Released by Utopia on July 27th, 2021
Directed by - Heather Ross (Girls on the Wall) & Produced by - Jennifer Pike
Written by - Heather Ross & Adam Samuel Goldman
Featuring - Matt Walsh, James Urbaniak, Patton Oswalt, Jason Sudeikis, Lauren Lapkus, Bob Odenkirk, Tim Meadows, Jason Mantzoukas, Ike Barinholtz, Adam McKay, Lennon Parham, Paul Scheer & more
View the New Official Trailer on YouTube Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P7AGbWPJ_I
"A FUNNY AND POIGNANT LOOK AT A MAN TO WHOM COMEDY NERDS OWE AN INCALCULABLE DEBT."
— JOHN DEFORE | HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"AN ENTERTAINING, INSIGHTFUL, FASCINATING, AND TRULY UNIQUE DOCUMENTARY THAT SHINES A LIGHT ON THE MAN WHO MANY COMEDIANS SAW AS THE PERSONIFICATION OF WHAT COMEDY COULD BE BEYOND SIMPLY MAKING SOMEONE LAUGH."
— ETHAN ANDERTON | SLASHFILM
Utopia is pleased to announce that FOR MADMEN ONLY, a feature documentary that places improv guru Del Close front and center, is set for release on Altavod & Apple TV in the USA and Canada on July 27th, 2021.
Synopsis: Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for DC Comics. As he leads us through sewers, mental wards, and his peculiar talent for making everyone famous but himself, Close emerges as a personification of the creative impulse itself. He's a muse with BO and dirty needles, offering transcendence despite (or because of) the trail of wreckage behind him.
In this at once hilarious and poignant look at the life of the godfather of improv comedy, Del Close, Festival alum Heather Ross (Girls on The Wall) tracks the trailblazer from "human torch" sideshow act to his influential and contentious rise at The Second City, mentoring such greats
as Bill Murray, John Candy, and Tina Fey, among many others. Inspired by his semi-autobiographical DC Comics anthology Wasteland, the film delves into the inner workings of Close's wacky mind through inspired reenactments, archival clips, and interviews with such devotees as Bob Odenkirk, Tim Meadows, and Adam McKay. The result is a lively, multi-layered picture of a man and his mission, riding on the edges of genius and despair, creativity, and insanity.
Heather Ross said of her second feature documentary, "We knew that to make the definitive movie about this icon/unknown, we would need to take the same kind of creative risks that he was famous for. As someone known for breaking down genres and experimenting with form—not to mention playing fast and loose with the truth - we decided to apply the same ideas to our film and try to break new ground with the documentary genre. This resulted in constructing a set of scenes imagining the creative process behind WASTELAND, Del's comic book autobiography."
Danielle DiGiacomo, Head of Content for Utopia, said, "For Madmen Only is a singular film reflecting a singular man - a creative and joyful exploration of one of the lesser sung heroes in all of comedy; we at Utopia can't wait for viewers to be taken on a much needed escape into hilarity and genius."
FOR MADMEN ONLY premieres on Altavod & Apple TV on July 27th, 2021, with special events and screenings to be announced. Pre-Order the film here: https://www.altavod.com/content/formadmenonly
Learn more about Wasteland (DC Comics) here: https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/comics/series/wasteland
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