Shakes the Clown (1991)
August 28, 1991Release Date
Shakes the Clown (1991)
August 28, 1991Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Bobcat Goldthwait
Shakes the Clown
Julie Brown
Judy
Bruce Baum
Ty the Rodeo Clown
Steve Bean
Beaten Mime in Park
Kathy Griffin
Lucy
Blake Clark
Stenchy the Clown
Florence Henderson
The Unknown Woman
LaWanda Page
Female Clown Barfly
Eliza Coyle
Enthusiastic Mime
Paul Dooley
Owen Cheese
Gerald F. Edelstein
2nd Party Dad
Robin Williams
Mime Class Instructor
Melissa Hurley
Producer
Jack Gallagher
Officer Crony
Paige Gosney
Billy
Adam Sandler
Dink the Clown
Paul Colichman
Producer
Tom Kenny
Binky the Clown
Ann Luly
Producer
Tom Scott
Composer
Tom Scott
Composer
Bobby Bukowski
Cinematographer
Elliot Davis
Cinematographer
Scott Herriott
Floor Director
Tim Kazurinsky
1st Party Dad
J. Kathleen Gibson
Editor
Paul Kozlowski
HoHo the Clown
Donald Paul Pemrick
CastingDirector
Jeremy Kramer
Detective Boar
Pamela Woodbridge
ProductionDesigner
Sydney Lassick
Peppy the Clown
Joel Murray
Milkman
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 28, 1991
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 27m
Budget$1,400,000
Box Office$115,103
Genres
Wiki.
Shakes the Clown is a 1991 American black comedy film directed and written by Bobcat Goldthwait, who performs the title role. 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".
The film is a satire of performance art and portrays different communities of clowns and other performers as clannish, rivalrous subcultures obsessed with precedence and status. Goldthwait made the film as a satire of the dysfunctional standup comedy circuit at the time he was first starting out as an entertainer. When the film was first released, it was widely panned, but in recent years, reaction has become more favorable, largely due to how the film handled the serious topic of alcoholism. Shakes the Clown has since become a cult classic.