George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize

2009 · 85 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 63 VOTES · DIR. Linda Mendoza

George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize poster

Overview

The award is not intended to be given posthumously, but Carlin's death occurred between the announcement and the ceremony. Those there to honor Carlin included: Joan Rivers, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Lewis Black, Denis Leary, Margaret Cho, Garry Shandling, and Lily Tomlin.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,576 lines

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00:00:01 Announcer: Tonight, direct from our nation's capitol
00:04:28 Boy, they had a lot of seeds back then, didn't they?
00:08:10 let's give a listen.
00:12:22 And then we were gonna bring in a heavy smoker
00:15:50 I listened to your albums and things
00:19:21 Along came some new comedy shows called the Smothers Brothers
00:22:46 magnifying glass, and garden hose, in a genuine
00:26:28 with him, you know, that way, and he looked at it
00:29:49 and penetrate enemy territory.
00:33:58 As an example, he commented on one occasion
00:37:20 I'll betcha if we'd still been calling it shell shock
00:41:09 privileged to be a friend of his and know him then
00:44:47 By the time we got to the 8th cigarette, I said
00:48:01 Sometimes, okay.
00:50:28 Yes.
00:54:00 Rule breaking.
00:57:54 Drenched in the shame of it all
01:01:15 something you're into and espouse it fervently and really build up
01:04:40 Get that off of there.
01:08:32 Ooh, so good
01:12:05 You throw out the first three commandments
01:15:05 All you have to do is look at Northern Ireland
01:18:40 and from time to time I'm radioactive.
01:21:15 jiving and groovin', wailin' and winnin'.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,576
Dialogue density18.5 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:21:15

Production Record

DirectorLinda Mendoza
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes63