Steven Wright
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes and one-liners with contrived situations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Wright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: December 06, 1955
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Gender: Male
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Coffee and Cigarettes
Overview: Coffee And Cigarettes is a collection of eleven films from cult director Jim Jarmusch. Each film hosts star studded cast of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-12
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Reservoir Dogs
Overview: A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-02
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Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Overview: Theatrical packaging of three comic shorts: Dean Parisot & Steven Wright's comedy "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988), Michael Moore's documentary "Pets or Meat" (1992), and Mike Leigh & Jim Broadbent's satirical mockumentary "A Sense of History" (1992).
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-05
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Canadian Bacon
Overview: The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-08
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Stars & Bars
Overview: A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-18
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So I Married an Axe Murderer
Overview: Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-30
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Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away
Overview: Dry, wry and hilariously deadpan, Steven Wright unleashes a torrent of ironic and hysterical thought-provoking one-liners in the quirky stand-up style that has become his trademark. From Toronto's historic Elgin Theater, this Oscar-winning comedian keeps an adoring audience in stitches with random observations on everything from baby monitors as a form of wiretapping to his addiction to placebos.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-21
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The Swan Princess
Overview: The beautiful princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell. Held captive at an enchanted lake, she befriends Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle and Puffin the bird. Despite their struggle to keep the princess safe, these good-natured creatures can do nothing about the sorcerer's spell, which can only be broken by a vow of everlasting love.
Genres: Family Animation Fantasy Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-18
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Babe: Pig in the City
Overview: Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-25
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Speechless
Overview: In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-16
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The Aristocrats
Overview: One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-29
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The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Overview: Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an attempt to release his pent-up feelings of isolation, he begins seeing a psychiatrist, only to discover that the doctor is somewhat less than interested in what he has to say. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-07
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A Steven Wright Special
Overview: Steven Wright, the Confucius of Comedy, recorded his first album, I Have A Pony, in 1985. That Grammy - nominated album, along with an HBO special the following year, established Wright as one of the most inventive, peculiar and admired comedians of our era. Surreal and cerebral, his languid voice and deadpan delivery of ironic, witty and sometimes even deeply philosophical one-liners made him a unique and unforgettable performer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-07
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The Curse of the Bambino
Overview: Told with humor in the face of heartache, this acclaimed documentary, about the curse of Babe Ruth on the Boston Red Sox, combines archival footage with contemporary interviews and focuses not on the Red Sox players that have come and gone, but on the diehard fans who live their entire lives lamenting what some have come to call The Curse of the Bambino.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-16
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1999
Overview: On New Year's Eve 1999, as a group of neurotic characters gather at a Greenwich Village apartment, everyone struggles to come to terms with their identities, relationships, and self-doubts before the millennium turns.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-01
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Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity
Overview: A comedy special starring Steven Wright before an audience in Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-08
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Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
Overview: Whoopi Goldberg is the voice of Mother Goose in this all-star, all-rhyming tale set in multi-ethnic nursery-rhyme land.
Genres: Animation Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-12
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Call Me Lucky
Overview: An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important figures, CALL ME LUCKY tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins’ gruff, hard-drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a child – a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and television shows and into the political arena.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-07
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Aside From That
Overview: How do we live, knowing we are going to die? In search of answers, we probed the minds of atheists, Buddhists, Jews, Christians, physicians, philosophers, authors, academics, a legendary stand-up comic, and scores of random pedestrians.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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The Muse
Overview: With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-05
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Men Of Respect
Overview: In this modern day version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, a hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts his ascension by clandestinely executing the heads of the family and casting the blame on others. However, with power comes consequences that are also predicted by the seer.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-01
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Son of the Mask
Overview: Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-11
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Natural Born Killers
Overview: Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-26
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Loser
Overview: On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city life while dealing with three evil roommates. He befriends a virtually homeless college student whom he falls for, but she's dating a nasty professor.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-21
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Coffee and Cigarettes
Overview: In a vignette called "Strange to meet you," Roberto sits at a small table in a coffee bar. Five cups of coffee and two ashtrays are in front of him; he drinks and smokes. Steven joins him. They start a conversation about cigarettes and coffee. Steven likes to drink coffee before he sleeps, so he can dream faster. The conversation jumps around. "You know my mother?" asks Roberto. Steven describes coffee Popsicles. They switch seats; then switch back. Steven has to leave for a dental appointment he's not looking forward to. Roberto makes a startling offer, inspired no doubt by the coffee and cigarettes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
Overview: Harry Anderson, Richard Belzer, Howie Mandel, Robin Williams and Steven Wright host this hilarious 1986 special in which they introduce stand-up sets from up-and-coming comedians at five of North America's top comedy clubs.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-15
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Desperately Seeking Susan
Overview: A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-29
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The Emoji Movie
Overview: Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-23
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Mixed Nuts
Overview: The events of a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-21
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Half Baked
Overview: Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-16
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One Soldier
Overview: The story of a confused soldier who narrates throughout the movie his bizarre thoughts about the army and war in general.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-01
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The Last Word
Overview: When politicians try to force out a renter in a corrupt real-estate deal, the man decides to take matters into his own hands. He takes a police officer hostage, hoping to expose the scam and save his home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-10
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Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
Overview: Monty Python’s influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles’ influence on music, a pivotal moment in the evolution of television humor. Celebrating the cultural legacy and influence of the troupe, this special pairs their original material with new and entertaining commentary from celebrities who consider Monty Python hugely significant, both personally and to the history of screen satire. Celebrity humorists discuss, laugh, and reminisce about various Python segments and bring a fresh perspective to the material, connecting Monty Python’s work to today’s most successful television humor. In a time when a few moments of escape and laughter couldn’t be more sought after, this special reminds viewers of Python’s cultural impact, and that PBS introduced them to American viewers.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-05
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Comic Relief '90
Overview: Several celebrity comedians take on sadness in the fourth laugh for charity.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-12
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Comic Relief III
Overview: The third event from Comic Relief USA. Hosted, as with the first two specials, by Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams. The event debuted the song "Mr. President"—written by Joe Sterling, Ray Reach and Mike Loveless, and sung by Al Jarreau and Natalie Cole. Featured Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell; Catherine O'Hara smoking between bites of food and drink; Arsenio Hall on women with plastic surgery; Woody Harrelson talking to an "audience member" (Shelley Long) who, when asked if she watched Cheers, said, "Not that much."
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-18
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