Funny People
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| Directed by | Judd Apatow |
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| Written by | Judd Apatow |
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| Cinematography | Janusz Kamiński |
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146 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $75 million |
| Box office | $71.6 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | July 28, 2009 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Label | Concord Records |
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Funny People is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by Judd Apatow. It stars Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman, Jonah Hill and Aubrey Plaza, and follows a famous comedian who is diagnosed with a terminal disease and tries to fix the relationships in his life.
The film was released on July 31, 2009 and was a box office bomb, grossing $71 million against its $75 million budget.
George Simmons (Adam Sandler) is a middle-aged retired stand-up comedian turned movie star. Despite his wealth he is disillusioned and depressed as most of his recent film work is low-brow and poorly received. He is diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and offered an experimental treatment that has only an eight-percent chance of therapeutic response. Believing he is about to die, he returns to his roots of stand-up comedy.
Ira Wright (Seth Rogen) is an aspiring stand-up comedian in his twenties who shares an apartment with his two best friends, Mark and Leo (Jason Schwartzman and Jonah Hill). Mark is a lead in his own TV comedy series and makes good money. Leo is a rising comedy star and guest star or a recurring role on Mark's TV show. George meets Ira at a small comedy club and hires him as his assistant. Ira becomes one of George's only close relationships. The two travel around the country, George hires Ira as his personal assistant and joke writer and opens for him in the big comedy clubs, often meeting with real life comedians who play themselves and talk about the business of comedy.
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