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kobvindex_ZLB14122482
Format:
1 DVD (87 Min.)
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Bildformat: Widescreen
Content:
Begging comparisons to "My Dinner With Andre" and filmed monologues by the late, great Spalding Gray, "Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party" impresses on its own terms as entertaining storytelling by an engaging raconteur. Character actor Tobolowsky does little more than recount anecdotes -- either directly to the camera while preparing dinner, or to houseguests during his 53rd birthday celebration -- for lenser-turned-helmer Robert Brinkmann. But that's more than enough to sustain a pic that could post respectable theatrical numbers before many happy returns as a homevid and cable product. Identified in Brinkmann's fleeting narrative intro as a veteran of more than 150 films and television programs, Tobolowsky is immediately recognizable as a ubiquitous supporting player. (Auds unfamiliar with his name will likely remember his face from "Groundhog Day," "Memento" and/or "Garfield: The Movie," among many other pics.) Here, thesp effortlessly exudes charisma while spinning true-life tales in and around his Malibu home. (Variety)
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Ländercode: Keine Angaben
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90 min., of never-before-seen additional stories. Aspen Comedy Arts Festival trailer
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Orig.: USA, 2005
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Engl.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Tobolowsky, Stephen
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DVD-Video
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DVD-Video
