The Dark Backward is a 1991 satirical comedy film directed and written by Adam Rifkin. Marty Malt is an unhappy garbage man who moonlights as an atrociously unfunny standup comic. He lives in a dark, grimy, garbage-strewn urban netherworld, where a company named Blump's apparently owns everything. His best friend and fellow trash collector, Gus , is the only one who laughs at his jokes, and his sincerity is questionable. The obnoxiously exuberant Gus plays an accordion, which he always carries with him. Marty is seeing Rosarita , a waitress, but she doesn't seem too interested in him. One... day, Gus convinces a talent agent, Jackie Chrome , to check out Marty's act. Jackie isn't impressed. Marty's luck seems to take a turn for the worse when a large lump starts growing on his back. He goes to a quack doctor , who calls him a wimp and puts a Band-Aid on the lump. The lump continues to grow, eventually becoming a full-sized arm.
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| Release date: | March 9, 1991 |
| Directed by: | Adam Rifkin |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 101 Minutes |
| Producer: | Cassian Elwes, Brad Wyman |
| Genre: | Comedy |