Episode 55: The Comedian with Taylor Hackford and David O. Russell
Podcast: The Director's Cut - A DGA PodcastPublished On: Tue Jan 03 2017
Description: Director Taylor Hackford discusses his new film, The Comedian, with fellow director David O. Russell. The film stars Robert De Niro as Jackie Burke, a comedian on the downside of his career whose efforts at reinvention are stymied because his fans only want to see him as the television character he once played. After an incident with an audience members gets him sentenced to community service, he finds inspiration in the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul.
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