black comedy   based on novel   what happened to epilogue   hit by a car   exploding car   character name in title   gambling debt   anti semitism   hollywood california   los angeles california   corpse   nazi   fire   flashback   bare chested male   stolen car   prostitute   convertible   character repeating someone else's dialogue   country music   beautiful woman   beverly hills california   money falling through the air   guitar   divorce   actor   car crash   melancholy   blonde   fbi agent   cocaine   film making   director   behind the scenes   california   filmmaking   show business   showbiz   hollywood   interview   shot through the mouth   masked man   billionaire   reference to facebook   impersonating a police officer   coffin   subtitled scene   based on autobiography   comedian   celebrity   film in film   cameo   borzoi   communist   musician   vaudeville   actor playing himself   hollywood sign   parachute   body landing on a car   casket   reflection   ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship   movie set   tow truck   cult figure   poignant   rags to riches   nostalgic   marriage problems   based on multiple works   blood test   hearse   zippo lighter   communism   fbi chief   j. edgar hoover   bookie   road movie   manager   child   understanding   silent film star   buddy movie   blacklist   charlie chaplin   child bride   communist conspiracy   editing   icon   mccarthyism   movie comedian   paternity test   performer   silent film maker   silent movie comedian   silly walk   vaudeville comedian   political persecution   life   limousine driver   briefcase full of money   outtakes during end credits   masked woman   aspiring actor   reference to justin bieber   severed penis   convenience store robbery   reference to ryan seacrest   boy meets girl   reference to charlie sheen   reference to jay z   reference to denzel washington   reference to kanye west   cult favorite   train   death   nightclub   shot to death   gay slur   car set on fire   one night   foot chase   suicide   written by director   one word title   voice over narration   male rear nudity   slow motion scene   title spoken by character   singer   sex scene   punched in the face   limousine   undercover agent   hallucination   pistol