George and Laura sneak off to have sex, Clarke returns home and there is an altercation. They spend quality time with her and her two young daughters. Laura invites George and Ira to her house in Marin County while her husband is away on business. Once his physician tells him the leukemia is in remission, he decides he wants her back. George reconnects with his ex-fiancée, Laura, currently married to Clarke. Later he becomes his joke writer, opening for him in big comedy clubs, often meeting with real life comedians who talk about the business. George meets Ira at a small comedy club, first hiring him as his assistant, Ira becomes one of his only close relationships. Leo is a rising comedy star and recurring guest star on Mark's TV show. Mark successfully leads his own TV comedy series. Ira Wright is an aspiring stand-up comedian in his 20s, sharing an apartment with his two best friends, Mark and Leo. Believing he is about to die, he returns to his roots of stand-up comedy. Diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, he is offered an experimental treatment that has only an 8% success rate. Despite his wealth, he is disillusioned and depressed as most of his recent film work is low-brow and poorly received. George Simmons is a middle-aged retired stand-up comedian turned movie star. However, the film was a box-office bomb, grossing $71 million against its $75 million budget, and was the final film produced by Madison 23, as Sandler retired the label after its release. It received generally positive reviews with particular praise for the performances, but also criticism for its runtime. The film follows a famous comedian who is diagnosed with a terminal disease and tries to fix the relationships in his life while befriending an aspiring comedian. Funny People is a 2009 American black comedy-drama film written and directed by Judd Apatow, co-produced by Apatow Productions and Madison 23 Productions, and starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann with Eric Bana, Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman in supporting roles.
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