Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story
2009 · 102 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 568 VOTES · DIR. Sarah Townsend
Overview
The story of one person's triumph over adversity: cameras followed the comedian on a very stressful comeback tour and caught the story behind some of her best loved material en route. Prior to her Sexie tour in 2003 and under extreme pressure to write, she delved into her own life for inspiration. So began an accidental voyage into her past that paralleled her world tour and culminated in a moment of revelation about the source of her relentless drive. Film contains exclusive never-before-seen footage including the famous 'wolves' material, Izzard's first student sketches and unicycle-riding as a street performer in Covent Garden. Hilarious and moving by turns, an inspiring tale of how tragedy can be turned to laughter.
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00:00:04 Eddie Izzard still letting down his fans, flogging old gags.
00:03:28 # Can you see me?
00:07:53 All my lads wanted to learn to speak English so I had to speak English to them all the time.
00:12:27 I wish to beef up the grief.
00:17:41 And she was quite a strict lady, and to get Matron sitting down and watching
00:21:41 "And shall my sword sleep in my hand." Not a good idea.
00:25:54 Personal nepotism, I called it.
00:29:40 I think you're right. Professor Who is not here.
00:33:12 He went up to the Assembly Rooms -
00:37:28 Hey!
00:41:58 If I start apologising saying, "I'm not funny," I lose it.
00:45:28 Pretty good.
00:48:24 But the audience love the gap between the two trapezes.
00:52:10 She had a slot and I looked at one other venue
00:55:53 And people were gigging at least twice a night, at the weekends
00:59:26 and then when a big fish comes along, just at the right moment
01:03:37 OK, I've only got a couple of dresses so fuck off.
01:07:44 You have to deal with this fear thing.
01:12:27 It you know about Eddie, don't come.
01:16:20 What's the number two? Dau. Un, dau. Tri. Tri. Pedwar. Pedwar. Pump.
01:20:37 'because that's what you do in stand-up.'
01:25:13 I would start a new tour with the old show. I just used to ad lib it on the stage and then hone it
01:29:50 and said, "What the hell is that bouncy thing?"
01:35:13 We didn't understand what was going on. I just thought she was ill.