A Futile and Stupid Gesture (film)

A Futile and Stupid Gesture
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
	Film poster
Directed by	David Wain
Screenplay by	John Aboud; Michael Colton;
Based on	A Futile and Stupid Gesture; by Josh Karp
Produced by	Jonathan Stern; Peter Principato; Ted Sarandos;
Starring	Will Forte; Domhnall Gleeson; Martin Mull; Joel McHale; Thomas Lennon; John Gemberling; Matt Walsh; Rick Glassman; Jon Daly; Seth Green; Emmy Rossum;
Cinematography	Kevin Atkinson
Edited by	Jamie Gross; David Egan; Robert Nassau;
Production; companies	Abominable Pictures; Principato-Young Entertainment;
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	January 24, 2018 (Sundance); January 26, 2018 (Netflix);
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Futile and Stupid Gesture is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film based on Josh Karp's book of the same title, directed by David Wain, and written by Michael Colton and John Aboud. The film stars Will Forte as comedy writer Douglas Kenney, during the rise and fall of National Lampoon. It was the last movie Martin Mull starred in before his death in 2024.

A Futile and Stupid Gesture had its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2018,^[1] and was released on January 26, 2018, by Netflix.^[2]

^ Debruge, Peter (2017-11-29). "Sundance Film Festival Unveils Full 2018 Features Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
^ "January premieres on Netflix". Screencrush. Retrieved 2017-12-13.

[:0-1] Debruge, Peter (2017-11-29). "Sundance Film Festival Unveils Full 2018 Features Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 2017-11-29.

[:1-2] "January premieres on Netflix". Screencrush. Retrieved 2017-12-13.

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