Christian Charles's intimate documentary on the private hells of stand-up comics, focussing on two in particular, one big and one small: Jerry Seinfeld, honing a new act after the end of his TV sitcom, and thirtyish Orny Adams, whose biological clock is noisily ticking. It makes you feel something like pity (of all things) for the big shot, and something like genuine worry for the small fry. There's some interesting shoptalk between Seinfeld and Leno, Shandling, Cosby; and the funniest story -- Seinfeld's "favorite" show-biz story -- is told off-stage. The digital-video image, meantime, is all but unviewable, and the sound quality is not much better. (2002) — Duncan Shepherd
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