A peek at Apatow's standup movie

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 28th, 2008

It doesn’t sound like there’ll be any lockers for the comedians in this one.

The film is about a comedian named George Simmons, played by Adam Sandler. He’s been successful, “the women want him and the guys want to be his friend,” but he’s “a very miserable and self-involved person.” The story starts when he learns that he has an untreatable blood disorder and has less than a year to live. In steps Ira, played by Seth Rogen, a deli counter worker and aspiring comedian. He performs for free at a small stand-up club but hasn’t figured out his persona and, as Peter describes, is “what Seth Rogen would sound like if he were a stand-up comedian.” After Simmons’ shows up one night at his club and screws up his performance, he decides to hire Ira because he “sees something in the young comedian.”

Read the entire article on FirstShowing.net for all the juicy details.

We wonder if we can get a review copy?

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