The Jimmy Show Spotlight Premiere Screening Courtesy of Overseas Film Group/First Look Pictures (East Coast Premiere) USA - 100 minutes Friday, July 26 at 8:40 pm Written and directed by Frank Whaley. Produced by Mary Jane Skalski and Beni Atoori. Jimmy (Frank Whaley) is a working class man with too much weight on his shoulders, big dreams and nowhere to take them in the Jersey suburbs. His role as sole caretaker of his ailing grandmother, his miserable job in receiving at Tops Grocery, and a shotgun wedding to his high school sweetheart all serve as material for his would-be career as a comedian. Jimmy’s painful stand-up comedy to sparse crowds at “The Laughing Stock,” plays more like he’s lying on a therapist’s couch. As Jimmy becomes increasingly consumed by his far-flung dreams, his life and already strained relationships disintegrate. Based on Jonathan Marc Sherman’s Veins and Thumbtacks, this is a compassionate and honest look at one man’s failures, relationships and dreams. Also starring Carla Gugino, Ethan Hawke, and Lynn Cohen.