Name: The Aristocrats 20th Anniversary Screening!
Start: 2025-11-14T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Williams Hall

The Aristocrats — 20th anniversary screening - Friday, Nov. 14 - 8:30 pm at Williams Hall
Special Promotion with Comedy Key West: Pay what you wish!
Free, $2, $5, $10, $15 or $20.
The Key West Film Festival celebrates legendary actor and comedian Billy Connolly — who lives right here — with a special screening of The Aristocrats, the 2005 doc about the filthiest joke ever told!
Join us to celebrate Billy, who is in the film.
Key West Film Festival this year is honoring Billy with our Golden Key Award for Artistic Excellence!
The Aristocrats is a transgressive insider joke among comedians who made it new with every telling.
And somehow, the entertainer Penn Jillette manages to document all of them – or almost 90 anyway – in this 2005 documentary.
Johnny Carson, who said it was his favorite, famously declined.
The joke’s variations are so vulgar you’ll have to see the movie to find out.
But we can share the punchline, which if you haven’t already guessed: “The Aristocrats!”
Festival programmer Michael Tuckman says:
“The Aristocrats broke both box office records and a new ceiling for the for laughter levels in theaters when it was released 20 years ago, and Billy’s performance in the film shows his rightful place among comedy giants.”
Director: Penn Jillette, Paul Provenza
Cast: Billy Connolly, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Don Rickles, Lewis Black