Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Richard Benjamin
Nathan Lane
Mark Linn-baker
Victor Garber
Saul Rubinek
Peri Gilpin
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Memoir of Neil Simon's formative years in New York as a television comedy writer. Recreating the golden age of television when comedy was king and Simon was a writer of "Your Show of Shows" starring Sid Caesar, the telefilm takes viewers into the eclectic, volatile writers' den and into the life of the fictional comedian Max Prince. This talented but self-destructive television personality, of a hit show in the 1950s, attempts to maneuver his teetering career through obstacles presented by the Network, the oppressive McCarthy regime and the challenge of keeping his home life intact.
Director
Richard Benjamin
Cast
Nathan Lane
Mark Linn-baker
Victor Garber
Saul Rubinek
Peri Gilpin
Dan Castellaneta
Richard Portnow
Zach Grenier
Mackenzie Astin
Ardon Bess
Colin Fox
Roy Lewis
Sherry Miller
Craig Eldridge
Karyn Dwyer
Keith Knight
Steven Morel
Frank Proctor
Shannon Rowe
Irene Olga Lopez
Samantha Espie
Robert Bidaman
Gerry Quigley
Johnny Gardhouse
Alex Fallis
David Gow
Neil Foster
Philip Craig
Jake Goldsbie
Heather Paine
Marcia Bennett
Shaun Smyth
Ian D Clark
Kristi Angus
Jack Jessop
Tamara Hickey
Roger Dunn
Michael Hanrahan
Jeffrey Lampert
Kelsey Matheson
Victor Young
Crew
Chris Alexander
Brian Avery
Brian Avery
Emanuel Azenberg
Cindy Bell
Alex Brennan
Constance Buck
Jacqueline Cambas
Robert Chalmers
Don Chan
Katarina Chovanec
Gavin Coford
John Davidson
Franco De Cotiis
Jorge Del Barrio
Roberta Doheny
Robin Eeclo
Kim Everett-martin
Roger Finlay
Janice Fowlie
Nancy Foy
Mark Friedgen
Rocco Gismondi
Karen Hawes
Tara Hungerford
Christopher Jenkins
Kimberly Jensen
Sandy Kaplansky
Juli-ann Kay
Jennifer Kiefaber
Michael Klastorin
Sigfried Kopp
Jeffrey Lampert
Armand Leo
Megan Less
Al Macneil
Julietta Mcgovern
Krisztina Meuring
Helen Mossler
Danny Nowak
Anthony Pangalos
Georgi Ramsland
Peter Reale
Anne Richardson
Allan K Rosen
Elizabeth Scherberger
Benjamin P Schwartz
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
Mike Spadone
Ann Steel
Andrea Stewart
Andrea Stewart
Ava Stone
Joe Strazzeri
Harry Stroud
Katrina Sutton-gilpatric
Cheryl Toy
Joseph Vitarelli
Jane Walker
Dan Wallin
Sarah Warren
Tamara Winston
Joan Ziff
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States January 2001
Aired in United States March 2001
Aired in United States May 26, 2001
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 1-11, 2001.
Shown at the Nortel Networks Palm Springs International Film Festival January 11-22, 2001.
Previously in development at Ray Stark's Rastar Productions for ABC.
Began shooting April 10, 2000.
Completed shooting May 12, 2000.
