Sleepwalk With Me
Birbiglia proves to be as engaging a presence on the screen as he has been all these years onstage and over the radio waves.
Sleepwalk With Me
"I'm going to tell you a story, and it's true....I always have to tell people that." So asserts comedian-turned-playwright-turned-filmmaker Mike Birbiglia directly to the viewer at the outset of his autobiographically inspired, fictional feature debut. Birbiglia wears his incisive wit on his sleeve while portraying a cinematic surrogate. We are thrust into the tale of a burgeoning stand-up comedian struggling with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship threatening to race out of his control, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Based on the successful one-man show, Sleepwalk With Me engages in the kind of passionate and personal storytelling that transfigures intimate anguish into comic art. Produced and co-written by Ira Glass (NPR's This American Life), Sleepwalk With Me features a stellar supporting cast that includes Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under), Carol Kane (Taxi), James Rebhorn (Meet the Parents), Cristin Milioti (30 Rock), and a sampling from the who's who of today's stand-up scene.
Bursting with sincerity, Mike Birbiglia’s foray into the medium marks the invigorating emergence of a strong and poignant American voice, at once hilarious and heartbreaking.
FILM FESTIVALS
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2012 SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST
2012 INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL OF BOSTON
2012 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2012 PROVINCETOWN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2012 JUST FOR LAUGHS FILM FESTIVAL
2012 BAM CINEMA FEST
2012 NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVAL
Based on the successful one-man show, Sleepwalk With Me engages in the kind of passionate and personal storytelling that transfigures intimate anguish into comic art. Produced and co-written by Ira Glass (NPR's This American Life), Sleepwalk With Me features a stellar supporting cast that includes Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under), Carol Kane (Taxi), James Rebhorn (Meet the Parents), Cristin Milioti (30 Rock), and a sampling from the who's who of today's stand-up scene.
Bursting with sincerity, Mike Birbiglia’s foray into the medium marks the invigorating emergence of a strong and poignant American voice, at once hilarious and heartbreaking.
FILM FESTIVALS
2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2012 SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST
2012 INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL OF BOSTON
2012 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2012 PROVINCETOWN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2012 JUST FOR LAUGHS FILM FESTIVAL
2012 BAM CINEMA FEST
2012 NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVAL
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Runtime
81
Language
English
Director
Mike Birbiglia,
Seth Barrish
Cast
Mike Birbiglia,
Kevin Barnett,
James Rebhorn,
Cristin Milioti
FEATURED REVIEW
Charlie McCollum, San Jose Mercury News
Mike Birbiglia is a droll, often very funny comedian whose best moments frequently involve his own life -- or his own life as he sees it.Birbiglia used his personal humor, honed in clubs and on "This American Life" appearances, as the basis of a one-man show. Now, with "Sleepwalk With Me," he goes a ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 9.14.12 - 10.07.12
Claremont 5 9.14.12 - 9.27.12
NoHo 7 9.14.12 - 10.04.12
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