The Dark Backward

The Dark Backward
  • Release date: 24 Sep 1993
  • Release year: 1991
  • Runtime: 101 minutes
  • Country: United States
  • Keywords: independent film, stand up comedian, talent agent, best friend, garbage collector, friendship, candy cinema, comic relief, dark comedy, female nudity
Plot:
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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