Comedian
by Christian Charles
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Actor: Chris Rock, Garry Shandling, Greg Giraldo, Jerry Seinfeld, Sherrod SmallDirector: Christian Charles
Brand: Disney
Producer: Jerry Seinfeld
Cinematographer: Christian Charles
Cinematographer: Gary Streiner
Producer: Gary Streiner
Cinematographer: Mark Plumber
Editor: Chris Franklin
Producer: Amy R. Baird
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of Comedian
Movie Review: Very funny back end of comedy!
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was really great! The two stories that you see in the movie are different but awesome! You really get to see the hard work that it takes to be a stand up comedian. This is a must have for the collection.
Summary of Comedian
Jerry Seinfeld is a working stand-up comic again. COMEDIAN is a candidly revealing, intimately observed, and often very funny look at what it takes to be a comedian. On-stage, Jerry delivers his hilarious brand of observational humor. Off-stage, he struggles with difficult material, confronts self-doubt, revels in small successes, and accepts help and support from friends and colleagues, including Colin Quinn, Ray Romano, Chris Rock, Garry Shandling, Jay Leno, and Bill Cosby. COMEDIAN also discovers the sharp wit of rising young comic Orny Adams -- outspoken, insecure, and fanatical about becoming the "next big thing." What emerge are two fascinating journeys by two contrasting personalities who have some surprising parallels.If you see Comedian expecting a concert film with Jerry Seinfeld, you'll be disappointed. But if you're looking for an incisive--almost surgical--examination of the psyche of a stand-up comedian, this is your movie. Comedian zigzags back and forth between the hugely successful Seinfeld, who's trying to get back to his stand-up roots by developing an entirely new act, and an unknown comic named Orny Adams, whose naked craving for success is almost painful to behold. Adams lays bare his ego to an embarrassing degree; Seinfeld is more subtle but just as revealing about the fears and anxieties that drive him to go back on stage. By following these two through comedy clubs, festivals, and spots on David Letterman's talk show, the documentary cunningly explores how jokes are put together, the in-the-trenches camaraderie (tinged with competition) of stand-ups, and the sheer existential terror of trying to make people laugh. --Bret Fetzer
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