''Benjamin'' is a 2018

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about

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directed by Bob Saget. It was the first film distributed exclusively by

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and the final film directed by Saget prior to his death in January 2022. Saget cast himself as the patriarch of a family with a teen troubled by drug addiction. The cast includes Rob Corddry,

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, Peri Gilpin,

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, Max Burkholder, Clara Mamet, David Hull, Jonny Weston, and James Preston Rogers. Saget said there are parallels between Bob Johnson, the father he portrays in ''Benjamin'' and Danny Tanner, the character he played on ''

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'' and '' Fuller House''. The film premiered at the Beverly Hills Film Festival in 2018.

Cast

* Bob Saget as Ed * Rob Corddry as Dr. Ed *

as Jeanette * Peri Gilpin as Marley *

as Clarice * Max Burkholder as Benjamin * Clara Mamet as Amber * David Hull as Ronny * Jonny Weston as Tom * James Preston Rogers as Ulf *

as Mitch *

as Rick

References

External links

* * 2018 films 2018 black comedy films American black comedy films Films directed by Bob Saget 2010s English-language films 2010s American films Films scored by Peter Rodgers Melnick English-language black comedy films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub