Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (Widescreen)

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World is the hilarious story of what happens when the U.S. Government sends comedian Albert Brooks to India and Pakistan to find out what makes the over 300 million Muslims in the region laugh. Brooks, accompanied by two state department handlers and his trusted assistant, goes on a journey that takes him from a concert stage in New Delhi, to the Taj Mahal, to a secret location in the mountains of Pakistan.

Written and directed by Albert Brooks, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World is a funny and insightful look at some of the issues we are dealing with in a post-9/11 world. The comedy also stars Sheetal Sheth, John Carroll Lynch, Jon Tenney, and Fred Dalton Thompson.

"Though his typically clueless on-screen persona learns very little about comedy or Muslims, Brooks the filmmaker makes the underlying point that true understanding is achieved through observation and empathy." Los Angeles Times

"I liked the movie. I smiled a lot. It maintained its tone in the face of bountiful temptations to get easy laughs." Roger Ebert

"I'm always suspicious of a Hollywood movie offering moral lessons, but Looking for Comedy...offers a useful one: The whole world needs to learn to laugh at itself more." New York Post