11 Movie Scenes Only Shot For The Trailer

11. Comedian

Comedian is a documentary that explores Jerry Seinfeld's illustrious career. Throughout the 82-minute runtime, the master at observation humour discusses how much his life has changed over the years, and how he still needs to devise new material to stay on top as a stand-up comic.

Even though the film was pretty decent, the way it was promoted received far more praise. Because Comedian is a straightforward documentary, the creators thought it'd be funny if the trailer mocked how difficult it was to make a trailer for it! In the 90-second clip, a voiceover actor called Jack is in a studio, recording the narration for the Comedian teaser.

Unable to cook up anything interesting, Jack keeps churning out trite phrases, like, "In a world where laughter was king," and "in a land before time." When the studio heads reject Jack's ideas, he double-downs, claiming the movie is set "on the edge of space" and revolves around "a robot renegade cop."

Now, nobody was expecting much from Comedian's promotions. (Seriously, why would you?) And yet, the filmmakers crafted one of the funniest trailers ever, despite not featuring any footage from the movie itself.