A folk rock star drags his failingcomedian friend out on the road with him. He asked me if i would be willing to create this characters music. Recently dumped by his fiancee and with a stagnating standup routine, aspiring. Be the first to watch, comment, and share indie trailers, clips, and featurettes dropping. So take this incentive and when director jeff grace calls action, youll be the one delivering the line. Girls star alex karpovsky set for indie comedy folk. But their longstanding friendship is tested when jason reveals an ulterior motive behind the tour.
Jeff grace is a comedian, screenwriter, film producer, film director, and actor. They set off on the road together, picking up a new act folk singer bryn, played by meredith hagner on the way. Both a treatise on friendship and an assessment on the gulf between standup comics and musicians, at their first stop they meet and invite bryn. A road trip buddy comedy about a struggling standup who goes on tour to open for his successful singersongwriter best friend. There are the obligatory cameos from beloved actors we know and love, like melanie lynskey, michael ian black, and david cross, who all do good work. Struggling comedian paul scott girls alex karpovsky is invited to open for his successful rocker buddy, jason black 22 jump streets wyatt russell, on his solo acoustic tour from boston to.
A successful singersongwriter hatches a plan to help his. It may read maudlin here, but grace and his team thoroughly sell it. Struggling standup comedian paul hits the road to open for his successful rocker buddy jason in this musicinfused spin on the roadtrip. The worlds of standup comedy and indie rock collide in the tribeca film festival breakout hit pitchfork calls a joy to join. Recording conditions were not the only thing that made the creation of songs for a movie unique. A folkrock star drags his failingcomedian friend out on the road with him. Tribeca 2016 announces lineups for competition programs. Adam ezra group songs for a movie cd baby music store. Check out the new trailer starring actor, actor, and actor. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Wyatt russell, a successful folkrock singer, invites paul to open for him at a series of smallclub concerts, and they embark on a road trip. But when jason reveals an ulterior motive behind the tour, rifts are exposed in their otherwise affable camaraderie.
Watch wyatt russell croon two songs live on the set of indie charmer. The film had its world premiere at the tribeca film festival on april 16, 2016. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Struggling comedian paul scott girls alex karpovsky is. Russell stars in the film as a shiftless traveling folk singer who hits the road with his best pal. Struggling standup comedian paul hits the road to open for his successful rocker buddy jason in this musicinfused spin on the roadtrip comedy. Gravitas ventures has acquired the worldwide rights to the comedy folk hero and funny guy, starring alex karpovsky and wyatt russell. Alex karpovsky finds himself in, emerging folkrocker jason black wyatt russell invites him on an impromptu east coast tour as his comedic opening act. Although it has all the elements of a runofthemill on the road story about downontheirluck characters searching for themselves, there is a lot more to this movie, especially given that its a first one for writerdirector jeff grace. Meanwhile, his old friend mellow, bearded jason wyatt russell has become a successful folk rock singer and is preparing to go on a tour of various, small east coast clubs. A struggling standup comic goes on the road as the opening act for his successful friend. If you choose watch now, the video will instantly stream to your computer and you may later stream it on another compatible device.
I came upon this movie quite by accident and a happy accident it was. It stars alex karpovsky, wyatt russell, meredith hagner, michael ian black, hannah simone, heather morris, melanie lynskey, and david cross the film had its world premiere at the tribeca film festival on april 16, 2016. Alex karpovsky and wyatt russell coheadline as two artistically inclined childhood friends, a comedian and a folkrocker respectively, who set out on a tour together in hopes of regaining. Watch folk hero and funny guy online vimeo on demand. Watch folk hero and funny guy online vimeo on demand on vimeo. With alex karpovsky, wyatt russell, meredith hagner, melanie lynskey. Grace wrote the screenplay for the film about estranged friends on a journey. Alex karpovskywyatt russell comedy folk hero and funny. Find highquality folk hero funny guy premiere 2016 tribeca film festival stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images.
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