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The Joke Thief

2018
TV-14
1h 21m

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The Joke Thief (2018)

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The Joke Thief takes us on a journey of one man's last hurrah. Simon McCabe is a stand up comedian who has been making people laugh for 35 years. All his life he has been the life of the par... Read allThe Joke Thief takes us on a journey of one man's last hurrah. Simon McCabe is a stand up comedian who has been making people laugh for 35 years. All his life he has been the life of the party, but now he is tired, miserable and almost washed up since he's never got a lucky break... Read allThe Joke Thief takes us on a journey of one man's last hurrah. Simon McCabe is a stand up comedian who has been making people laugh for 35 years. All his life he has been the life of the party, but now he is tired, miserable and almost washed up since he's never got a lucky break due to a reputation of joke stealing. One fateful night, his longtime friend and fellow c... Read all

Director
- Frank D'Angelo
Writer
- Frank D'Angelo
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Director
- Frank D'Angelo
Writer
- Frank D'Angelo
Stars

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Awards
- 3 wins & 7 nominations total

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Simon McCabe

Sugith Varughese

Jerry the Uber Driver

Audrey McCabe
(as Linda Gayle)

Brian McCabe

Amanda Martínez

Wife of William

Frances Sellano (Sally)

Julian Nicholson

Purchase Car

Margaret Fellows

Waiter Fritz

Constantine Meglis

Self - Comedian

Self - Comedian

Self - Comedian

Self - Comedian

Self - Comedian

Julie McCullough

Self - Comedian

Steven Joel Kerzner

Ed The Sock
(as Steven Kerzner)

Joseph Rogers (Reporter)

William McCabe

Director
- Frank D'Angelo
Writer
- Frank D'Angelo
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Simply Brilliant!

If you're a fan of standup comedy then you will love The Joke Thief. Centered around an aspiring standup comedian, (Simon, played by Frank D'Angelo) he embarks on a tale of love, loss, introspection and redemption. Simon finds the answers to most of life's questions thanks to a lovable and unassuming hero Jerry. Nervous on the way to a big gig, Simon learns to be grateful for even the smallest things in life. Simon realizes he's taken a few things for granted and perhaps it's time to make amends. The acting is superb and Frank D'Angelo's on-screen presence is nothing short of undeniable as he weaves through the scenes of different emotions in a search of a lifelong dream.

Terrific

I came across an add for this movie on twitter and decided to find it and give it a try. Well! Am I ever glad I did. This movie deserves a lot of hype. What a creative, entertaining movie! It had a great main character with a great story and yet the additional characters really enriched the film! The movie was sad at times, real and sort of inspiring. It was a little daunting but really captured what being a comedian is like. Sometimes the joker isn't always the happiest. This movie told a story of perseverance and desperation. Desperation to be funny, to be liked by any means possible. It was a really entertaining movie that I would recommend to anyone.

Piece of absolute trash

Much like everything else Frank D'angelo does, it was complete garbage. His own production, acting, and music make for one of the worst movies you will ever watch. You clearly need to be missing a few brain cells to enjoy it.

My only question is how much these people were paid, obviously by Frank, to give positive reviews ????? To anyone making good reviews on here, are you dumb or did you get paid? Idiots.

Frank, you are terrible at literally EVERYTHING you do. Go back to digging carrots out of the garden.

2cooldudestefan1990

uhh!!??

Unnecessary racist bits especially with the taxi thing, the taxi driver must have said he likes taxi driving (his "job") like 10 times in an interval of 5 minutes. I guess British "superiority" complex is showing here as if Sub-continent "Indians" love to drive the great British people around in their "curry" smelling taxis. Which they immediately made sure that the "hero" isn't in a smelly taxi, but rather a brand-new one, so hopefully he didn't get suffocated. Unnecessary dialogues and pauses and close shots, making it seem like a waste of time.

A raw honesty about life and how you live it.

Well. I will start by saying it's more of life observation that a movie. It's honesty touched Me and I really engaged with Simon (the main character).

Life is short and keep trying to make it or reaching for something you always wanted is never impossible. A small budget, but big on hope and honesty. You will switch off in 10 minutes or fall in love. But hey, that's life.x

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This is a movie by Frank D'Angelo, starring Frank D'Angelo. Most would call that a selfie or a home movie. Frank has a string of high profile projects that never seem to go far, such as Steelback beer and the Steelback Indy races, his "NextSportStar.com" sports website, his book about himself and his singing and CDs. He has a couple of restaurants, one of which was used as the set for some of the scenes in this movie.

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Referenced in The Flop House: Ep.293 -- The Joke Thief (2019)

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Release date
- April 16, 2018 (United States)
Country of origin
- Canada
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Language
- English
Production company
- In Your Ear Productions
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Runtime
1 hour 21 minutes
Color
- Color

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