The Plight of Clownana
The Plight of Clownana
| 17 April 2004 (USA)
Watch Free for 30 Days

Stream thousands of hit movies and TV shows

Start 30-day Free Trial
The Plight of Clownana Trailers

Ishamel is the Clownana, a dancing half-clown, half-banana store mascot. Life is great until the nearby porn store gets its own mascot and Ishamel is left wondering what his life is all about - oh, that and there is a not-to-be-missed dance-off.

Reviews
Tedfoldol

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

View More
BeSummers

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

View More
Kaelan Mccaffrey

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

View More
Beulah Bram

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

View More
tiger_rae27

No idea what to expect and was pleasantly, hilariously surprised. What starts out as a simple narration on a personal lifestyle choice evolves into an example of the eternal struggle between yellow, squishy goodness and the apparent evil of a cocky adversary! Then the road takes an inspirational twist when our two brave combatants must put aside their differences and unite against the true enemy, the ignorance of handsome Hollywood hooligans! My fear of clowns may not be erased, but never again will I fear a giant banana clown hybrid or a massive furry penis with killer dance moves! Embrace the differences! Love your fellow (giant novelty) man. Oh yeah, loved the music too!! Kudos to everyone involved! Gotta split now, take care luv Raelynne x

View More
Jael001

This is a genius piece of short-film-making. Narrated by the writer and director of this film, Chris Dowling's voice is the only one we hear, the two 'leads' never saying a word but conveying all their emotions via the medium of dance. On the surface the idea of a film about a man dressed as a clown/banana is a bit odd...but when you see what's been done with it, how an apparently absurd film can reveal to us so much about the way we deal with problems in our lives, with change and bigotry, it makes us (well me anyway) stop and think, and it's a cracking piece of entertainment too.

View More
myself_27

After my recently developed Jensen Ackles obsession I reviewed his IMDb profile and discovered this little treat.With its wonderfully convenient showing on the official website I didn't have to wait.This little ditty is exceedingly funny. It very independent film style but I think the uniqueness of it story line would appeal to everyone.Its definitely worth a look and as its not that long you should be able to get a quick laugh out of it. It certainly brightened up my very boring morning at work.In my opinion it would make a great skit scene at the begin of a movie (kind of like the ones on kid's movies) but would have to be at least PG-13.

View More
tek9650

Clownana is, quite simply, one of the funniest short films that I have ever seen! It is very cleverly written and directed by Chris Dowling, who I expect to see much more from in the future. I was fortunate to see this film at the Deep Ellum Film Festival in Dallas and the Century City Film Festival in Los Angeles. In both cases, the audience howled with laughter over the plight of the half-clown, half-banana ice cream store mascot as he battles for sidewalk supremacy over his new nemesis. Told in voice-over narrative by the title character, you understand the ups and downs of this red-nosed yellow mascot. The climax of the film comes during the final dance-off, as the street is only big enough for one store mascot. The audience response went through the roof when Clownana's nemesis introduced his two 'associates' to the proceedings in order to attempt to destroy Clownana completely. The dance sequences were amazing and the soundtrack was a perfect match for the story. An awesome effort for a new writer/director. If you can't catch it on the big screen, you can enjoy it at clownana.com. I highly recommend it.

View More