FILM COMEDY
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The Film Festival is premiering three hilarious new comedy films from America, Keeping The Faith, Nurse Betty and 0 Brother; Where Art Thou? Looks like the land of the free still rules the comedy roost. Words: Miles Fielder
Edward Norton, Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman
Morgan Freeman, Renee Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg
George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson
3‘ Kinnear.
The title’s derived from the film-
within-a-film in Sullivan’s Trave/s, the crazy 40$ screwball comedy directed by Preston Sturges who also inspired
Personality change induced by emotional _ trauma, classic comedy tool that. See Cary Grant regress to childhood in Monkey Business and Steve Martin
In the tradition of The setting’s New York, the jokes are about religion,
with romance
involved, so share his head space with Lily Tomlin i Raising Arizona. The film’s also a it’s Woody All Of Me. rewrite of Homer’s The Odyssey. Allen?
This film’s choc-a-block with cameos,
but we’ll plump for John Goodman’s one-eyed travelling con man, Big Dan Teague.
Best comedy cameo Toss up between LaBute regular Aaron Eckhart’s white trash used car salesman, Del, and Crispin Glover’s geeky local
news reporter.
Brian George as the Indian Bartender (The Simpsons’ Apu, anyone?) who listens with amusement then amazement as Norton recounts his tale of woe.
Alternates hilarity! ' M and shocks: *****
Even increasing surreal humour: *ttt
Score out of five Smart script and engaging
performances: *tit
18 THE L|8T FESTIVAL GUIDE 17—24 Aug 2000