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George Carlin's American Dream

Interviews with George Carlin's family and friends, material from his stand-up specials and footage from his personal archive.

Director

Judd Apatow, Michael Bonfiglio

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Genre

documentary, biography, comedy

Production

Rendez-Vous Production

Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 14 nominations total

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♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - George Carlin's American Dream

♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

-DIRECTOR: And speeding.
-(FILM CREW CHATTERING) - George Carlin's American Dream

-DIRECTOR: And speeding. -(FILM CREW CHATTERING)

-DIRECTOR: We're rolling.
-GEORGE: Uh-- Oh, rolling. - George Carlin's American Dream

-DIRECTOR: We're rolling. -GEORGE: Uh-- Oh, rolling.

-DIRECTOR: Okay.
-GEORGE: You're good? - George Carlin's American Dream

-DIRECTOR: Okay. -GEORGE: You're good?

Whiny, narcissistic, - George Carlin's American Dream

Whiny, narcissistic,

Here's another
civic superstition - George Carlin's American Dream

Here's another civic superstition

"I have a right."
"You have no right." - George Carlin's American Dream

"I have a right." "You have no right."

Listen, folks,
I hate to spoil your fun, - George Carlin's American Dream

Listen, folks, I hate to spoil your fun,

They're imaginary, like
the boogeyman, - George Carlin's American Dream

They're imaginary, like the boogeyman,

But now, they're staring down
the barrel of middle-age burnout - George Carlin's American Dream

But now, they're staring down the barrel of middle-age ...

They're God-given rights."
Oh, fuck, here we go again. - George Carlin's American Dream

They're God-given rights." Oh, fuck, here we go ag...

The God excuse, - George Carlin's American Dream

The God excuse,

And they want to
make things hard - George Carlin's American Dream

And they want to make things hard

Fine, why would he give us
a certain number of rights? - George Carlin's American Dream

Fine, why would he give us a certain number of rights?

The Bill of Rights
in this country - George Carlin's American Dream

The Bill of Rights in this country

It's in their slogans,
it's in their rhetoric, - George Carlin's American Dream

It's in their slogans, it's in their rhetoric,

Slavery. Just fucking
overlooked it that day. - George Carlin's American Dream

Slavery. Just fucking overlooked it that day.

♪ (INTENSE HIP-HOP BEAT
PLAYING) ♪ - George Carlin's American Dream

♪ (INTENSE HIP-HOP BEAT PLAYING) ♪

ANNOUNCER 1:
Here's George Carlin. - George Carlin's American Dream

ANNOUNCER 1: Here's George Carlin.

Fuck these boomers.
Fuck these yuppies, - George Carlin's American Dream

Fuck these boomers. Fuck these yuppies,

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - George Carlin's American Dream

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

All I could think of was shit,
piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, - George Carlin's American Dream

All I could think of was shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker,

(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING) - George Carlin's American Dream

(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

REAGAN: ...that I will
faithfully execute the office - George Carlin's American Dream

REAGAN: ...that I will faithfully execute the office

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - George Carlin's American Dream

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

We're not very good
at anything else anymore. - George Carlin's American Dream

We're not very good at anything else anymore.

Got no steel industry left,
can't educate our young people, - George Carlin's American Dream

Got no steel industry left, can't educate our young peo...

REPORTER: Falwell's July issue
of Moral Majority Report - George Carlin's American Dream

REPORTER: Falwell's July issue of Moral Majority Report

Comedy, traditionally,
has picked on people in power, - George Carlin's American Dream

Comedy, traditionally, has picked on people in power,

I don't like orthodoxy
of the left - George Carlin's American Dream

I don't like orthodoxy of the left

That's what
I keep hearing people say, - George Carlin's American Dream

That's what I keep hearing people say,

I don't like anyone trying
to control - George Carlin's American Dream

I don't like anyone trying to control

It's called freedom of choice, - George Carlin's American Dream

It's called freedom of choice,

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪ - George Carlin's American Dream

♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪

Look it up in the library,
Reverend, - George Carlin's American Dream

Look it up in the library, Reverend,

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - George Carlin's American Dream

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

People will say to me sometimes, - George Carlin's American Dream

People will say to me sometimes,

Like he'd say,
"I live from here up," you know. - George Carlin's American Dream

Like he'd say, "I live from here up," you kno...

I think in some ways
it's all he knew how to do - George Carlin's American Dream

I think in some ways it's all he knew how to do

There are thousands of comedians
in this country, - George Carlin's American Dream

There are thousands of comedians in this country,

He got through his shows.
Sometimes he would stop on stage - George Carlin's American Dream

He got through his shows. Sometimes he would stop on stage

The old school
is largely made up - George Carlin's American Dream

The old school is largely made up

God, you'd look
at the stage afterwards, - George Carlin's American Dream

God, you'd look at the stage afterwards,

(DEEP VOICE) "Thank you
very much, ladies and gentlemen." - George Carlin's American Dream

(DEEP VOICE) "Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen...

