Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing (1995)
Overview
Specially commissioned by the British Film Institute and Channel 4, this pseudo-biography shows how Aristophanes became the father of political satire and why his theatrical innovations are still staples of the contemporary theatre.
Cast
Robert Glenister
Aristophanes
Frances Barber
Adonia
Patrick Barlow
Cephisophon
Rosalie Crutchley
Aristophanes' mother
Dexter Fletcher
Aristophanes' son
Robert Pugh
Cleon
Eddie Izzard
Socrates
Richard Strange
Pericles
Ewen Bremner
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Recommendations
Goltzius & the Pelican Company
Bo Burnham: Make Happy
Kevin Hart: I'm a Grown Little Man
Bo Burnham: What.
Start the Revolution Without Me
Love and Death
The Onion Movie
Fear of a Black Hat
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
A Song Is Born
Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...
Black Sheep
Class Rank
Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly
Bill Hicks: Relentless
American Dreamer
The After Party
Bill Burr: Paper Tiger
Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers
Sincerely Louis C.K.