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The Dark Backward
“It's the world inside out.”
57%
Movie
1h 41m
AI Analysis
The Dark Backward (1991) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Dark Backward (1991) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~101 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Dark Backward 57% (40 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
57%
from 40 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1991-07-26
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- TMDB rating
- 5.7
- TMDB ID
- 69342
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What is The Dark Backward about?
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 "comedia... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Dark Backward?
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How long is the movie The Dark Backward?
The official runtime for The Dark Backward is approximately 101 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Judd Nelson
Marty Malt
Bill Paxton
Gus
Wayne Newton
Jackie Chrome
Lara Flynn Boyle
Rosarita
James Caan
Dr. Scurvy
Rob Lowe
Dirk Delta
Claudia Christian
Kitty
Billy Bob Thornton
Patron at Sloppy's
- K
King Moody
Twinkee Doodle
Danny Dayton
Syd
- C
Carrie Lynn
Nicolette
Anna Berger
Mrs. Malt
- L
Lydell M. Cheshier
Dexter
Tom Hodges
Marjorie Zipp
- T
Theodocia Goodrich
Mrs. Bielfuss
- L
Laurianne Jameson
Shirley
Charles Knapp
Sloppy
Adam Rifkin
Rufus Bing
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