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Shakes the Clown(Movie, 1992)

1h 27min | Genres: Comedy, Crime
Shakes the ClownRating: 2.8/5 (with 3030 votes)
Shakes the Clown is a 1991 American black comedy film directed and written by Bobcat Goldthwait, who performs the title role. It also features Julie Brown, Blake Clark, Paul Dooley, Kathy Griffin, Florence Henderson, Tom Kenny, Adam Sandler, Scott Herriott, LaWanda Page, Jack Gallagher, and a cameo by Robin Williams as Mime Jerry using the pseudonym "Marty Fromage". The film is a satire of performance art and portrays different communities of clowns and other performers as clannish, rivalrous subcultures obsessed with precedence and status. Goldthwait made the film as a satire of the dysfunctional standup comedy circuit at the time he was first starting out as an entertainer. When the film was first released, it w... ()
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About Shakes the Clown

Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control.

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Shakes the Clown (1991) Trailer(Trailer, 2:34)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Made by: IRS Media
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 10 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 08/28/1991
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Um Palhaço Suspeito"
"Conozcan a Shake"
"Clowns - Ihr Lachen bringt den Tod"
Budget: 1,400,000 USD
Revenue: 115,103 USD (= 8%)

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