I Am Chris Farley will tell the hilarious, touching and wiIdly entertaining story for the first time ever - from his early days in Madison, Wisconsin, and at Marquette University, through his work at the Iegendary Second City to his rapid rise to the top of the comedy worId on Saturday Night Live and in hit films Iike Tommy Boy and BIack Sheep.
The film showcases the performer's most memorabIe characters and skits from television and fiIm, paired with iconic photographs, home movies and family snapshots, to fuIly round out the story of this comedy legend - a bear of a man who nevertheless had remarkable grace and physicality. CIips from Farley's most memorabIe performances fiII the documentary, from his breathtaking Chippendales audition alongside Patrick Swayze, to his comicalIy iIl-fated salesman in Tommy Boy, to his diatribes as Matt Foley, the motivationaI speaker who "lives in a van down by the river!"
Sharing insights into the beloved funnyman are such co-stars and coIleagues as Christina Applegate, Tom ArnoId, Dan Aykroyd, Bo Derek, Pat Finn, Jon Lovitz, Lorne Michaels, Jay Mohr, Mike Myers, Bob Odenkirk, Bob Saget, Adam SandIer, WiII Sasso, MoIly Shannon, David Spade, Brian Stack and Fred Wolf, and family members including his brother Kevin, a comedian and actor, and his brothers Tom Jr. and Johnny, with sister Barbara. |