You can watch recordings anytime, anywhere with your cloud dvr. A piece of work official soundtrack by paul brill, released 20 june 2010 1. Joan rivers from the film joan rivers a piece of work attends the tribeca film festival. This clip was originally shared with the broadcast of joan rivers. A documentary on the life and career of joan rivers, made as the comedienne turns 75 years old. Early in ricki stern and anne sundebergs extraordinary documentary portrait joan rivers. Rivers with all her personality, her helpful nature while visiting, and talking with people in new york city and the love and drive she had for life. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing joan rivers. Today is the birthday of the great comedienne joan rivers b.
After the broadcast, the film will be available on the american masters website for a limited time. Joan alexandra molinsky june 8, 1933 september 4, 2014, known professionally as joan rivers, was an american comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host. In the very first frames of codirectors ricki stern and anne sundbergs slippery documentary joan rivers. Joan rivers on a piece of work and why leno isnt funny. Piece of work allows the audience to view joan rivers as a human when most in my generation have only known her as a caricaturelike presence. The opening sequence from the smash hit documentary, joan rivers. Roars of laughter, as loud as a reeling roller coaster, fill the theatre as joan rivers discusses her life during the tribeca film festival. In order to get under their skin, it takes a special kind of lens. A piece of work, a peek behind the curtains at this fascinating and complex woman. Filmmakers ricki stern and annie sundberg followed comedian joan rivers for a year, and this revealing documentary is the end result of their.
Joan rivers a piece of work a year in the life of a. Joy browne melissa rivers kate forrester joe castagna. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. A piece of work on dvd december 14, 2010 starring joan rivers, melissa rivers, kathy griffin. A hilarious, entertaining and deliciously dirty look into the fascinating, fastpaced life of the iconic, groundbreaking comedienne joan rivers. Don rickles, joan rivers, kathy griffin, melissa rivers. A piece of work captures a year in the life of the late comedienne as she turned threequarters of a century old. A piece of work begins with the title comedian spackling on a full face of makeup, going from a pale, undefined face to a woman with. Ebert writes about rivers toughasnails exterior with equal measures of admiration and wariness. Joan rivers a piece of work a year in the life of a legend. If the filmmakers didnt have total access, i dont want to see what they missed.
You will leave this film remembering that joan rivers is one very funny woman albeit a vulgar one. Joan rivers a piece of work takes the audience on a year long ride with joan rivers in her 76th year of life. This expose chronicles the private dramas of irreverent, legendary comedian and pop icon joan rivers as she fights tooth and nail to keep her american dream. A piece of work with the strong appreciation that only one warhorse can offer another. Opening tonight in theaters is joan rivers, a piece of work, a funny, touching and brutal yearlong ride with the driven, groundbreaking comedian in her 76th year of life 76.
In this never seen before footage, the comedienne mourns her dog by buying a new puppy. Right now, he says flatly, they see her as a plastic surgery freak whos past due. Penetrating rivers coarse image, this compelling documentary offers an honest, behindthescenes look at her career and at show business in general. A piece of work covers the events in about a year of her life. The filmmakers appear to have had unlimited access to rivers, probably because she was a star who constantly worried about being out of the spotlight. Paul brill with amber rubarth billy introduction 3. A piece of work takes the audience on a year long ride with legendary comedian joan rivers in her 76th year of life. Filmmakers ricki stern and annie sundberg followed rivers through a typically eventful year in her life, and in joan rivers. This documentary was directed by ricki stern and anne sundberg. Features original music by paul brill with amber rubarth. Joan rivers is a comic force of nature, and this nobull documentary offers a profanely hilarious peek into the 75th year of her life, on the road and off. Comedian joan rivers is a real piece of work few topics are offlimits for the brash comedian. A piece of work, jeffrey wells notes that the film a loving profile has rehabilitated rivers in his mind from uhhuh, whatever status to someone whos a highly admirable paragon of toughness and tenacity.
Cameras followed joan rivers around for a year, filming her daily life for the documentary, a piece of work. Peeling away the mask of an iconic comedian and exposing the struggles, sacrifices and joy of living life as a ground breaking female performer. Documentary about the life and career of comedian joan rivers as she turns 75yearsold. It premiered at the san francisco international film. A piece of work, the legendary comics manager offers up an assessment of the general perception of his client. A piece of work, a movie that not only exposed her talent but helps us understand who she was as a person. West coast editor krista smith at the sundance film festival about the new documentary about her life, a piece of work, why leno isnt funny and why conan should be. If your cloud dvr fills up, well make space by deleting your oldest recordings marked save until space is needed first. That, at least, is what i thought after watching twice the documentary joan rivers. Joan rivers, melissa rivers, kathy griffin, jocelyn pickett, bill sammeth, larry a. Writing about the upcoming documentary joan rivers. With her comedic talents blending with her sad emotions, joan rivers. A piece of work 2010 starring joan rivers and melissa rivers on dvd and bluray.
Peeling away the mask of an iconic comedian and exposing the. Empty park city audiences who know joan rivers only for plastic surgery and timefilling redcarpet banter are in for something else with joan rivers. I want to take the occasion to recommend the 2010 documentary joan rivers. A piece of work 2010 this revealing documentary follows the life and career of joan rivers, a veteran comedienne arguably more known for her extensive plastic surgery than for her. Joan rivers a piece of work nycastings directsubmit. A piece of work takes the audience on a yearlong ride with joan rivers in her 76th year of life. Watch an unreleased clip of ricki sterns documentary on joan rivers. Joan rivers on a piece of work and why leno isnt funny duration. A piece of work 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A piece of work marks the pbs premiere of the documentary for which pbs now has exclusive broadcast rights. A piece of work, a documentary about the comediennes efforts to retain her career, is playing at the mary riepma ross media arts center this weekend. A piece of work is a 2010 documentary film about the life and career of comedian joan rivers. She may be the one 70 yearold that still loves and wants to do her job.
A piece of work, the celebrated 2010 documentary about the temperamental seasons that befell the comedians career, is as. It premiered at the san francisco international film festival at the castro theatre on may 6, 2010. A piece of work exclusive clip furious a documentary on the life and career of joan rivers, made as the comedienne turns 75 years old. You may have that idea about joan rivers, who is 75 in this film and. The movie is a documentary film that draws inspiration from the life of joan rivers. She was noted for her often controversial comedic personaheavily selfdeprecating and sharply acerbic, especially towards celebrities and politicians. Joan rivers was truly a pioneer for women in comedy and she will always be so missed. A piece of work is a snub that the academy missed out on. The academy is missing out a a great film that shows the love for joan rivers and her career. A piece of work, they offer a look at the woman behind the laughter as she struggles to stay in the spotlight, works on new material, launches a onewoman show in the united kingdom that doesnt fare as well as she hopes. In one stretch in this film she closes a show in toronto, flies overnight to palm springs, does a gig, flies overnight to minneapolis, and performs another one. The film follows joan rivers for 14 months, mostly during the 76th year of her life. For joan rivers, it was an extraordinary 2010 documentary called joan rivers.
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