Watch: Punchline 1988 123movies, Full Movie Online – Steven Gold is a stand-up comedian who is flat broke and has recently dropped out of medical school. He and several others work regularly at the Gas Station, a New York comedy club. The wages are lousy and everybody hopes for the big break. Lilah Krytsick is housewife with an ambition to be a stand-up comedian, however she doesnt seem to have the talent. Steven takes her under his wings and teaches her the art of comedy and humour. But when a TV station arranges a comedy evening at the club, Steve sees his opportunity for fame and stardom. Their friendship seems quickly forgotten and now it’s every man and woman for him- or herself!.
Plot: Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who’s always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. When the two meet, they form an unlikely friendship, and Steven tries to help the untried Lilah develop her stage act. Despite the objections of her family and some very wobbly beginnings, Lilah improves, and soon she finds herself competing with Steven for a coveted television spot.
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not surprisingly misunderstood
A reviewer once complained that “Punchline” commits an unforgivable sin by being an unfunny movie about stand up comics. For anyone who agrees, try looking “irony” up in the dictionary – it’s an element that’s occasionally used outside of the literary world.The film’s deliberately awkward and painful scenes illustrate the point, “Lady, nothing is a joke to me. That’s why I’m in comedy. And that’s why you’re not.”
The same reviewer made the hilarious claim that comics never tell jokes out of compulsion or denial, but simply because “they love making other people laugh.” newsflash: creative and hysterical people are often highly dysfunctional! 😀 thank you goodnight!
A Forgotten Gem in the Career of Tom Hanks…
One of the best and also most overlooked films of Tom Hanks’career was the 1988 comedy PUNCHLINE, in which Hanks plays Steven Gold, a struggling stand up comedian who uses his comedy to work out his own inner demons, a lot of which stem from his childhood and his twisted and unresolved relationship with his father. Hanks walks the fine line of comedy and tragedy so effectively in this movie. One scene where he is excited to perform because a big agent is in the audience and is shattered when he learns it’s really his father out there and he literally has a breakdown onstage is absolutely heartbreaking. He is also laugh out loud funny when he performs a stand up routine for a group of patients at a Brooklyn hospital and then two minutes later is looking at the chart of a terminally ill child. Steven Gold is a character so desperate to be loved that he thinks himself into believing that he is in love with a married woman (Sally Field) who also wants to do stand-up. Another great scene is when he pours his heart out to her and when she rejects him, he storms out in the rain and starts out doing Gene Kelly, but the dance in the rain turns into a brief descent into madness. Standup comics, for the most part, are not happy people, and Hanks conveys this so beautifully in this film. His final set at the film’s climax reeks of his brilliance and he gets strong support from Field and John Goodman as Field’s husband. If you somehow missed this early sleeper in Hanks’ career, check it out.. definitely worth renting and repeated viewings.
Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 8 min (128 min)
Budget 15000000
Revenue 21032267
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director David Seltzer
Writer David Seltzer
Actors Sally Field, Tom Hanks, John Goodman
Country United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panaflex Camera and Lenses by Panavision
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm