Directed by:
Charles MooreScreenplay:
Charles MooreCinematography:
John TurkComposer:
Angelo PanettaCast:
Milo Ventimiglia, Rachel Melvin, John Billingsley, Bonita Friedericy, Matt Lockwood, Amanda Aday, Cameron McKendry, Sean Grandillo, Jason L. Wang (more)Plots(1)
Denny Briggs isn't your typical standup comedian. On the run from a very real and very unfunny murder, Denny takes the stage at a hip nightclub in the city and sets himself up to crash and burn. He delivers a ghastly punch line, "The more the audience laughs, the higher the odds are that I'll die onstage." The problem is the audience thinks Denny Briggs is hilarious. As they find him more and more engaging, we learn about Denny's remarkable life story—17 years of driving a forklift (without a driver's license), a job in a local restaurant specializing in unsavory "sticky buns," a lifelong obsession with early vinyl comedy albums, and a family history that's black as midnight and unlikely to stay in the shadows. Filmed in and around Cleveland, Charles Moore's MADTOWN is an uncharacteristic blend of laughs, tears, and thrills that tests the limits of dark humor. (Cleveland International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Milo Ventimiglia
USA
Best movies:
The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016) (series)
Rachel Melvin
USA
Best movies:
Girlfriend (2010)
Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
Sleepwalker (2017)
John Billingsley
USA
Best movies:
The Man from Earth (2007)
White Oleander (2002)
Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) (TV movie)
Bonita Friedericy
USA
Best movies:
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016) (series)
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Matt Lockwood
Best movies:
Answer This! (2011)
Parts Per Billion (2014)
American Virgin (2009)
Amanda Aday
USA
Best movies:
The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
Crazy in Alabama (1999)
Shangri-La Suite (2016)
Cameron McKendry
USA
Best movies:
I'm Not Ashamed (2016)
My Friend Dahmer (2017)
Lady Driver (2020)
Sean Grandillo
Best movies:
King Cobra (2016)
Jason L. Wang
Best movies:
Debbie Scaletta
USA
Best movies:
The Avengers (2012)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Draft Day (2014)
Jeffrey Grover
Best movies:
Dark Waters (2019)
Take Shelter (2011)
Cherry (2021)