IDFA 1998
Lily Tomlin: the Film Behind the Show
Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
England, United States
1986
91 min
Lily Tomlin is the dark-haired, lanky actress with the broad grin, who featured in films by Robert Altman (in SHORT CUTS, she plays Tom Waits‘s wife), and in Hollywood comedies from the early eighties like NINE TO FIVE and ALL OF ME. In the United States, Tomlin was also successful as a comedienne in the seventies and eighties. In 1985, Broomfield filmed the preparations for her prospective hit show . The documentary begins with images of a public workshop presentation in Austin, Texas and ends with the première of the show on Broadway, in September 1985. The film is an entertaining account of a creative process and also contains clips from Tomlin‘s earlier one-woman shows.
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Production
Churchill Films
Churchill Films
Cinematography
Screening copy
Lafayette Film
Lafayette Film