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Without You I'm Nothing (1990)
Released By: HBO Video   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: HBO Video
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Boskovich
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: John Doe, Sandra Bernhard
Published ID: 3097
UPC: 027616927545,
Plot: In this stylized adaptation of her 1988 off-Broadway show, singer/actress/comedian Sandra Bernhard explores celebrity, stereotypes, and her own childhood in a series of monologues and musical numbers. Although much of the material comes straight from the original stage show, Bernhard and co-writer John Boskovich updated many of her pop-cultural musings and added several new production numbers. They also turned a one-woman show into something of a mockumentary, staging interviews with Bernhard's fictional manager (Lu Leonard) and adding several additional characters. Most of the action is staged in a theater full of well-heeled African American patrons who slowly leave in disgust at Bernhard's performance, which includes her deadpan fantasies about an imagined gentile childhood, a dalliance with Warren Beatty, and a trip to Studio 54. Originally given a limited release by New Line Cinema in 1990, Without You I'm Nothing was quickly pulled from theaters when the company that produced it went bankrupt. Eventually, however, it made its was to home video and DVD. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
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Drag queens love this
Added 12/2/2009

Ever since I saw this back in the late 1980's, I have been obsessed with it. it is quirky, funny, and drag queens have been performing parts of it for years. Me & Mrs. Jones is a personal favorite. My friends and I will try to slip lines from the show into our everyday conversation whenever we can.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Acquired Taste
Added 3/9/2007

Sandra is very much an acquired taste, a love-or-hate entertainer. I have partially acquired that taste, having seen this show on English TV. I managed to track down the DVD, which is unavailable in the UK. If you have never seen the unusual style and act of Sandra, don't bother. If however, you have been intrigued by her unique act, as I was, then this is a 'definitive' must-have. To my mind, it is worth the price for her rendition of the classic ' Me and Mrs Jones ' which is spine-tingling.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
This DVD is crazy!
Added 11/10/2006

I remember seeing this DVD a long time ago when it was a special on HBO. I recently found it and purchased it. I laughed as much now as I did then. Highly recommended if you like raw, in your face, comedy.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Laughing So Hard We Couldn't Breathe!
Added 5/31/2006

I remember seeing this movie when it first came out. My best friend and I went to an arthouse movie theatre in New York City.

I'm not sure even this jaded New York audience was prepared for what they were about to witness.

From the first moment, the movie is in your face. You're alarmed. You're thinking, "How am I supposed to react to this? Is this .......funny? offensive? What is this?" Then you laugh and can't stop laughing.

Of course my friend and I were the only two people in the theatre hysterical through the whole thing. The others were just stunned into shocked silence. eek! ha ha ha ha! *lol*

We were coughing, choking, passing soda, falling onto the floor!

The best.....wait! THE BEST BEST BEST PART - especially if you're a woman, ESPECIALLY if you lived through the 1960's is the Burt Bacharach/BRASIL '66 tribute (oh yes - they go THERE!)

They're all in white! Everything is white! It's AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZING....... the look of love. AHHHHHH ha ha ha haha

You'll run for your Sergio Mendes collection and will never let it go after this!

You must must buy this IF ONLY FOR THAT PART! I'm shocked nobody has mentioned it - it's PRICELESS!

The other part of this movie that not enough people pay attention to is the music. The arrangements are off the wall sensational. Patrice Rushen is an absolute musical GENIUS! The way the music compliments the comedy and the dark edge is unlike anything I have ever seen!

Are the jokes elitist? Yes! Are the jokes urban? Yes! Is it wildly funny and dangerous? YES!

A must see!
A must buy for a Queer or Feminist Movie Collection!

What are you waiting for darling?!!!

2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
Hilarious!
Added 3/29/2006

I have been a Sandra Bernhard fan for a long long time and this is a great DVD. There's a few celebrity mentions, but mostly they are just funny stories, and outrageous performances. I can watch it over and over and laugh every time. She is a one of the best! I loved her "sermon" on feeling the funk. Overall a very entertaining DVD! Lots of dark humor!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Drag queens love this
Added 12/2/2009

Ever since I saw this back in the late 1980's, I have been obsessed with it. it is quirky, funny, and drag queens have been performing parts of it for years. Me & Mrs. Jones is a personal favorite. My friends and I will try to slip lines from the show into our everyday conversation whenever we can.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Acquired Taste
Added 3/9/2007

Sandra is very much an acquired taste, a love-or-hate entertainer. I have partially acquired that taste, having seen this show on English TV. I managed to track down the DVD, which is unavailable in the UK. If you have never seen the unusual style and act of Sandra, don't bother. If however, you have been intrigued by her unique act, as I was, then this is a 'definitive' must-have. To my mind, it is worth the price for her rendition of the classic ' Me and Mrs Jones ' which is spine-tingling.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
This DVD is crazy!
Added 11/10/2006

I remember seeing this DVD a long time ago when it was a special on HBO. I recently found it and purchased it. I laughed as much now as I did then. Highly recommended if you like raw, in your face, comedy.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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