Florence henderson appears as one of shakes onenight stands. Clown faces sex raps for haunted house groping the smoking gun. Shakes comes off as an episodic series of clown sketches, strung along a very slight plot. According to a criminal complaint, the victims had their breasts pawed las. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical.
Oct, 2012 shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Standup comic bobcat goldthwait wrote and directed shakes as a starring vehicle for himself. With bobcat goldthwait, julie brown, bruce baum, steve bean. Shakes the clown is a 1991 american black comedy film directed and written by bobcat goldthwait, who performs the title role. Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Is this the citizen kane of alcoholic clown movies as the box suggests. Jon watts made waves at the 2015 sundance film festival with his throwback thriller cop car getting enough attention that he was given a golden ticket to join club mcu by directing 2017s spiderman. Dueling gangs of clowns are pitted against each other in this outrageously funny comedy written by, directed by, and starring bobcat goldthwait.
The bickering cop moments fill up some running time, but thats about all. Promoted with tongue in cheek as the citizen kane of clown movies, this lowbudget comedy annoyed critics and puzzled audiences but in the nine years since its initial release shakes the clown has attracted a substantial cult following. If you love horror movies, do you ever need to read anything else about the truly excellent. Shakes the clown similar films to watch if you like.
As shakes pursues his nemesis, he realizes he is an alcoholic and must change his life completely. Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously. Shakes the clown 1991 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It features cameo appearances by robin williams as a mime and adam sandler as another clown. Packed with big names and wait, i know that guy from something. Apr 04, 2014 shakes, an alcoholic kids party clown, finds himself framed for murder and must get off the sauce to clear his name, get his girl back and defeat the bad clown element running rampant in.
When a film critic derided the movie in order to make a point about good and bad movies, scorsese revealed, i like shakes the clown. Shakes the clown on dvd 043396040625 from sony pictures home entertainment. Alleged auteur bob goldthwait has crafted if thats the right word a disparate mess of a film that, if it needs to be categorized, could be called a black comedy. Principal photography began in november 2012, in ottawa. Movies like shakes the clown if you like shakes the clown you are looking for dark humor, humorous and semi serious movies about with clown, false accusation, rescue, nothing goes right, frame up, crimes and disorder themes of comedy, crime and drama genre shot in usa. Wikiproject film rated startclass this article is within the scope of wikiproject film. Injustice in the dvd world is deeply troubling to me. The all clown town of palukaville provides a colorful backdrop for this tale of an alcoholic funnyman framed for murder. Scorsese was jokingly referencing what someone else had said about the film. His feature film career includes dark comedies like shakes the clown, worlds greatest dad, and god bless america, and between those ventures hes a driving force behind standup comedy specials or series for wellknown jokers like patton oswalt, demetri martin, marc maron, and even dave chappelle back when he had his own show. Clown faces sex raps for haunted house groping the.
It features cameo appearances by robin williams as a mime and adam sandler as another clown shakes is on the verge of getting fired, as his drunken shenanigans often end up ruining the kids birthday parties he performs at. This movie represents a perfectly balanced mix of the epic of gilgamesh, homers. It also features julie brown, blake clark, paul dooley, kathy griffin, florence henderson, tom kenny, adam sandler, scott herriott, lawanda page, jack gallagher, and a cameo by robin williams as mime jerry using the pseudonym marty fromage. Interestingly, watts had another film in the can that had never been released, 2014s clown, produced by eli roth, and just this week is getting a small. Shakes the clown clings to a brutally cynical attitude.
Til bobcat goldthwait revealed that martin scorsese once. Shakes the clown is a 1992 black comedy movie writtendirected by and starring bobcat goldthwait as the titular character, an alcoholic clown. Because the slovenly shakes cant seem to make it to birthday parties sober and on time, he is fired from his booking agency, causing him to go on a big drinking binge. This movie represents a perfectly balanced mix of the epic of gilgamesh.
Goldthwait is shakes, an alcoholic clown whose career is sliding down the pan due to his addiction, but who can still hold it together enough to entrance his kiddie audiences. Shakes boss, owen cheese paul dooley, professes, a clown is the difference between a party and a really nice party and say, wait a minute. Its a dark comedyand probably one of the best ever made. Shakes, an alcoholic kids party clown, finds himself framed for murder and must get off the sauce to clear his name, get his girl back and defeat the bad clown element running rampant in. Performing the usual rounds of birthday parties and afternoon shows, the clown community keeps their costumes on all day long. The film includes many future stars in the palukaville population, such as adam sandler as a fellow clown and standup comedienne kathy griffin as a local named lucy. Overwhelming in its bleak humor, this film is apparently a satire of the stand up. Someday in the hopefully distant future, maybe shakes the clown will indeed live up to its billing as the citizen kane of alcoholic clown movies. Shakes the clown is sick but whether its a joke is a matter of taste. It makes perfect sense for shakes the clown from 1991 to be a cult film. I was disappointed with the deleted scenes, and lack of 5. Later, shakes awakens and learns that binky, a lousy tvclown, is framing him for beating up shakes former boss with a juggling pin.
