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For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

Oct 14, 2020
90 min
Documentary
6.7/ 10
3 votes

Overview

Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through sewers, mental wards, and his peculiar talent for making everyone famous but himself, Close emerges as a personification of the creative impulse itself. He's a muse with BO and dirty needles, offering transcendence despite (or because of) the trail of wreckage behind him.

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6.7/10
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7.2/10
261 votes
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2 nominations total

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One Road StudiosSincerely Films

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