So has anybody else seen this movie?
I went down to the Arclight in Hollywood this afternoon and laughed my ass off.
Holy shit this is one very rude, but very funny film.
No nudity, but very blue language, and descriptions of some very strange sexual activities.
[Trying not to spoil the film] The movie has a bunch of very famous comedians telling the same joke over and over in different ways. A joke that they tell to each other, but generally not to an audience. Trust me, it is a lot funnier than it sounds. [/TNTSTF]
Here is the website for the movie [Contains spoilers!]
I was interested before, but after I read the NYT review it became a must-see for me. I’ll have to go into New York City to see it, though.
ME! ME! ME! (raises hand and squirms in seat) I’ve seen it! I saw it in June! I got a sneak preview!
anyway…
Yes, go see it. It is worth the admission, even if scatology does wear thin after the first ten minutes.
Whats it rated?
Penn Jillette (the producer) decided to release the film unrated. He said, and I quote, “Fuck the MPAA”.
I’m hoping it comes to the Cinema Arts Center in Huntington eventually. Either that, or it’s “Wait for Netflix.”
It comes to Santa Barbara in twelve days. I can’t wait. I will be at the first showing.
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It’s only a matter of time before we start seeing lawsuits from clueless parents who took their young children to this movie, thinking that it was a re-release of the 1970 Disney cartoon The Aristocats. 
There’s a big article about the movie in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, which is how I know about it.
I just wonder about the cumulative effect of seeing comedian after comedian telling the “same” joke. Does it start to wear thin after awhile? Am I better off waiting for the DVD and watching it one scene at a time?
BTW, is it really necessary to worry about spoilers for this particular movie?
I’ll probably wait for it to be released on DVD. Do you think I’ll have any problem getting it at Blockbuster?
At the Arclight they had an employee come out before the lights went down and explain about the content, and advised anyone who was sensitive about content to leave. No one did. Also being an unrated film, it won’t get super wide play. Right now I think there are only two theaters in LA that are playing it.
As far as the cumulative effect, the deal is that after about 10 minutes it does start to get old, then it goes past that and gets fresh again. The fact that they have some of the funniest people on the planet just sitting and talking about this joke for sure does not hurt.
Gilbert Gotfried absolutly had me on the floor when they showed him telling the joke at Jugh Hefner’s roast. This was almost the end of the movie.
Carrie Fisher also had a great take on it, and Drew Cary adds a nice touch.
I read the review in The Times as well, and like this thread, it only makes me want to see it more. Hopefully it comes to a theatre near me.
It isn’t presented as comedian after comedian telling the joke one after the other. In fact, there are very few performances of the joke from start to finish. Mostly the interviewees are talking about the joke, their personal history with it, great tellings of the joke that they’ve heard, why it has lasted through the years, will it ever die?, is it even funny?, what makes a good telling of it?, stuff like that.
It’s mostly a documentary of how the joke has attained “legend” status, this is the element of the film that I found most fascinating.
The Carrie Fisher segment was one of my favorites, ditto the Sarah Silverman segment.
Gilbert Godfried’s performance at the Friar’s Club Roast was such a significant entry in the history of the joke because he actually told it on stage in front of an audience, something that each of the other comics said that they would never consider, it was pretty much a joke that comics told to each other. When he actually pulled it out onstage all the comics in the room were dying laughing not only because Gilbert Godfried was funny, but because as comics they were in on the joke and they knew many other people in the room had no idea what they were in for. However, I thought this performance of the joke was actually very tame compared to the version Gotfried shared during his interview segment- particularly when he answers the question . . .
. . . "Where did all the blood come from???"Hands down the most gut-busting hilarious moment in the film!
For those you who don’t stay through the credits, you missed one of the other biggest laughs:
[spoiler]The film ends with the disclaimer:
No Animals Were Fucked in the Making of this Film[/spoiler]
I saw Bob Sagat on “The View” last week, talking about the movie. He states he’s glad to live in a country where a film like this could be made and released, that it is not for everyone, and that he will not allow his two younger daughters to see it (his oldest daughter is 18). He came across as a very smart, nice guy.
I think I’ll see the movie the next trip to NYC, though I’m not one for blue humor.
Is it only in LA at the moment? Yahoo couldn’t give me any showtimes even in NYC.
Who are all the comics in it? If Carrot Topp is, I am so there.
Seeing this with friends tomorrow evening. 
My mom asked me yesterday what the joke is. She knows about the movie, but didn’t know the actual “aristocrats” joke. I hadn’t taken the time to make up my own version yet, and I’m not sure I’ll ever forgive myself.
He’s in it. The list of comedians is enormous. I don’t know if every single one of them tells the joke, but…
Saw it this evening at the Loewe’s in Times Square. (The much nicer AMC across the street has refused to show it.)
It was quite amusing, though I must admit I did get tired of rehashing the same material over and over again. And the extreme close-ups and sloppy camera work were annoying, even for a documentary. Overall I give it seven dog-raping midget Hitlers.
[spoiler][paraphrase]
“A guy walks into a vaudeville agent’s office and says, ‘I’ve got this great act for you.’
Agent says, ‘It’s not a prop comic, is it?’”
[/paraphrase][/spoiler]