Shakes the clown has been added to your cart add to cart. Free shipping get free shipping free 58 day shipping within the u. Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time. Shakes the clown, bobcat goldthwaits masterpiece, is about an alcoholic clown framed for murder by his cokeaddicted nemesis. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. Tom kenny was a few years away from appearing on mr. I mean, here we have a brand spanking new disc for shakes the clown 1991, 87 minutes, while the collective works of the late great jim varneys ernest p. Shakes the clown by bobcat goldthwait, julie brown, tom. Like many joke slingers, goldthwait yearned to break free of the mic, and his 1992 debut as a directorscreenwriter and leading man, shakes the clown, was the kind of lowbudget, cultureskewering gem id come to admire courtesy of latenight flicks such as kentucky fried movie. Shakes the clown similar films to watch if you like shakes. If you want to start a main shakestheclown page, just click the edit button above.
Shakes is a professional clown, he does magic tricks and balloon animals at birthday parties, and is hoping to get a gig replacing this other clown thats leaving his tv show. You may want to ask in ask the tropers about whether its safe to recreate. The film stars laura allen, andy powers, and peter stormare. November 21shakes the clown has been charged with groping two women at a holiday haunted house in wisconsin, records show. Shakes the clown, which stars the comedian bobcat goldthwait as an alcoholic clown, doesnt much like clowns either set in the mythical town of palukaville, it penetrates the clown underground a harddrinking twilight world where clowns never take off their makeup, and sit around bars all day, bitching and moaning about their problems. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Shakes the clown has a handful of memorable moments, but theyre scattered in a movie whose best ideas were left undeveloped on their way to the screen. The first act of clown works because it lays a lot of its arc at the feet of a totallycommitted performance by.
The bible certainly has its opinions on modesty but, so you dont distract a boy isnt one of them. Oct 25, 2016 shakes the clown 1991 in bobcat goldthwaits raunchy black comedy, comedian tom kenny stars as binky the clown, the resentful host of a childrens tv show who kills a man with a juggling pin. Shakes the clown 1991 in bobcat goldthwaits raunchy black comedy, comedian tom kenny stars as binky the clown, the resentful host of a childrens tv show who kills a. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he cant get his act under control. But in the world of the movie its not just a job, its a lifestyle, a culture. The performances here are the best thing this movies got going for it. Wanna see the guy who voiced spongebob squarepants in an totally bizarre role. The 20 creepiest clowns in movies and tv movie news sbs tv. Cult premiering tonight and the new it out friday, there seems to be an epidemic of scary clowns going on in pop culture right now. Bobcat goldthwaits citizen kane of alcoholic clown movies.
Bobcat stars as shakes, an amiable, alcoholic bozo from palukaville, usa. Shakes the clown 1992 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Why is this film saddled with a big infobox across the bottom that has all of adam sandlers films listed. The visual effects for the clown monster were done by alterian, inc. Shakes the clown is a boozer loser who ends up being framed for murder by a rival happy face. The allclown town of palukaville provides a colorful backdrop for this tale of an alcoholic funnyman framed for murder.
Clown is a story of a loving father who dons a clown outfit and makeup to perform at his sons sixth birthday, only to later discover that the costumered nose and wig includedwill not come off. He must also rescue juwee who has been kidnapped by the nefarious binky, and he must come to grips with his alcohol problem perhaps the film could be therefore titled. Only when shakes is framed for murder and embarks on a hunt for the real killer does the film lose its momentum a little. Julie brown costars as the hardworking waitress who stands by her clown. The world of the film would have us believe that clowns and mimes are mortal enemies. November 21 shakes the clown has been charged with groping two women at a holiday haunted house in wisconsin, records show. The rhythm of the movie settles into cutaways from scenes that arent going anywhere. Somebody who loves sandler is working to be a completist but im envisioning a future wherein the article becomes bogged down in filmlist boxes for some 32 actors and perhaps even filmlist. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses shakes even more. Clown is a 2014 american supernatural horror film directed by jon watts, produced by mac cappuccino, eli roth and cody ryder, and written by watts and christopher ford. The story begins in palukaville, with a large population of clowns.
I found a page at that has a behind the scenes picture of the movie and some interesting facts about the stunt doubles. If you like shakes the clown you are looking for dark humor, humorous and semi serious movies about with clown, false accusation, rescue, nothing goes right, frame up, crimes and disorder themes of comedy, crime and drama genre shot in usa. Quite a bit, including muddy waters, nrbq, and the closing theme clowns by too much joy which, contrary to popular belief, was not written for the film. A man peter stormare, in full stormare mode with a history with the clown suit tells kent and his wife an ineffective laura allen that decapitation is the only answer before the demon in the suit takes over kent completely.
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