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Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

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A documentary about the comedian and filmmaker Albert Brooks which includes interviews from Sharon Stone, Larry David, James L. Brooks, Conan O'Brien, Sarah Silverman, and Jonah Hill.
Director
Rob Reiner
Year
2023
Genre
documentary, biography
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Production
Castle Rock Entertainment,HBO Documentary Films
Awards
Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. 9 nominations total

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Stop, stop! Hold it, hold it! - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
Stop, stop! Hold it, hold it!
And it was unlike any kind of comedy I had seen. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
And it was unlike any kind of comedy I had seen.
I will put my face on this and my elephant, Bimbo, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:10
I will put my face on this and my elephant, Bimbo,
All right, boy? All right, boy? Okay, boy. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:08
All right, boy? All right, boy? Okay, boy.
All right, boy. Ready, boy? Go. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
All right, boy. Ready, boy? Go.
When was the first time you ever saw Albert? - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:09
When was the first time you ever saw Albert?
He's a very inventive young man. Um, and he does-- - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:12
He's a very inventive young man. Um, and he does--
Before I did Carson, I did A hundred variety shows. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
Before I did Carson, I did A hundred variety shows.
Sullivan, Johnny Cash, Helen Reddy, Glen Campbell, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:11
Sullivan, Johnny Cash, Helen Reddy, Glen Campbell,
So, I came to Carson late, so I didn't have that fear. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
So, I came to Carson late, so I didn't have that fear.
Not until you do Carson do you realize what that was. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:09
Not until you do Carson do you realize what that was.
...you pick up your cleaning, "Hey, great bit!" - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
...you pick up your cleaning, "Hey, great bit!"
I was gonna take the time that I usually do a spot - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
I was gonna take the time that I usually do a spot
It was punk rock, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
It was punk rock,
He saw the old Hollywood way. And instead of just saying, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:08
He saw the old Hollywood way. And instead of just saying,
And I spent my own money, took a film crew, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:11
And I spent my own money, took a film crew,
This is, uh, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:11
This is, uh,
You couldn't believe the nerve of it. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
You couldn't believe the nerve of it.
♪ (UP-TEMPO GUITAR PLAYING) ♪ - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
♪ (UP-TEMPO GUITAR PLAYING) ♪
There was a certain Wallenda aspect. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
There was a certain Wallenda aspect.
♪ (PEPPY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
♪ (PEPPY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:13
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
I know. You're the only guy I know - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:20
I know. You're the only guy I know
Your brain has to work on such a level - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:10
Your brain has to work on such a level
Carson was encouraging to do something new every time - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:13
Carson was encouraging to do something new every time
And he's the first dude I ever seen, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:10
And he's the first dude I ever seen,
You know, Johnny, this is my tenth year - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
You know, Johnny, this is my tenth year
And he had these elaborate impression, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:08
And he had these elaborate impression,
There are certain foods that when they interact - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:08
There are certain foods that when they interact
I don't do any of this stuff, so, you know, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
I don't do any of this stuff, so, you know,
I mean, it's just really over-the-top stuff that if he - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:15
I mean, it's just really over-the-top stuff that if he
"That doesn't sound like a real idea." - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:09
"That doesn't sound like a real idea."
"Who is this man?" - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
"Who is this man?"
I'm joking tonight for a little boy - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
I'm joking tonight for a little boy
...is very ill in a hospital in Northern California. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
...is very ill in a hospital in Northern California.
If I do, he lives. If I don't, he's gone. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
If I do, he lives. If I don't, he's gone.
He did one routine with, um, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:08
He did one routine with, um,
I am premiering tonight the second ingredient - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
I am premiering tonight the second ingredient
Buddy, say hi to the audience. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
Buddy, say hi to the audience.
TV. - Very good, Buddy. Very good. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
TV. - Very good, Buddy. Very good.
To me, genius is you have the idea - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
To me, genius is you have the idea
Buddy just got back from Mexico. Did you have a good time, Buddy? - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
Buddy just got back from Mexico. Did you have a good time, B...
Buddy has a party to go to later tonight, Johnny, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
Buddy has a party to go to later tonight, Johnny,
X-K-E. - Ooh, a Jaguar. Very nice. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
X-K-E. - Ooh, a Jaguar. Very nice.
Albert was one of those people that from day one, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:09
Albert was one of those people that from day one,
The thing that appealed to me about Letterman - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:11
The thing that appealed to me about Letterman
