Lily Tomlin
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1967, producer George Schlatter pitched an idea for a quirky new television show: one inspired by the hippie counterculture, which would take the idea of sit-ins, love-ins, and be-ins, and manifest that politicized, sexualized, consciousness-raising energy into pure comedy. Much to the surprise of NBC executives, Laugh-In soon became the #1 show on American TV, and the careers of beloved stars like Lily Tomlin and Goldie Hawn were born. Still...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
WAGING CHANGE shines a light on an American struggle hidden in plain sight: the women-led movement to end the federal tipped minimum wage for restaurant workers, with a special section on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of people serving food in U.S. restaurants are paid a federal sub-minimum wage of only {dollar}2.13 an hour and are forced to depend on tips to feed themselves and their families. Women, who hold two-thirds of all...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
EMILY @ THE EDGE OF CHAOS interweaves Emily Levine’s live performance with animation, appearances by scientists, and animated characters (John Lithgow as Sir Isaac Newton, Lily Tomlin as Ayn Rand, Leonard Nimoy as Sigmund Freud, Richard Lewis as Aristotle, Matt Groening as Aldo Leopold). The film uses physics, which explains how the universe works, to explain our metaphysics – the story of our values, our institutions, our interactions. Using...
4) All of Me
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
A dying millionnaire has her soul transferred into a younger, willing woman. But something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer's body - together with the lawyer.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Refusing to name his new son until he meets his birth parents, Mel Coplin (Stiller) sets out on a cross-country journey, quickly encountering a hilarious series of clerical errors, mistaken identities, misplaced friends, and super-charged libidos in this outrageous dark comedy.