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Year of U.S. Release: 2006
Starring: Albert Brooks, Sheetal Sheth, John Carroll Lynch, Jon Tenney, Fred Dalton Thompson, Emma Lockhart, Amy Ryan, B.J. Ward, Tony Montero, Lynda Berg, Steve Kramer, Conrad Bachman, Vipin Kumar, Kavi Raz, Barbara Ali, Homie Doroodian, Imran Mashkoor Khan.
Director: Albert Brooks Screenwriter(s): Albert Brooks Producer(s): Steve Bing, Herb Nanas, Deepak Nayar, Tabrez Noorani Distributor: Warner Independent Pictures
Genre(s): Comedy Runtime: 1 hr. 39 min. U.S. Release Date: January 20, 2006 (Limited)
U.S. DVD Release Date: August 29, 2006
U.S. Box Office Total:
Rated for drug content and brief strong language.
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A humorous story of what happens when the U.S. Government sends comedian Albert Brooks to India and Pakistan to find out what makes the over 300 million Muslims in the region laugh. Brooks, accompanied by two state department handlers and his trusted assistant, goes on a journey that takes him from a concert stage in New Delhi, to the Taj Mahal, to a secret location in the mountains of Pakistan. It's a comedic, insightful look at the some of the issues we are dealing with in a post-9/11 world.
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