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title: 'A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Wain'
released: '2018-01-24'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'History'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-futile-and-stupid-gesture-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5566790/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)

2018 · 101 min · History, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

A Futile and Stupid Gesture is a 2018 American biographical comedy drama film based on Josh Karp's book of the same title, directed by David Wain, and written by Michael Colton and John Aboud. The film stars Will Forte as comedy writer Douglas Kenney, during the rise and fall of National Lampoon.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Wain](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-wain)
- **Screenplay:** [John Aboud](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-aboud), [Michael Colton](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-colton)
- **Producer:** [Jonathan Stern](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-stern), [Ted Sarandos](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-sarandos)

## Cast

- [Jon Daly](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-daly)
- [Domhnall Gleeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/domhnall-gleeson)
- [Emmy Rossum](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmy-rossum)
- [Thomas Lennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-lennon)
- [John Gemberling](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gemberling)
- [Joel McHale](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-mchale)
- [Will Forte](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-forte)
- [Seth Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/seth-green)
- [Rick Glassman](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-glassman)
- [Martin Mull](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-mull)
- [Matt Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-walsh)

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