Biography
STAY marks Bobcat Goldthwait's third feature film as a director. Written by Goldthwait, and financed by friends and pawn shops, STAY was a labor of love. The film gained an instant buzz, was screened at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival where it was immediately picked up by Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films (slated for a September 2006 release). The movie was shot entirely during a two week hiatus from his job directing JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE (since October 2004).
Goldthwait's first stab as a film writer/director was the dark cult comedy SHAKES the CLOWN; heralded by the Boston Globe as the 'Citizen Cane of Alcoholic clown movies'. SHAKES lays claim to such fans as Martin Scorsese and Michael Stipe – in fact, the REM song “Binky the Doormat” was based on a line from SHAKES THE CLOWN.
Goldthwait’s next movie WINDY CITY HEAT appeared in the Cine Vegas Film Festival in 04 and won best film at the Montreal Comedy Festival that year. Matt Stone (co-creator of South Park) has called WINDY CITY HEAT 'beyond genius' and Vice Magazine called it, 'quite simply the greatest movie of all time.' WINDY CITY HEAT will be available on DVD in February 06 through Paramount.
Goldthwait has directed many Comedy Central shows including Chappelle's Show, the Man Show, and Crank Yankers. Born in Syracuse New York, Goldthwait started doing stand up comedy at 15 and appeared on the DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW by age 20. As a comedian he has appeared in three of his own HBO specials and at Kurt Cobain's request Goldthwait toured with and opened for NIRVANA. Bobcat has appeared in an innumerable slew of movies and was huge in the 80's, which has allowed him to live in an impossibly luxurious 2 bedroom apartment with his daughter, Tasha. He currently resides both in Los Angeles, and in a state of self-destructive denial about his potential to be both an artist and a happy person.
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