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Albert Brooks: Defending My Life( 2023)

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Overview

Rob Reiner profiles Albert Brooks, comedic legend, acclaimed filmmaker, talented character actor and a lifelong friend, who Reiner first met in their high school drama club.

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      Albert Brooks

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      Rob Reiner

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      Chris Rock

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      Conan O'Brien

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      Wanda Sykes

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      Jon Stewart

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      Ben Stiller

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      Steven Spielberg

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      Sarah Silverman

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      David Letterman

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      Larry David

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      Jonah Hill

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      Judd Apatow

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      Sharon Stone

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      Brian Williams

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      Anthony Jeselnik

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      Tiffany Haddish

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      Alana Haim

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      Nikki Glaser

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      James L. Brooks

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      Neil deGrasse Tyson

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      Kimberly Brooks

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      Jacob Brooks

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      Claire Brooks

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      Robert De Niro

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    A review by Brent Marchant

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    Written by Brent Marchant on Sun Nov 12 2023
    When someone helps to shift the direction of something, regardless of the milieu involved, there’s a natural inclination to want to celebrate that individual’s contributions. In the area of stand-up comedy, one of the names that frequently comes to mind is Albert Brooks (born Albert Einstein – really). In the 1970s, his inventiveness took comedy in a new direction, inspiring others to follow suit and forever changing the art form, and this new HBO documentary from Brooks’s lifelong friend, director Rob Reiner, is an apparently sincere attempt at paying tribute to the writer-actor-comedian-direc...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • comedian
    • biography
    • actor