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A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018) [R]

Release Date:
January 24, 2018

Original Title:
A Futile and Stupid Gesture

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Abominable Pictures
Principato-Young Entertainment

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
ES: 16  JP: R18+  NL: 6  PL: 16  PR: R  RO: 18  US: R 

Runtime: 101

Being the King of Comedy is no joke.

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In a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy empire, molding pop culture in the 1970s.

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Production

Additional Hairstylist:
Meghan Heaney
Bia Iftikhar

Additional Second Assistant Director:
Eugene Davis

Art Direction:
Austin Gorg

Assistant Art Director:
Steven Light-Orr

Assistant Costume Designer:
Lenka Padysakova

Assistant Set Decoration:
Kristen O'Malley

Book:
Josh Karp

Camera Operator:
Michael Brian Hart
David Richert

Casting:
Allison Jones

Casting Associate:
Ben Harris

Costume Design:
Debra McGuire

Costume Supervisor:
Isabela Braga

Director:
David Wain

Director of Photography:
Kevin Atkinson

Editor:
David Egan
Robert Nassau
Jamie Gross

Executive Producer:
Ed Helms
John Aboud
Ben Ormand
Edward H. Hamm Jr.
Michael Colton
David Wain
Sean McKittrick
Collin Creighton
Pauline Fischer

First Assistant Director:
M. Ryan Traylor

Graphic Designer:
Jason Perrine

Hair Department Head:
Lara Cilento

Hairstylist:
Aubrey Marie

Key Hair Stylist:
Liz Ferguson

Key Makeup Artist:
Laura Peyer

Makeup Artist:
Laura Peyer
Sabrina Wilson

Makeup Department Head:
Lindsay Garrison

Music Supervisor:
Alexandra Patsavas

On Set Dresser:
M. Marcos Gonzalez

Original Music Composer:
Craig Wedren

Producer:
Peter Principato
Jonathan Stern
Ted Sarandos

Production Assistant:
Nicholas Barragan

Production Design:
Jonah Markowitz

Screenplay:
Michael Colton
John Aboud

Script Supervisor:
Heather Pollock

Second Assistant Director:
Amanda Carrara

Second Second Assistant Director:
Kevin Zelman

Set Decoration:
David A. Cook

Set Designer:
Shelley A. Wallace

Set Dresser:
Armando Abarca
Mark Palmer
Max Bostic
Randy Bostic
Paul Boucher
Randy Severino
Marco López
Michael Gregan
Mark Finer

Sound Designer:
Sean Garnhart

Sound Mixer:
Ed Novick

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Sean Garnhart

Special Effects Coordinator:
Joe Pancake

Steadicam Operator:
Michael Brian Hart

Stunt Coordinator:
Vladimir Tevlovski

Stunts:
Chris Carnel
Jeffrey G. Barnett
Koby Azarly
Michael Duisenberg

Supervising Dialogue Editor:
Nicholas Renbeck

Supervising Sound Editor:
Sean Garnhart

Unit Production Manager:
Korey Budd
Ben Ormand

Visual Effects Producer:
Brice Liesveld
Tara Acquesta
Alex Knudsen

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Brice Liesveld
James Pastorius

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