ShockYa: Stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia wrote, co-directed and stars as Matt, (a character based on Birbiglia) a man going through pressures of a budding stand-up career, his girlfriend of 8 years wanting to get married and his dangerous battle with sleepwalking that he chooses to ignore.
Nicholas of Movies Hate You Too writes:
Last week before Christmas and only two more weeks of Blu-ray releases in 2012. This week is filled with late summer and early fall new releases including the third film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Clint Eastwood’s baseball flick, a girly singing comedy, an unnecessary sci-fi remake, wimpy kid diary, and another frighteningly bad (yet fun) zombie crapfest. On the catalog release front things are bit slower, but if you know someone that’s a fan of karate fighting turtles, classic ghost ships, or space age teen adventures you might be able to find a last minute Christmas gift.
Jeremy of We Got This Covered wrote, "Comedian Mike Birbiglia crosses over into the world of film with his semi-autobiographical comedy Sleepwalk with Me. The film follows struggling comedian/bartender Matt Pandamiglio as he deals with confusing dreams and sleepwalking as poking relationship stresses start weighing down his life. The more Matt stresses over marriage and life-long commitment the more his sleeping becomes erratic and the more his life as a comedian gets brighter and brighter. Sleepwalk with Me is charming and funny and shows promise for Birbiglia as a filmmaker."
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Mike Birbiglia‘s superb film Sleepwalk with Me is due to hit theaters on August 24th, and I highly encourage you to check it out. It was one of the best flicks I saw at the SXSW Film Festival, and the movie does a wonderful job of giving you a glimpse into the world of stand-up comedy, but also explores the larger picture of what we have to sacrifice in the pursuit of perfecting our art. It’s also quite moving and painfully funny, and I can’t wait to see it again. But Joss Whedon doesn’t want anyone to see it at all. The Avengers is only on 500 screens, and Sleepwalk with Me is poised to take 80 of them. This will not stand, and Whedon has provided a humorous video about why you should avoid Birbiglia’s movie.
And this is why I love Joss Whedon. You have to listen to him in the video to understand the man's dry sense of humor. He is really the best and is just being funny....like 80 theaters are really going to hurt his bottom line now....
He's really friends with the director and says the movie is great but I'm sure some people will take offense to this.
since this isnt closed caption i wont get everything hes saying, so im just going to ask you this, is the movie bad by any means is what he is implying in the video?
No..he's talking about how this wonderful, great little film is taking some of his screens because fans have demanded it. So he's suggested that his fans do the same and boycott the film because because they have taken away from his 80 screen from his little film..The Avengers'...he's being sarcastic but in a humorous way...just playing around.
He also suggests at the end to call your local art theater to get the movie there so you can then boycott it!
Brilliant!
This is fucking hilarious. The man is genius, and with the clout he's got now, any film he supports is going to get a huge boon.
And that's exactly what he's doing here...he's actually telling people what a good movie this is...he's so funny.
Whedon, is awesome. This will be a big boost for the film.
Or maybe not seeing as some people think this was serious and not him just being funny.
