Entertainment (2015 film)
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| Directed by | Rick Alverson |
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| Music by | Robert Donne |
| Cinematography | Lorenzo Hagerman |
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| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Entertainment is a 2015 American drama film co-written and directed by Rick Alverson, starring Gregg Turkington, Tye Sheridan, and John C. Reilly. The film follows an unnamed comedian (a variant of Turkington's long-standing character Neil Hamburger) as he performs in various locations where the audience is either hostile or indifferent to him. He receives advice from his cousin John (Reilly), and as he continues to tour, his performances begin to lower in quality and some audience members become hostile. Alverson, Turkington and Tim Heidecker co-wrote the film.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015. It was released in a limited theatrical release by Magnolia Pictures in North America, and through video on demand in November 2015, receiving a generally positive reception from film critics.
Gregg Turkington had previously appeared in director Rick Alverson's The Comedy. Alverson proposed to Turkington the idea of making a film based on his character Neil Hamburger. The two discussed what Hamburger's character would be like off stage, both finding that his life would be dull and not very dynamic. Turkington had been previously offered to make a film or television programs revolving around the character approaching people in the street which he felt was wrong for the character and was far more interested in a film that he described as a "Two-Lane Blacktop” art film kind of vibe."
The film's script was written by Alverson, Turkington and Tim Heidecker. The film's dialogue is improvised. Turkington described the dialogue as "really more based on descriptions of the tone or the mood that was needed in particular scenes, and kind of running with that.
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