Standing Up for Sunny

Jun 12, 2019

1h 39m

★ 5.2

Love is a funny thing.

Overview

An isolated guy with cerebral palsy is railroaded into helping an unassertive comedienne, and finds love and acceptance through stand-up comedy.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

See Pictures

Head Gear Films

Kreo Films

Metrol Technology

Standing Up for Sunny Trailers

Cast

Travis

RJ Mitte

Sunny

Philippa Northeast

Mikey

Sam Reid

Gordo

Italia Hunt

Felicity

Ella Scott Lynch

Dean

Radha Mitchell

Barry Humphries

Male Interviewer

Matt Nable

Scott

Felix Williamson

Mario

Sal Sharah

Heckler

Josh McConville

Eve

Rachael Leahcar

Luis Raúl takes over the arena stage for his final stand-up show, recorded live at Puerto Rico's renowned José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan on September 14, 2013. Many jokes include being the first stand-up comedian to perform at the venue and his comparative to other artist's demands when visiting a venue opposed to his demands, to the importance of one's eyes (theme of the show), traditional Puerto Rican remedies, his own mother, television infomercials, marijuana, his fiscal problems with past-due back taxes, and, of course, sex. Marking his last unplanned curtain call in his career, "Qué OJOnes" ("What BIG EYEs!") was brought to the big screen as an posthumous homage to one of Luis Raúl's final wishes before his death.

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