Phyllis Diller
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
The cameras follow trailblazing comic, Joan Rivers, for a year and cover her entire career from her break on the Carson show, to her heartbreak over the suicide of her husband, and her role on Celebrity Apprentice. Rivers reveals her relentless desire to keep working with humor and empathy. Wickedly funny and surprisingly moving, Rivers is once again returned to the spotlight she so richly deserves and cements her reputation as one of stand-up's towering...
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
The Divine Miss Didi is a gorgeous movie star who's fed up with taking bubble baths in every film. Jumping out of the tub, she dashes off the set and heads north to the small town of Rocky Point, Oregon. There, real estate agent Tom Meade makes a phone call to his wife and, through a mixed-up connection, reaches Didi instead. His wisecracking, unkempt housekeeper listens in, shocked at Meade's plan for a midnight rendezvous. When Didi disappears,...
Series
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
p2012.
Language
English
Description
A cell lives an average of 5 minutes. A hummingbird for 5 years. Right now, humans live for about 75 years. What might it mean to live forever? Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. Documents his journey as he seeks to learn if eternal life is possible or even desirable. Exploring these issues with a fascinating array of people.
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Maniac (1934): Delve into the mind of a bona fide lunatic, whose distorted by fragmented scenes and ugly realities that mimic insanity's own warped perspective. Injected with catfights, nudity, necrophilia, and the ingestion of a fresh eyeball.
Narcotic (1933): Loosely based upon the life of William Davies, an opium-addicted snake oil salesman who was also producer Hildagarde Esper's uncle. This film follows his downward spiral as an idealistic medical...
Publisher
Rhino
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
The documentary explores the currents of American comedy throughout a century of social and political change, illuminating how comedy has tackled and poked fun at our political system, race relations, gender issues, and the prevailing American standards and taboos in everyday life. Melding performance, biography and history, it features interviews with over 90 comedians, writers, producers, and historians.
13) A bug's life
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Journey inside the miniature world of bugs where an ant named Flik hires warrior bugs to defend his colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers. Bonus title at end: Geri's game (Academy Award, Best Animated Short, 1997).