The Comic Poster

The Comic

A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!

Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney, Cornel Wilde, Nina Wayne

Writer: Carl Reiner, Aaron Ruben

Release Date:
November 19, 1969
Ratings:
5.9 / 10
Director:
Carl Reiner
Companies:
Acre Enterprises

Overview

An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.