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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

2007 · 89 min

A fond, funny stroll through a comedian's career, full of affectionate backstage stories and vintage performance clips.

Directed by
John Landis
Genres
Documentary, Comedy
Starring
Don Rickles, Harry Dean Stanton, John Landis
Tagline
No one is safe.
Overview
The documentary consists of tape of Don's show (never been filmed before), interviews with Don's contemporaries, (Steve Lawrence, Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, etc.), established comedians (Billy Crystal, Rosanna Barr, Robin Williams, Chris Rock, etc.) and young comedians (Jeff Atoll, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, etc.).

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Directed by
John Landis
Genres
Documentary, Comedy
Starring
Don Rickles, Harry Dean Stanton, John Landis
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • celebrity
  • media
  • aging
  • friendship
  • identity
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary, comedy
Directed by
John Landis
Starring
Don Rickles, Harry Dean Stanton, John Landis, Clint Eastwood, Robert De Niro, Richard Lewis, Victor Figueredo, Paul Shefrin
Runtime
89 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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