When Jews Were Funny
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 29 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 1, 2014
- Originally Released: 2013
- Label: First Run Features
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Featured: | Gilbert Gottfried, Howie Mandel, Eugene Mirman, Bob Einstein, Andy Kindler, Norm Crosby, Shelley Berman, Judy Gold, David Steinberg, Elon Gold, Jack Carter, David Brenner, Shecky Greene, Aaron Berg & Michele Balan | |
Directed by | Alan Zweig | |
Screenwriting by | Alan Zweig |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Zweig couldn't defer to a more insightful batch of interviewees.
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Film Freak Central
Rating: 3/5 --
Director Alan Zweig's own anxieties get in the way of his larger questions about humor and Jewish identity, leaving us with more yuks than nuanced ideas.
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Nonfics
Rating: 2.5/4 --
It's fun viewing.
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Globe and Mail
Rating: 2.5/5 --
It's a jumbled purpose in a film that is otherwise rambling conversation with some grand old names.
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Canada.com
Rating: B- --
On the whole, I think When Jews Were Funny is a strong testament to a lost age, a kind of elegy to the self-deprecation and introspection that certainly shaped in a major way modern comedy.
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ScreenAnarchy
Rating: 3/4 --
Zweig's movie is equal parts witty and provocative ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Product Description:
Alan Zweig investigates the history of Jewish culture in America in the 20th Century by showcasing how the humor of the Hebrew people has evolved and stayed the same over a long period of time in his documentary When Jews Were Funny. He interviews a number of prominent and up-and-coming Jewish comics in order to get their opinion on if Jewish culture has fundamentally changed since Zweig was a child. Among the interviewees are David Steinberg, Shecky Greene, Andy Kindler, and Bob Einstein. Also included are vintage television performances by such legends as Alan King and Jackie Mason. WHEN JEWS WERE FUNNY screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
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