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7 December 2003 (USA) morePlot:
A 90 minute documentary takes a sardonic, probing look at awards shows and what they mean to pop culture. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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A very clever, funny look at the phenomenon of Awards Shows moreCast
(Credited cast) | Alan Alda | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Kirstie Alley | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Erykah Badu | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Jed Bernstein | ... | Himself |
 | Mel Brooks | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Mario Cantone | ... | Himself |
 | Jim Carrey | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | David Caruso | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Gilbert Cates | ... | Himself (as Gil Cates) |
 | Ted Danson | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Kelli Delaney | ... | Herself |
| Lea DeLaria | ... | Herself |
| Paul Dergarabedian | ... | Himself |
| Simon Doonan | ... | Himself |
| Ken Ehrlich | ... | Himself |
 | Robert Evans | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Bruce Feirstein | ... | Himself |
 | Joel Gallen | ... | Himself |
 | Jennifer Garner | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Patrick Goldstein | ... | Himself |
| Stacey Grenrock-Woods | ... | Herself |
| Bruce Handy | ... | Himself |
| Danette Herman | ... | Herself |
 | Cheryl Hines | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Dustin Hoffman | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| John Horn | ... | Himself |
 | Davy Jones | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Sally Kirkland | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Beyoncé Knowles | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Carson Kressley | ... | Himself |
 | Téa Leoni | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| John Leverence | ... | Himself |
| Susan Lucci | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Bernie Mac | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Madonna | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Sal Maniaci | ... | Himself |
 | Jeff Margolis | ... | Himself |
 | Michael Moore | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Troy Nankin | ... | Himself |
 | Tatum O'Neal | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| Marty Pasetta | ... | Himself |
 | Joe Pesci | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Dat Phan | ... | Himself |
| Neil Portnow | ... | Himself |
 | Mary Lynn Rajskub | ... | Herself |
 | Joan Rivers | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Melissa Rivers | ... | Herself |
 | Ray Romano | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Sam Rubin | ... | Himself |
 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Martin Scorsese | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Garry Shandling | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Mildred Shay | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Robert Sidney | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Kellita Smith | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Joel Stein | ... | Himself |
 | James Stewart | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Jon Stewart | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jeff Stilson | ... | Himself |
 | Sharon Stone | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Wanda Sykes | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Jim Valvano | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Dick Van Dyke | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Bruce Vilanch | ... | Himself |
 | Edy Williams | ... | Herself |
 | James Woods | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| N'Bushe Wright | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Lili Fini Zanuck | ... | Herself (as Lili Zanuck) |
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I went into this documentary (on the Trio Channel) with some suspicion. What could it say that hasn't already been said about the glut of Awards Shows?
The answer: plenty.
There's some wonderful history here, some intriguing factoids, and very very funny bits. It's great to hear from both the people that make awards shows, and the people that cover them. The program does a very thorough job of tracing how awards shows have always been intended to paint their sponsoring academies or foundations in a good light, and how the fake prestige of those academies was ignored starting in the 1970s with awards shows designed just to get ratings.
Things I especially liked: It's funny watching Joe Pesci go off on an interviewer at the DGA Awards, and some of the sound-bites from red-carpet celebs are very witty. And the sequence on how publicists control the red carpet was awesome, as was the footage of celebrities hogging gift bags at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.
Things I didn't like: the title's kind of lame, and it might have been tighter at 60 minutes instead of 90 minutes. But overall, a very good doc.
If you can find this on Trio before it totally goes off the air, watch it. Maybe it'll show up in libraries too.