Bobcat goldthwait, julie brown, tom kenny, blake clark, adam. Because the slovenly shakes cant seem to make it to birthday parties sober and on time, he is fired from his booking agency, causing him to go on a big drinking binge. Shakes the clown, director, screenwriter julie brown judy tom kenny binky the clown blake clark stenchy the clown adam sandler dink the clown kathy griffin lucy paul dooley owen cheese robin williams mime jerry bruce baum ty the rodeo clown jack gallagher officer crony florence henderson the unknown woman paul kozlowski hoho the clown jeremy s. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. The allclown town of palukaville provides a colorful backdrop for this tale of an alcoholic funnyman framed for murder. Performing the usual rounds of birthday parties and afternoon shows, the clown community keeps their costumes on all day long. Shakes the clown is a boozer loser who ends up being framed for murder by a rival happy face. Read the shakes the clown movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.
Shakes the clown 1992 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Description this hysterical movie about an alcoholic clown makes its longawaited debut on dvd. Shakes the clown lives in palukaville, the nations leading producer of lard, where most of the men dress in makeup and clown costumes and hang out in a bar called the twisted balloon. It also features julie brown, blake clark, paul dooley, kathy griffin, florence henderson, tom kenny, adam sandler, scott herriott, lawanda page, jack gallagher, and a cameo by robin williams as mime jerry using the pseudonym marty fromage. But when it comes to his craft hes a real pro bozo. After his unorthodox standup comedy led to his screechy police academy 24 character leading to other movies that arent remembered too well other than scrooged, bobcat goldthwait took the clint eastwood or bruce lee path. There are a lot of satirical possibilities involved in tv clown shows, as anyone who has ever watched bozos circus can testify, but shakes misses most of them. Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Shakes the clown 1991 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. When someone murders shakes boss and makes it look like. The performances here are the best thing this movie s got going for it. Bruce baum, steve bean, julie brown, blake clark, eliza coyle format.
Boots the clown second from left points his revolver at dink the clown adam sandler second from right and stenchy the clown blake clark center. Shakes, an alcoholic kids party clown, finds himself. The all clown town of palukaville provides a colorful backdrop for this tale of an alcoholic funnyman framed for murder. Shakes the clown yify torrent hd download free movie yify. Bobcat goldthwait as shakes the clown julie brown as judy adam sandler as dink the clown blake clark as stenchy the clown tom kenny as binky the clown paul dooley as owen cheese kathy griffin as lucy robin williams as marty fromage as mime jerry paul kozlowski as hoho the clown dan spencer as. It also features julie brown, blake clark, paul dooley, kathy griffin, florence henderson, tom kenny, adam sandler, scott herriott, lawanda page, jack gallagher, and a cameo by robin williams as mime jerry using the pseudonym marty fromage, an homage to an earlier film they worked. Despite its talented cast, including newcomers tom kenny and adam sandler, shakes the clown is not a funny movie. Til bobcat goldthwait revealed that martin scorsese once. Download shakes the clown yts yify movies torrents download. Watch shakes the clown 1991 full movie online free 123movies. Shakes the clown is a 1992 black comedy movie writtendirected by and starring bobcat goldthwait as the titular character, an alcoholic clown. Dueling gangs of clowns are pitted against each other in this outrageous dark comedy. Shakes the clown is a 1991 american black comedy film directed and written by bobcat.
Shakes the clown, which stars the comedian bobcat goldthwait as an alcoholic clown, doesnt much. Shakes the clown quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting. Shakes comes off as an episodic series of clown sketches, strung along a very slight plot. Leonard maltin gave it his lowest rating, while betsy sherman of the boston globe called it the citizen kane. When someone murders shakes boss and makes it look. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. It also features julie brown, blake clark, paul dooley, kathy griffin, florence henderson, tom kenny, adam sandler, scott herriott, lawanda page, jack gallagher, and a cameo by robin williams as mime jerry using the pseudonym marty fromage, an homage to an earlier film they. Shakes the clown is a 1991 american black comedy film directed and written by bobcat goldthwait, who performs the title role.
Shakes belongs to a group of party clowns, who enjoy a bitter rivalry between rodeo clowns and mimes which for the purposes of this film portrayed them as a sort of bastardized subset of clowns. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses shakes even more. Shakes the clown has a handful of memorable moments, but theyre scattered in a movie whose best ideas were left undeveloped on their way to the screen. Shakes, an alcoholic kids party clown, finds himself framed for murder and must get off the sauce to clear his name, get his girl back and defeat the bad clown element running rampant in palookaville. The performances here are the best thing this movies got going for it.
The rhythm of the movie settles into cutaways from scenes that arent going anywhere. The plot, such as it is, involves shakes shaky job security, his tolerant but longsuffering agent paul dooley, his close clown pals, his girlfriend julie brown, and the hateful binky the clown, who gets a tv hosting job that shakes dreamed of. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he cant get his act under control. Just log on to your verizon account and watch the latest shows online. Its a dark comedyand probably one of the best ever made. In an interview with conan obrien, goldthwait revealed that martin scorsese had defended the movie from detractors. Shakes the clown 1991 directed by bobcat goldthwait. It also features julie brown, blake clark, paul dooley, kathy griffin, florence henderson, tom kenny, adam sandler, scott herriott, lawanda page, jack gallagher, and a cameo by robin williams as mime jerry using the pseudonym marty fromage, an homage to an earlier. When a film critic derided the movie in order to make a point about good and bad movies, scorsese revealed, i like shakes the clown.
Rival binky tom kenny frames alcoholic birthdayparty clown shakes bobcat goldthwait for murder. Shakes the clown internet movie firearms database guns. It features cameo appearances by robin williams as a mime and adam sandler as another clown shakes is on the verge of getting fired, as his drunken shenanigans often end up ruining the kids birthday parties he performs at. Later, shakes awakens and learns that binky, a lousy tvclown, is framing him for beating up shakes former boss with a juggling pin. It features cameo appearances by robin williams as a mime and adam sandler as another clown. Watch shakes the clown 1991 full movie online free. Oct 24, 2015 it makes perfect sense for shakes the clown from 1991 to be a cult film, so i can only call it a sign of the universe going exactly right that, to the best of my knowledge, it has just such a cult. I mean, here we have a brand spanking new disc for shakes the clown 1991, 87 minutes, while the collective works of the late great jim varneys ernest p.
Shakes the clown has a handful of memorable moments, but theyre scattered in a movie whose best ideas were left. Shakes the clown, bobcat goldthwaits masterpiece, is about an alcoholic clown framed for murder by his cokeaddicted nemesis. Why it crackles scorsese supposedly called this dark crime comedy the citizen kane of alcoholic clown movies. Clearly achieves what goldthwait wanted it to, and the unapologetic bluntness of it is itself worthy of praise, however awkward and squeamish. Anamorphic, closedcaptioned, color, dolby, ntsc, subtitled, widescreen language. Varney made ernest goes to camp and then hauled off and did eight more rib ticklers before cancer sent him to the pratt fall academy in the sky. Apr 04, 2014 shakes, an alcoholic kids party clown, finds himself framed for murder and must get off the sauce to clear his name, get his girl back and defeat the bad clown element running rampant in. Shakes the clown is a 1992 american film directed and written by bobcat goldthwait, who performs the title role.
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