Event

Frontier's Best of 2012 Series: Sleepwalk With Me

Directed by Mike Birbiglia
Starring Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, Carol Kane, Cristin Milioti and a who's who of today's stand-up comics.
English
1 hr 30 mins, rated NR

2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2012 SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST
2012 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

"I'm going to tell you a story and it's true I always have to tell people that," so asserts comedian-turned-playwright-turned-filmmaker Mike Birbiglia directly to the viewer at the outset of his autobiographically inspired, fictional feature debut. Birbiglia wears his incisive wit on his sleeve while portraying a cinematic surrogate. We are thrust into the tale of a burgeoning stand-up comedian struggling with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship threatening to race out of his control, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.

Based on the successful one-man show, SLEEPWALK WITH ME engages in the kind of passionate and personal storytelling that transfigures intimate anguish into comic art. Produced and co-written by Ira Glass (NPR's "This American Life"), SLEEPWALK WITH ME features a stellar supporting cast that includes Lauren Ambrose ("Six Feet Under"), Carol Kane (Taxi), James Rebhorn (Meet the Parents), Cristin Milioti ("30 Rock"), and a sampling from the who's who of today's stand-up scene.

Bursting with sincerity, Mike Birbiglia's foray into the medium marks the invigorating emergence of a strong and poignant American voice, at once hilarious and heartbreaking.