The comedian

Resource Information

The work The comedian represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Oshkosh Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The comedian

Statement of responsibility

a Sony Classics release ; Cinelou Films presents ; a Cinelou Films, Linson Entertainment and Anvil Films production ; in association with the Fyzz Facility and Mad Rio Entertainment ; a Taylor Hackford film ; produced by Art Linson, John Linson, Mark Canton, Courntey Solomon, Taylor Hackford ; story by Art Linson ; screenplay by Art Linson & Jeff Ross and Richard LaGravenese and Lewis Friedman ; directed Taylor Hackford

Contributor

• Hackford, Taylor, 1944-
• Linson Entertainment (Firm)
• Fyzz Facility (Firm)
• Canton, Mark
• Cinelou Films
• Linson, Art
• Anvil Films (United States)
• Linson, John
• Mann, Leslie, 1972-
• Ross, Jeffrey, 1965-
• Solomon, Courtney, 1971-
• LaGravenese, Richard
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• De Niro, Robert
• Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
• DeVito, Danny
• Falco, Edie
• Mad Rio Entertainment (Firm)
• Friedman, Lewis

Actor

• DeVito, Danny
• Mann, Leslie, 1972-
• De Niro, Robert
• Falco, Edie

Author

• Linson, Art

Film director

• Hackford, Taylor, 1944-

Film producer

• Linson, Art
• Hackford, Taylor, 1944-
• Canton, Mark
• Solomon, Courtney, 1971-
• Linson, John

Screenwriter

• Linson, Art
• Friedman, Lewis
• Ross, Jeffrey, 1965-
• LaGravenese, Richard
• Hackford, Taylor, 1944-

Subject

• Comedians
• Comedy films
• May-December romances
• Older people
• Videodiscs for people with visual disabilities
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Comedy films
• Videodiscs for people with visual disabilities

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music composed by Terence Blanchard ; editor, Mark Warner ; director of photography, Oliver Stapleton

Dewey number

C732 DVD

Intended audience

• MPAA rating: R; for crude sexual references and language throughout
• CHV rating: 14A; coarse language, sexual content/language vulgaire, sexualité
• Régie du cinéma rating: 13+

Language note

English dialogue; Spanish, English or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.C664 2017

PerformerNote

Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, Danny DeVito, Edie Falco, Veronica Ferrers, Charles Grodin, Cloris Leachman, Patti LuPone, Harvey Keitel

Runtime

120

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action