Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Joan Rivers [videorecording] : a piece of work / a Break Thru Films production ; writer, Ricki Stern ; producers, Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg, Seth Keal ; directed by Ricki Stern.

Edition:

[Widescreen format].

Publisher, Date:

New York : IFC Films, c2010.

Description:

1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

The cameras follow trailblazing comic, Joan Rivers, for a year and cover her entire career from her break on the Carson show, to her heartbreak over the suicide of her husband, and her role on Celebrity Apprentice. Rivers reveals her relentless desire to keep working with humor and empathy. Wickedly funny and surprisingly moving, Rivers is once again returned to the spotlight she so richly deserves and cements her reputation as one of stand-up's towering figures.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; language and sexual humor.

Subjects:

Rivers, Joan.

Women comedians -- United States -- Biography.

Comedians -- United States -- Biography.

Biographical films.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Stern, Ricki.