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Sarah Silverman and an All-Star Comedy Cast in “Who’S the Caboose?” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SARAH SILVERMAN AND AN ALL-STAR COMEDY CAST IN “WHO’S THE CABOOSE?” The Hilarious Prequel to “Pilot Season,” Available March 29 on Digital, VOD and DVD Winner, Aspen Comedy Festival Black Diamond Award “Deliciously funny.” —Entertainment Weekly “Each year, the nets order about 20 pilots a piece (about evenly split, half comedy, half drama), which are then cast and filmed for consideration for the fall skeds. But only about half a dozen pilots are picked up to become the premiere episodes. The other pilots are never heard from again -- and are rarely ever seen beyond network boardrooms.” -- Variety February 15, 2011 -- When a film crew making a documentary on a rare fatal disease among the homeless stops at an underground comedy club in New York City, it doesn’t take long before they turn their attention instead to the hot and funny stand-up comedian Susan (Sarah Silverman), who is leaving town and heading to L.A. to land a part in a TV show, unbeknownst to her downtown “performance artist” boyfriend, Max (Sam Seder). Desperate not to lose Susan, Max chases after her in hopes of bringing her back home. As Susan suffers the indignities and compromises her agent (Andy Dick) hopes will make her a star, fate deals Max a winning hand in the form of entertainment lawyer Ken Fold (H. Jon Benjamin, Archer, Jon Benjamin Has a Van). Filmed with then rising-stars of the New York and LA comedy circuit, WHO’S THE CABOOSE? is now available for the first time in the U.S. on Digital, VOD and DVD. Co-written and directed by Seder (I’m with Busey, Majority Report with Janeane Garofalo) as the “highly worshipped alternative-comedy prequel” to his “highly worshipped miniseries sequel,” Pilot Season, WHO’S THE CABOOSE? features a remarkable list of comic actors in supporting roles and cameos, including David Cross (Arrested Development), Kathy Griffin (Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List), Marc Maron (WTF? With Marc Maron), Laura Kightlinger (The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman), David Waterman (Comic Relief), and Andy Kindler (Everybody Loves Raymond). A mockumentary that utilizes “direct cinema” filmmaking to hilarious effect, WHO’S THE CABOOSE is the first narrative fictional movie shot on digital video converted to film. When the film premiered at the Aspen Comedy Festival in 1999, Variety wrote “…the cast of standup and lesser-known broadcast series talents is always fun to watch --- they etch a lineup of air-kissing, backstabbing agents, managers, thesps, et al. with hilariously accurate restraint that never strays into caricature.” “We set out to make a movie that comedy nerds would continue to watch 15 to 20 years after we made it. We never realized it would take that long for them to see it for the first time.” says Seder. “Of course we didn’t know it at the time, but today CABOOSE is a relic of a TV era before TIVO, Reality TV and Mad Men. Pilot season, from February through April every year, was a necessary evil for young talent wanting to make it in the business,” says Seder. “Now all you need is to have an exceptional twitter feed or a really, really effed up family and/or a drug problem, with an ability to sign a release form.” WHO’S THE CABOOSE? is written by Sam Seder and Charles Fisher; Directed by Sam Seder; Charles Fisher, producer; Sarah Silverman, co-producer; Jim Biederman, co-producer. WHO’S THE CABOOSE? Pricing: $19.95 U.S., $22.95 CAN Runtime: 94 minutes Rating: N/A Catalog #: NNVG239310 Language: English Color: Color Genre: Comedy About New Video New Video is a leading independent privately-held distributor of quality entertainment via DVD, Blu-ray, download and streaming platforms, and cable VOD. We are the proud home to some of the most prestigious names in the industry like A&E®, HISTORY™, Lifetime®, Major League Baseball®, Scholastic Storybook Treasures™, Arthouse Films and Tribeca Film, as well as New Video’s own Docurama Films® and Flatiron Film Company®. Since 1991, our mission has been to discover and deliver first-rate film and video content to audiences via traditional linear platforms as well as new and evolving digital media. We selectively handpick our library while collaborating directly with our brand partners and filmmakers to cultivate a superior product and fresh new viewing experiences for our audiences. We are headquartered in New York City, but have an international presence in 45 territories. For more information, please contact: Sommer Hixson 646-259-4138 [email protected] For box art and more information, please visit: http://www.newvideo.com/flatiron-film-company/who%E2%80%99s-the-caboose/ .
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