JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK

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• Release Year: 2010
• Genre: Comedy, Documentary
• Plot: Winning standing ovations from audiences across the country and hailed by top critics as 'absolutely riveting,' 'exhilarating,' 'touching' and 'completely hysterical', JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK is the most entertaining film you'll see all year.; ; Joan Rivers is the legendary first queen of comedy bursting onto the scene with her appearance on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON in the late 1960s. With unprecedented, unguarded access, director Ricki Stern and co-director Annie Sundberg (Emmy nominees for THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK) take us on a hilarious and candid year-long ride peeling away the mask of the iconic comedian and exposing both the struggle and thrill of a fifty year career in stand-up, television, and everything in between. JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK reveals the epic career and private dramas of this incisive, irreverent, and ultimately tireless performer. The film marks Rivers' return to the spotlight she so richly deserves and cements her reputation as one of stand-up's towering figures.
• Cast: Joan Rivers, Patrick Alparone, George Carlin, Johnny Carson, Edgar Cooper Endicott, Phyllis Diller, Annie Duke, Flo Fox, Kathy Griffin, Florian Klein, Emily Kosloski, Mark Anderson Phillips, Jocelyn Pickett, Don Rickles, Melissa Rivers, Edgar Rosenberg, Bill Sammeth, Larry A. Thompson, Donald Trump, Denis Leary, Jack Paar, Carrie Paff, Jon Stewart, Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg
• Director: Ricki Stern
• Runtime: 1:25
• Company: IFC Films
• Media Format: Movie