Mustache? What mustache?: Happy Birthday, Harris Malden free on Hulu

POSTED: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 9:03 PM

Filed Under: Movies Watch

Back in December, I told you about Sweaty Robot, the Philly-bred comedy collective, and their feature length debut, Happy Birthday, Harris Malden. Like many indie filmmakers, Sweaty Robot have taken to the internet to get their work to the masses, hooking up with trailblazing online distributor Cinetic. Even though Sweaty Robot has moved to L.A. (boo!), SR member Eric Levy hit us up to say that Harris Malden is free for the watching on Hulu (also embedded above).

Happy Birthday, Harris Malden is irreverent yet sweet, without ever crossing the twee line. From the piece:

Harris Malden centers around its title character (Nick Gregorio), who dons faux facial hair (which morphs from a traditional mustache to a goatee to a Snidely Whiplash curlicue) because of a childhood trauma. But no one talks about it, they simply accept it. Harris is sequestered in his South Philly neighborhood by his best friend/straightman Paul (Levy) and brother Melvin (Juan Cardarelli) to shield him from an unfeeling outside world. Harris' naivet' is shattered when Paul's girlfriend shows up at his birthday party and utters the unspeakable: Your mustache is fake

Dr. Abraham Jonas Froman

Posted 2009-09-03 12:46:12

Interesting, very interesting. Not sure if this would apply, but the American Mustache Institute is looking for its annual "Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year." A candidate here? Who knows. Check out the nomination page here: http://www.americanmustacheinstitute.org/MustacheAmericanOfYear.aspx

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