They were both these sort of deconstructionist geniuses. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:08
They were both these sort of deconstructionist geniuses.
And it is just so important to me, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:09
And it is just so important to me,
The first time I saw Albert was on David Letterman Show - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:13
The first time I saw Albert was on David Letterman Show
Hello? Can you hear that? - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
Hello? Can you hear that?
It's a gentleman who is so uninteresting, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:10
It's a gentleman who is so uninteresting,
♪ (PEPPY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:09
♪ (PEPPY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Well, I really meant to join the Foreign Legion to forget, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:10
Well, I really meant to join the Foreign Legion to forget,
From Hollywood, California, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
From Hollywood, California,
You were very proud of him and you had these old, big, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:10
You were very proud of him and you had these old, big,
And I don't know if you can still do it - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:08
And I don't know if you can still do it
The opening of his show, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:26
The opening of his show,
And then Betty arrived and said, "What are you doing, Parky?" - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:10
And then Betty arrived and said, "What are you doing, P...
I got a lot to do." "Okay. You want it fast?" - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:08
I got a lot to do." "Okay. You want it fast?"
He'll do it better but he says, "Okay, we're gonna have... - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
He'll do it better but he says, "Okay, we're ...
...sirloin steak and tenderloin steak, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:30
...sirloin steak and tenderloin steak,
But that just tells me that you loved him, obviously, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:08
But that just tells me that you loved him, obviously,
And you always told me the story-- - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
And you always told me the story--
By the time I was born, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:22
By the time I was born,
They filled up the Beverly Hilton Hotel - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:27
They filled up the Beverly Hilton Hotel
And then-- and then, you know-- - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
And then-- and then, you know--
He did a routine about the Friars Club, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
He did a routine about the Friars Club,
The audience just stood up, not because - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:08
The audience just stood up, not because
...it knocked the house down. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
...it knocked the house down.
- Right. - You don't even hear laughing, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
- Right. - You don't even hear laughing,
That's what-- that's what the Friars Club - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
That's what-- that's what the Friars Club
...he must first satisfy us, beyond any question of a doubt - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
...he must first satisfy us, beyond any question of a doubt
And he finished and went back to the dais and died. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:08
And he finished and went back to the dais and died.
They stopped the show as soon as they realized it. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:14
They stopped the show as soon as they realized it.
Right. Half the audience came on stage. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
Right. Half the audience came on stage.
They took him backstage, they cut him open, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:34
They took him backstage, they cut him open,
♪ ("THERE'S NO TOMORROW" BY TONY MARTIN PLAYING) ♪ - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:18
♪ ("THERE'S NO TOMORROW" BY TONY MARTIN PLAYI...
He was sick my whole life - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:16
He was sick my whole life
I would go to sleep with my radio on - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:14
I would go to sleep with my radio on
- And I said, "Daddy's dead." - Oh, wow. Wow. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
- And I said, "Daddy's dead." - Oh, wow. Wow.
A lot of famous old show business people here. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
A lot of famous old show business people here.
"Harry Einstein." - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
"Harry Einstein."
I feel I wanna be cremated. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:11
I feel I wanna be cremated.
So, you didn't get to live a long time with your father - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:10
So, you didn't get to live a long time with your father
Well, see my movie, Mother. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
Well, see my movie, Mother.
- ...the ice cream is colorless. - Look under the protective ice. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
- ...the ice cream is colorless. - Look under the protective...
You've actually named the clear hard crap - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
You've actually named the clear hard crap
I very much relate to Albert seeking approval from his mom. - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:06
I very much relate to Albert seeking approval from his mom.
But are you sure you wanna bring back all those characters? - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:05
But are you sure you wanna bring back all those characters?
That is so what a mom would say of just, - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 00:07
That is so what a mom would say of just,
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A documentary about the comedian and filmmaker Albert Brooks which includes interviews from Sharon Stone, Larry David, James L. Brooks, Conan O'Brien, Sarah Silverman, and Jonah Hill.

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Director: Rob Reiner
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Production: Castle Rock Entertainment,HBO Documentary Films
Genre: documentary, biography
Year: 2023
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ImdbRating: 7.4
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Released: 11 Nov 2023
Awards: Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. 9 nominations total
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