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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0821575540759
Format: Color, NTSC, Closed-captioned
Label: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Velocity / Thinkfilm
MPN: VELDTF54075D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 24, 2006
Running Time: 89 minutes
Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Penn jillette & paul provenza capitalize on their insider status & invite over 100 of their closest friends (some of the biggest names in entertainment) to reminisce analyze & deliver their own version of the worlds dirtiest joke an old burlesque routine too extreme to be performed in public. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 09/04/2007 Starring: Penn Jillette Paul Provenza Run time: 86 minutes Rating: Ur
Amazon.com:
Released without a rating and billed as "the most vile, disgusting, and vulgar" film of all time, The Aristocrats is also funny enough to qualify as a minor comedy classic. We say "minor" only because hearing the same foul joke told by 100 celebrated comedians is inevitably exhausting, even though the shaggy-dog gag (a vintage in-joke among comedians, allowing outrageously obscene improvisation, and always ending with the same titular punchline) is also a fascinating litmus test for each comedian's irreverent style. As codirectors and show-biz insiders, veteran comedians Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette (from the comedy duo Penn & Teller) corralled an unprecedented parade of stand-up celebrities (George Carlin, Robin Williams, Drew Carey, Whoopi Goldberg, Sarah Silverman, the South Park kids and many, many more), each telling "the dirtiest joke of all time" in their own inimitable fashion. The sheer volume of vaudevillian vulgarity takes on a life of its own, more fascinating than funny, until Gilbert Gottfried (at a celebrity roast for Hugh Hefner, shortly after the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01) tells what is unanimously hailed as the definitive version of the joke. It's a matter of context, style, and bawdy bravado, and for better or worse, The Aristocrats will endure as a testament to a joke so bad--so uproariously bad--that no comedian worthy of the profession can resist the temptation to tell it. --Jeff Shannon
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
It's a documentary about comedians, their personalities using the motif of a joke. Very cool concept analogous to a jazz composition. It does lag in the middle but finished strong. The best interpretation of the joke in my mind was the mime (which is ironic because usually don't find mimes very funny or entertaining). Kevin Pollack's performances are brilliant as well. Some note that the jump cut editing and the interruptions of the joke by the tellers is a nuisance, I disagree as it keeps it the ... Read More
Rating:  -
The Aristocrats: 3 out of 10: The joke in the Aristocrats is not funny. (Many comedians on tape admit this outright.) It really is not a joke as much as a Shaggy Dog story. The funny part of a Shaggy Dog story is watching someone squirm who thinks it is a normal joke. The more you can make a (in this case) prude squirm the funnier the raunch is.
The funniest scene in the movie is Gilbert Gottfried's masterful and legendary telling of the joke at the Fryers Club soon after 9/11. ... Read More
Rating: -
How many comedians it takes to tell a bad joke right?
A.- None.
B.- Too damn many, if you ask me.
C.- Three: Richard Jeni, the mime, and the guy with the cards.
D.- All of the above.
Answer: D.
(Bada Boom!)
Rating:  -
My favorite part is when Bob Saget skins the puppies and makes a coat from their pelts. It's pretty funny. Ta-daaa!! (Axton)
Rating: -
First off, I hate crude humor. A true artist does not need to offend to get laughs. I, however, loved this movie. On the surface, it is a group of well respected artists, and a mime, telling the same joke over and over, each with their own take on it. However, the more you watch it, the more it becomes a documentary about modern comedy, what it means to be succesful, and how that all fits into a free, but politically correct, world.
If you really do not know if this movie is for ... Read More
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