Directed by:
Neil BerkeleyScreenplay:
Neil BerkeleyCinematography:
Neil BerkeleyCast:
Gilbert Gottfried, Dave Attell, Richard Belzer, Lewis Black, Bill Burr, Susie Essman, Jim Gaffigan, Whoopi Goldberg, Arsenio Hall, Anthony Jeselnik (more)VOD (1)
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Legendary comedian Gilbert Gottfried has had quite the career. Rocketing to fame in the 1980s, he was thrust into the public consciousness almost immediately thanks to his brash personality, unique worldview, and off-kilter comic timing. Now, foul-mouthed and unapologetic after decades of flying solo in both his work and in his personal life, Gilbert has shockingly reinvented himself...as a family man.
Director Neil Berkeley's Gilbert reveals an unexpected side to the iconic comedian. The film peeks behind the larger-than-life persona at a more personal story about growing up in Brooklyn and becoming a husband and father late in life. Gottfried's singular outlook on life and his ability to bring humor to even the darkest situations has, at times, gotten him into trouble. Still he soldiers on, an expert craftsman at bringing his audience to the edge (and sometimes pushing them over). Gilbert strips the comedic character away to reveal the man behind it. Berkeley allows the audience an intimate - even vulnerable - view of Gottfried out of character. (Tribeca Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Gilbert Gottfried
USA
Best movies:
Aladdin (1992)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Dave Attell
USA
Best movies:
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2010)
Funny People (2009)
I Feel Pretty (2018)
Richard Belzer
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
L'Homme sur la lune (1999)
Fame (1980)
Lewis Black
USA
Best movies:
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Inside Out (2015)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Bill Burr
USA
Best movies:
Bill Burr: Let It Go (2010) (TV movie)
Bill Burr: You People Are All the Same (2012) (TV movie)
Leo (2023)
Susie Essman
USA
Best movies:
Bolt (2008)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)
Jim Gaffigan
USA
Best movies:
Luca (2021)
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Three Kings (1999)
Whoopi Goldberg
USA
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video compilation)
The Lion King (1994)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Arsenio Hall
USA
Best movies:
Coming to America (1988)
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
Black Dynamite (2009)
Anthony Jeselnik
Best movies:
Miss March (2009)
Penn Jillette
USA
Best movies:
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (2010) (series)
Toy Story (1995)
Light Years (1988)
Richard Kind
USA
Best movies:
Cars (2006)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
The Visitor (2007)
Artie Lange
USA
Best movies:
Waltzing Anna (2006)
Old School (2003)
Le Lutin (2003)
Jay Leno
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
American Hot Wax (1978)
Cars (2006)
Howie Mandel
Canada
Best movies:
Harrison Bergeron (1995) (TV movie)
Gremlins (1984)
The Tangerine Bear (2000)
Jim Norton
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (2015) (theatrical recording)
Spider-Man (2002)
The Irishman (2019)
Joe Piscopo
USA
Best movies:
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Bartleby (2001)
King Kong (1976)
Paul Provenza
USA
Best movies:
Survival Quest (1989)
Strictly Business (1991)
Plump Fiction (1997)
Dick Van Dyke
USA
Best movies:
Mary Poppins (1964)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Never a Dull Moment (1968)
Alan Zweibel
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Us (1999)
North (1994)