloff |
Cinematography | Michael Mayers |
Editing by | Miran Miosic |
Distributed by | First Look Studios |
Release date(s) | December 13, 2002(limited) |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Jimmy Show is a 2002 drama written and directed by Frank Whaley, based on an Off-Broadway play by Jonathan Marc Sherman.[1] The film stars Whaley, Carla Gugino, and Ethan Hawke.
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The film centers on the life of Jimmy O'Brien (Frank Whaley), a supermarket clerk by day and a standup comedian by night. He lives with his wife (Carla Gugino), daughter, and a disabled grandmother. Jimmy's aspiration to succeed contrasts sharply with the numbness of his pothead friend Ray (Ethan Hawke), who is just trying to get by.