The Dark Backward
The Dark Backward (also known as The Man with Three Arms) is a 1991 American black comedy film written and directed by Adam Rifkin. It stars Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, and Wayne Newton. It follows a garbage man who tries his hand at stand-up comedy, failing miserably until a third arm mysteriously grows from his back.
Plot
Marty Malt (Judd Nelson) is an unhappy garbage man who moonlights as an atrociously unfunny standup comic. He lives in a dark, grimy, garbage-strewn urban netherworld, where a company named Blump's apparently owns everything. His best friend and fellow trash collector, Gus (Bill Paxton), is the only one who laughs at his jokes, and his sincerity is questionable. The obnoxiously exuberant Gus plays an accordion, which he always carries with him. Marty is seeing Rosarita (Lara Flynn Boyle), a waitress, but she doesn't seem too interested in him.
More details
| author | Adam Rifkin |
|---|---|
| director | Adam Rifkin |
| editor | Peter Schink |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | accordion bad news band-aid best friend big break cinema of the united states fresh start hollywood horrify morbidly obese morning quack doctor quackery standup comic talent agent vanish |
| musicBy | Marc David Decker |
| producer | Brad Wyman Cassian Elwes |
| productionCompany | Backward Films L.A. Dreams Productions |
| publisher | Greycat Films |
| recordedAt | California Los Angeles |
| theme | black comedy independent satirical |