Like the master multi-hyphenate comedian/composer/author/playwright/art collector/musician/actor Steve Martin, his documentary defies neat categorization.
Totally! I was blown away. And all of the memorabilia he collected from throughout his childhood and career. Blown away. I'm also dying to see his play "WASP" that they showed and actor Finn Wittrock was in it!
I will watch this documentary. Was WASP on Bway a few years ago? My ma saw a play of his a few years ago and said it was fab but it didn’t have a long run.
I’m not sure. It’s a one act play and it appears the scenes from the doc are dramatization so this tracks but I haven’t been able to find out too much about it. The Yale drama school acted it out.
Is it blasphemous that I haven’t seen “The Man with Two Brains”?
Another film mentioned was an early flop of his with Bernadette Peters, also his girlfriend, that I’m tempted to watch called “Pennies from Heaven” (1981). It’s a Depression era musical 🎵
Do watch the documentary! The part where he recites a line that John Candy gives in “Plane, Trains and Automobiles” and gets choked up I found particularly affecting.
And if this gets me out of my guilty indulgence of non stop obsessive rewatching of Poirot and Miss Marple series from the early 00s then it’s probably well worth it
What a great ode to Steve Martin, a rare talent.
Totally! I was blown away. And all of the memorabilia he collected from throughout his childhood and career. Blown away. I'm also dying to see his play "WASP" that they showed and actor Finn Wittrock was in it!
I will watch this documentary. Was WASP on Bway a few years ago? My ma saw a play of his a few years ago and said it was fab but it didn’t have a long run.
I’m not sure. It’s a one act play and it appears the scenes from the doc are dramatization so this tracks but I haven’t been able to find out too much about it. The Yale drama school acted it out.
I can't wait to see this! Thanks, Beth.
It's so worth it! 3 hours of my life well spent.
My fave three Steve Martin films are:
The Man with Two Brains
Parenthood
Father of the Bride
Will seek out this doc, thanks for the recommendation. 👏😘
Thanks Kate!
Is it blasphemous that I haven’t seen “The Man with Two Brains”?
Another film mentioned was an early flop of his with Bernadette Peters, also his girlfriend, that I’m tempted to watch called “Pennies from Heaven” (1981). It’s a Depression era musical 🎵
Do watch the documentary! The part where he recites a line that John Candy gives in “Plane, Trains and Automobiles” and gets choked up I found particularly affecting.
Aah you must see The Man with Two Brains, just to hear him spell his name!
Kathleen Turner is also brilliant in it. 👏
Ok I’m in. Also Carl Reiner co-wrote?
The Man With Two Brains is excellent, but IMO, Pennies From Heaven is sublime.
My 3 favorites would be:
The Jerk
Pennies From Heaven
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
I think he and Michael Caine are so great in DRS. It's also so dumb that it's great. I quote from that film to this day.
Looking forward to watching the doc. I'm a massive Steve Martin fan.
Oh I forgot “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” - I loved that and Glenn Headley was so good
And if this gets me out of my guilty indulgence of non stop obsessive rewatching of Poirot and Miss Marple series from the early 00s then it’s probably well worth it
✔️
Steve Martin is an American treasure.
The best. And I learned so much about him through this documentary that I didn’t know. He’s a very accomplished human
As we all should be, no? ;-)