albert brooks doc on hbomax, by rob reiner

[henrygandorf 29192]

 

watched this last night and it's great.  as an added bonus, hbo max has added a bunch of his movies as well.

[Texzilla58 4738]

I got to watch this. When he would be on Carson he would just kill it. He was my favorite comic back then though lots of folks couldn’t get past Steve Martin. He is so fucking funny.

[mchookem 16337]

Lost in America and Mother are tied for me. absolutely hilarious.

[Sbbruin 21861]

Watched it a couple nights ago.  Excellent.  You forget all the movies he was in for awhile there.  "Lost in America" is one of my all time favs.  "The Desert Inn has heart!"

[Jerry Callo 8704]

Defending Your Life is one of my favorites.  Albert Brooks and Rip Torn were awesome together.

[Augustus 3061]

52 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Watched it a couple nights ago.  Excellent.  You forget all the movies he was in for awhile there.  "Lost in America" is one of my all time favs.  "The Desert Inn has heart!"

 

The nest egg speech was incredible.

 

[mdleast 8295]

Agreed - really enjoyable and breezy doc very well done by Rob Reiner.

[semitired 82]

Watching him in Drive as a Jewish mobster showed incredible range. Love his stuff.

[RPM 26323]

He was excellent in Broadcast News.

[rage-a-holic 4406]

7 hours ago, mchookem said:

Lost in America and Mother are tied for me. absolutely hilarious.

Mother is fucking excellent. His mother and grocery store shopping/products is my mother to a T.

[Pato del Muerto 52529]

Defending your life really is a tremendous piece of art. 

[Pato del Muerto 52529]

Also

 

[henrygandorf 29192]

the simpsons is discussed in the doc.

[Vito Andolini 9126]

Really good documentary, and I’m glad Reiner touched on the absurdity of the name “Albert Einstein” and the legendary tale of the passing of Parkyakarkus.

I also watched Defending Your Life the other day (I think the NYT prompted me with a blurb). The doc led me to Modern Romance, which I’ve never seen before. Found it on Tubi, which may actually have some worthwhile content (I’ve never tried it before). I watched a few minutes late at night to see if I wanted to continue, and I’ll finish it soon. Cringe-inducing relationship self-destruction is a theme with which the younger Vito can identify.

[Underdog 28716]

I always liked The Scout. 

[Pato del Muerto 52529]

13 minutes ago, Underdog said:

I always liked The Scout. 

Way better than it had any right to be

[Augustus 3061]

On 11/16/2023 at 7:28 PM, Pato del Muerto said:

Defending your life really is a tremendous piece of art. 

I'll do the best I can.  Just... I'll do the best I can.

[Pato del Muerto 52529]

1 minute ago, Augustus said:

I'll do the best I can.  Just... I'll do the best I can.

how’d you die?

on stage, like you. 

[mdleast 8295]

I watched Real Life several years ago after being intrigued by the absurdist trailer for it and was very entertained

[Augustus 3061]

I always believed, or at least suspected, that As Good As it Gets was written for him, as the role was absolutely perfect for him and he'd had success with James L Brooks in the past.

But that's just pure speculation on my part.

[Augustus 3061]

 

"The bird lives in a round STICK!"   I nearly suffocated laughing the first time I saw this.

[Augustus 3061]

This was another cry/laugh scene that still gets me.

 

 

[Duane Moore 5243]

On 11/16/2023 at 9:28 PM, Pato del Muerto said:

Defending your life really is a tremendous piece of art. 

Up there with Groundhog Day as a comedy with a metaphysical storyline/outlook that really sticks with you decades later. 

[lateshow 1304]

I hope he enjoys watching his funeral. 

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

Albert Brooks feels like one of those guys for whom there’s an age line where people older than the line know him and people younger have never heard of him at all. 

Edited November 24, 2023 by Liquor and Poker
Feels kind of intrusive to ask

[The Original Greaser Bob 2841]

If you haven't seen Modern Romance, it has his two greatest set pieces - buying running equipment from his brother, Super Dave, and the space special effects running sequence.  It was my introduction to hm and remains my favorite.

 

 

Edited November 24, 2023 by The Original Greaser Bob

[The Original Greaser Bob 2841]

 

[yoladu 4094]

1 hour ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

 

That dummy drop at 1:35 kills me. 

[Red Five 40862]

I had never seen the spit take bit before.