The Dark Backward

July. 26,1991      R
Rating:
5.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A man pursues stand-up comedy encouraged by his fellow garbage man. Though his friend, who accompanies him on accordion, continues to tell him how great he is, he actually stinks. When the "comedian" grows a third arm out of his back, the friend uses this twist to get him signed up with a sleazy talent agent, and it begins to look like his career is on the move, even though his girlfriend has left him.

Judd Nelson as  Marty Malt
Bill Paxton as  Gus
Wayne Newton as  Jackie Chrome
Lara Flynn Boyle as  Rosarita
James Caan as  Dr. Scurvy
Rob Lowe as  Dirk Delta
Claudia Christian as  Kitty
Billy Bob Thornton as  Patron at Sloppy's
King Moody as  Twinkee Doodle
Danny Dayton as  Syd

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Reviews

Noutions
1991/07/26

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

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Listonixio
1991/07/27

Fresh and Exciting

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Baseshment
1991/07/28

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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AshUnow
1991/07/29

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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