Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (Comedy / Completed)

The hilarious 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.

Written and directed by Albert Brooks, LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD is a funny and insightful look at some of the issues we are dealing with in a post-9/11 world.

The comedy also stars Sheetal Sheth, John Carroll Lynch, Jon Tenney, and Fred Dalton Thompson.

Cast: Albert Brooks, Sheetal Sheth, John Carroll Lynch and Jon Tenney (Credits may not be contractual)

Writer / Director: Albert Brooks

Producers: Steve Bing, Herb Nanas

Executive Producer: JoAnn Perritano

Production Companies: Shangri-La Entertainment / Seventh Picture Productions LLC / India Take One Productions

US Distributor: Warner Independent Pictures

The Onion (A.V. Club):

"Like 'The Aristocrats', Looking succeeds smashingly both as a comedy and as a savvy deconstruction of comedy... A.V. Club Rating: A-"

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