Comedian Kevin Pollack is stepping into documentary film making with the upcoming Misery Loves Comedy. The film will dive into the minds of stand-up and professional comics through interviews, old footage, and days-in-the-life type sequences.
Michael
Ian Black, Rob Delaney, Jon Favreau, Paul Feig, Jim Gaffigan, Christopher
Guest, and Chris Hardwick are some of the comedians that we will see in Misery
Loves Comedy.
KEVIN
POLLAK TO DIRECT DOCUMENTARY “MISERY LOVES COMEDY”
FOR
HERETIC FILMS AND NEWALEY PICTURES
Feature
Documentary Probes the Comic Psyche
Los
Angeles, September 3, 2013 – Kevin Pollak will direct the documentary Misery
Loves Comedy for producers Becky Newhall of Newaley Pictures and Burton Ritchie
and Ben Galecki of Heretic Films, it was announced today.
Misery
Loves Comedy will explore the mind of the stand-up comic and all those who
choose to write or perform comedy as a profession. Pollack uses interviews, day-in-the-life
sequences, archival and historic footage and photos, observations, essays and
insights to explore why a person gets on stage in front of a room full of
strangers when, in fact, public speaking is all other Americans’ #1 fear, even
above death.
Pollak
and the producers have assembled a veritable who’s who of comedic talent both
onstage and off. A partial list of
includes: Michael Ian Black, Rob Delaney, Jon Favreau, Paul Feig, Jim Gaffigan,
Christopher Guest, Chris Hardwick, Penn Jillette, Richard Kind, Lisa Kudrow,
Richard Lewis, Marc Maron, Jim Norton, Opie & Anthony, Jason Reitman, Andy
Richter, Bob Saget, David Wain, Alan Zweibel and many more.
“My
hope is that we shed all new light on the pain behind the humor, but also
uncover more about the minds and hearts of comedians than any of us think we
know,” said Pollak.
“As
a true fan of stand-up comedy, I wanted to produce this film to better
understand the inner workings of the comic,” said Newhall. “Burton and I look forward to working with
Kevin to help audiences gain insight into these amazing artists.”
Comedy
Central named the multi-talented Pollak one of their Top 100 Comedians of All
Time. He’s co-starred in over 70 films, including The Usual Suspects, Casino
and A Few Good Men, and hosts Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show, featuring 90 minute
plus interviews with filmmakers, actors and comedians, available on iTunes,
YouTube and Earwolf.com.
Heretic
Films is an independent movie production company that creates value by
identifying and nurturing emerging talent while offering superlative platforms
for established artists to fulfill their creative goals. Heretic provides a uniquely engaging
experience for the project’s investors and partners by offering inclusion in
the behind the scenes magic of making films.
NewAley
Pictures is an independent film production company that seeks to produce high
quality, commercially viable yet impactful documentaries, that will not only
entertain audiences, but educate them as well.
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