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Release Date: Jul 29, 2005
Running Time: 86 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue English
Country Of Origin: United States
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Comedy veterans and co-creators Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza capitalize on thier insider status and invite over 100 of their closest friends--who happen to be some of the biggest names in entertainment, from George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Cary to Gilbert Gottfried, Bob Saget, Paul Reiser and Sarah Silverman--to reminisce, analyze, deconstruct and deliver their their own versions of world's dirtiest joke, an old burlesque, too extreme to be performed in public, called "The Aristocrats."
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PETER TRAVERS -
July 22, 2005
This killer-funny documentary from Paul Provenza produces more laughs than any hundred jokes you ever heard. Actually, it's all one joke -- a massively dirty one -- told by a hundred comics to Provenza and fellow funnyman Penn Jillette, who record their efforts on a cheap-ass camcorder. The participants run the gamut from the great Gilbert Gottfried at his most scary and outrageous to Bob Saget blowing his TV image as a dork, not to mention Billy the Mime (you heard me). These stand-ups on the…
You'll need to wash your hands after this one. Wading in a sea of four-letter words, The Aristocrats talks every bit as dirty as South Park in a college locker room, times 100--plus add in the perversion of John Waters' A Dirty Shame. A hit at Sundance 2005, the ThinkFilm documentary, directed by comedian Paul Provenza, sheds insight on the trial and error--and not-so-simple beauty--of making people laugh. Story As an inside, if outdated, joke among comedians, ''The Aristocrats'' is rarely…
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