Movie
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017 · 90 min
A warm, funny, and gently inspiring look at growing old with zest, full of charming anecdotes and lively conversations.
- Directed by
- Danny Gold
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke
- Tagline
- After 90 people don't retire. They inspire.
- Overview
- Irrepressible writer-comedian Carl Reiner, who shows no signs of slowing down at 94, tracks down celebrated nonagenarians, and a few others over 100, to show how the twilight years can truly be the happiest and most rewarding. Among those who share their insights into what it takes to be vital and productive in older age are Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Kirk Douglas, Norman Lear, Betty White and Tony Bennett.
- How it feels
- Warm, uplifting, light and earnest. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Aging, friendship, work, celebrity
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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Add to a list: If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
- Directed by
- Danny Gold
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke
