Shakes the Clown

E755750

Shakes the Clown is a 1991 dark comedy film, often described as a cult classic, that satirizes the world of stand-up comedy and clown performers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shakes the Clown canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film
cinematographyBy Jamie Thompson
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts clown performers
stand-up comedy
director Bobcat Goldthwait
distributor IRS Media
editedBy Iain Robinson
featuresCameo Robin Williams as mime instructor
filmingLocation Southern California
genre black comedy
dark comedy
satire
hasCultFollowing true
hasCultStatus cult classic
hasTheme failure and redemption
rivalry between clowns and mimes
struggle with addiction
mainCharacter Shakes
mainCharacterOccupation party clown
medium theatrical film
musicBy Peter Rodgers Melnick
linked to: Peter Melnick
notableFor portrayal of alcoholism in a comedic context
satire of the professional clown community
originalLanguage English
portraysSubculture clown subculture
stand-up comedy scene
producer Jeff Culotta
Robert F. Newmyer
releaseDecade 1990s film
releaseYear 1991
runtimeMinutes 87
screenplayBy Bobcat Goldthwait
setting fictional town of Palukaville
starring Adam Sandler
Bobcat Goldthwait
Julie Brown
Kathy Griffin
Paul Dooley
Robin Williams
Tom Kenny
title Shakes the Clown
writer Bobcat Goldthwait

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Florence Henderson performedIn Shakes the Clown
Bobcat Goldthwait notableWork Shakes the Clown
Bobcat Goldthwait directed Shakes the Clown
Shakes the Clown title Shakes the Clown