The Dark Backward
Comedy
It's the world inside out.
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.
1991-07-26
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Cast
Director
Adam Rifkin
Judd Nelson as Marty Malt
Bill Paxton as Gus
Wayne Newton as Jackie Chrome
Lara Flynn Boyle as Rosarita
James Caan as Dr. Scurvy
Rob Lowe as Dirk Delta
Claudia Christian as Kitty
Billy Bob Thornton as Patron at Sloppy's
Danny Dayton as Syd
Anna Berger as Mrs. Malt
Tom Hodges as Marjorie Zipp
Charles Knapp as Sloppy
Adam Rifkin as Rufus Bing
Tony Cox as Human Xylophone
Tonya Reneé Banks as Human Xylophone (as Tanya Banks)