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Synopsis: This documentary follows one year in the life of Joan Rivers, who sees herself first and foremost as an actress, with her life as a comedienne/writer just an extension of being an actress. Now at age 75, Rivers has faced her ups and downs in her forty plus year career, the year leading up to filming being a down compared to what she would have wanted, which is a calendar full of engagements with several engagements each day. That want is in part to support her opulent personal lifestyle, but is more a need to bolster her own sense of self-worth as a basically insecure person who is probably best known now for her overuse of cosmetic surgery rather than her professional work. She feels that Kathy Griffin, who she admires, is now getting all the engagements she would have gotten in her prime. During this year, Rivers is seen going from engagement to engagement, some big - such as a Kennedy Center Honors for George Carlin, a double bill with Don Rickles in New York, and her own celebrity
Director(s): Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg (co-director)
Production: IFC Films
  5 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
2010
84 min
$2,927,972
Website
160 Views


First wife is always

some poor, dumb b*tch

who he married on the way up.

Second wife is always like,

"Hello,"

and he's an a**hole

and marries her.

And the third wife, he's 96.

The balls are on the ground.

She's 11.

She's Chinese.

"I ruv you."

Thank you.

It's been a pleasure.

This is where I belong.

Only time I'm truly, truly

happy is when I am on a stage.

- Why can't you do

a good job once?

It's embarrassing.

I keep saying,

"She's wonderful,"

and you always fail me.

I am a performer.

That is my life.

That is what I am.

That's it.

- I do hate children,

and that's the truth.

Oh, God, so Halloween, and they,

"Oh, lady,

we don't like apples."

"Then just eat

the razor blades."

It is so...

- Joan, love you,

love you, love you.

I love you, love you back.

Who do I make this to?

Lucy.

- I can spell-

- I have all your jewelry.

Love you.

I love everything

you've done for women.

Love all your humor,

all your grace.

Oh, thank you.

- You're the best.

- Oh, Lucy.

Love you.

Lucy, I love you back.

Surprise!

So bored that they're

taking torture away

in the United States.

Oh, it was-

Oh, like-like-

oh, like torture is bad.

"Oh, waterboarding,

waterboarding."

Oh, big f***ing deal.

Try getting a bikini wax

one time.

Get a Brazilian wax.

You'll give up secrets

you never knew you had.

They're doing a documentary

of my life.

- And you said earlier

that they're just waiting

for the moment, right?

- They are praying

that I'll die

during this-this film.

Wouldn't that be great?

Wouldn't that be amazing?

They got the last year

of Joan Rivers.

It would give them such a hook.

- People would watch.

- People would watch.

That's sick.

- I know, but wouldn't it-

but still,

sick but very commercial.

You'd watch.

I'd watch.

Wouldn't you?

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