The Ralph Handel Story
6.2
Co-directed by Benny and Josh Safdie, this deadpan mock-documentary follows Ralph Handel, a buttoned-down office worker who spends his nights bombing on the open-mic circuit. Staged as cinéma vérité that edges into performance art—Safdie performed the disastrous sets in real clubs—the film channels Andy Kaufman’s anti-comedy and the self-reflexive diary mode of David Holzman’s Diary to sketch a sly portrait of a life quietly coming undone.
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Josh Safdie Director · Benny Safdie Director Jack Lewis Composer
United States release June 19, 2006 · Produced in United States
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Red Bucket Films
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United States
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English
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English
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United States · June 19, 2006
Theatrical · YouTube
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