Tickling Giants
Synopsis
This fascinating, fearless and often very funny documentary charts Youssef’s incredible late-career shift, detailing his and his team's determination and courage in standing up to successive totalitarian regimes, reminding us just how potent and dangerous comedy really can be.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Laugh Strand
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 111 mins
- Director
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Sara Taksler
- Producer
- Sara Taksler, Frederic Rose, Maziar Bahari, Monica Hampton
- Editor
- Jamie Canobbio, Thomas M. Vogt, Tyler H. Walk
- Screenwriter
- Sara Taksler
- Director of Photography
- Wail Gzoly
- Composer
- Paul Tyan
- Principal cast
- Bassem Youssef, Jon Stewart
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
US, Egypt, UK coproduction
Tickling Giants
c/o Sarkasmos ProductionsSara Taksler
Sales Company
Ro*Co Films International
80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 594965 Sausalito
USA
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