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📊 Film Specifications
Director Adam Rifkin
Writer Adam Rifkin (Writer)
Release Date July 26, 1991
Runtime 101 min (1h 41m)
Country United States of America
Language EN
Budget $2,000,000
Box Office $28,654
The Dark Backward (1991)
Directed by Adam Rifkin
• Written by Adam Rifkin
"It's the world inside out."
⭐ 2.9 / 5 (45 votes) ⏱️ 101 min 🎬 Comedy
Ratings Breakdown:
45 ratings 0.5 Stars 5.0 Stars
Synopsis
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.
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