They'd just throw them up
on stage. (LAUGHS) - George Carlin's American Dream

They'd just throw them up on stage. (LAUGHS)

(AUDIENCE CHEERING) - George Carlin's American Dream

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

Some of the broads there
were so ugly - George Carlin's American Dream

Some of the broads there were so ugly

My name is George Carlin, - George Carlin's American Dream

My name is George Carlin,

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - George Carlin's American Dream

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
-And then you keep, you see-- - George Carlin's American Dream

-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) -And then you keep, you see--

JERRY: And between that
and what was left of the albums, - George Carlin's American Dream

JERRY: And between that and what was left of the albums,

I was from a neighborhood,
we called it White Harlem. - George Carlin's American Dream

I was from a neighborhood, we called it White Harlem.

-Oh, yeah. Yeah.
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - George Carlin's American Dream

-Oh, yeah. Yeah. -(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - George Carlin's American Dream

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

GEORGE: I grew up
with a great respect - George Carlin's American Dream

GEORGE: I grew up with a great respect

I think a lot of us - George Carlin's American Dream

I think a lot of us

I, uh, I have a film idea, - George Carlin's American Dream

I, uh, I have a film idea,

Come on, let's go.
Where you going, Johnny?" - George Carlin's American Dream

Come on, let's go. Where you going, Johnny?"

Even your mother, right?
"I'm his mother." - George Carlin's American Dream

Even your mother, right? "I'm his mother."

And I says, "Well, how much
money have you raised so far?" - George Carlin's American Dream

And I says, "Well, how much money have you raised so fa...

(CHUCKLES) This was after
three years of paying salaries - George Carlin's American Dream

(CHUCKLES) This was after three years of paying salaries

♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - George Carlin's American Dream

♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Plus, he was supporting
three families. - George Carlin's American Dream

Plus, he was supporting three families.

He was supporting
his daughter's family, - George Carlin's American Dream

He was supporting his daughter's family,

♪ (SLOW MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - George Carlin's American Dream

♪ (SLOW MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

He was beaten. - George Carlin's American Dream

And I would just grit my teeth
and think, you know, - George Carlin's American Dream

And I would just grit my teeth and think, you know,

She took me in her arms,
two months, - George Carlin's American Dream

She took me in her arms, two months,

And my old man
was trying to tear - George Carlin's American Dream

And my old man was trying to tear

And we were vagabonds
for about two or three years - George Carlin's American Dream

And we were vagabonds for about two or three years

After their separation... - George Carlin's American Dream

After their separation...

JERRY: By now,
the business was in the sewer. - George Carlin's American Dream

JERRY: By now, the business was in the sewer.

Absolutely. Yeah. And, uh, - George Carlin's American Dream

Absolutely. Yeah. And, uh,

I didn't feel that. I was alone
a lot, but I enjoyed that. - George Carlin's American Dream

I didn't feel that. I was alone a lot, but I enjoyed th...

(AUDIENCE CHEERING) - George Carlin's American Dream

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

Something in my makeup
accepted that and thrived on it. - George Carlin's American Dream

Something in my makeup accepted that and thrived on it.

("THE LONE RANGER OPENING THEME"
PLAYING) - George Carlin's American Dream

("THE LONE RANGER OPENING THEME" PLAYING)

That was my family,
the people on radio. - George Carlin's American Dream

That was my family, the people on radio.

JERRY: And Fernando Valenzuela
was pitching. - George Carlin's American Dream

JERRY: And Fernando Valenzuela was pitching.

"George told me, "Jerry, I got
a little something in my chest. - George Carlin's American Dream

"George told me, "Jerry, I got a little something ...

He's stretching his chest.
He's opening his shirt. - George Carlin's American Dream

He's stretching his chest. He's opening his shirt.

And the driver, I says, - George Carlin's American Dream

And the driver, I says,

When I was a little boy
in New York City in the 1940s, - George Carlin's American Dream

When I was a little boy in New York City in the 1940s,

I think
that scared the shit out of him. - George Carlin's American Dream

I think that scared the shit out of him.

Thousands of kids died
from polio every year, - George Carlin's American Dream

Thousands of kids died from polio every year,

-'Cause we swam in raw sewage.
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - George Carlin's American Dream

-'Cause we swam in raw sewage. -(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

The polio never had a prayer,
we were tempered in raw shit. - George Carlin's American Dream

The polio never had a prayer, we were tempered in raw shit.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - George Carlin's American Dream

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

And then alongside of me,
there were two others, - George Carlin's American Dream

And then alongside of me, there were two others,

(CHEERING STOPS) - George Carlin's American Dream

(CHEERING STOPS)

George Carlin's American Dream poster

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Interviews with George Carlin's family and friends, material from his stand-up specials and footage from his personal archive.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Judd Apatow, Michael Bonfiglio

Writer: N/A

Production: Rendez-Vous Production

Genre: documentary, biography, comedy

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.3

BoxOffice:

Released: 20 May 2022

Awards: Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 14 nominations total

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