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13 October 2002 (USA)
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How Sweet It Was! more
Plot:
The story begins at the height of Gleason's career. He has it all: women, wealth, and extraordinary power...
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy.
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5 nominations
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Somewhat scant on professional development
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Brad Garrett | ... | Jackie Gleason | |
| Saul Rubinek | ... | George 'Bullets' Durgom | |
| Gretchen Egolf | ... | Genevieve Halford | |
| Kristen Dalton | ... | Audrey Meadows | |
| Michael Chieffo | ... | Art Carney | |
| Jack Daniel Wells | ... | Jack L. Warner | |
| Mark Camacho | ... | Sammy Birch | |
| Jason Blicker | ... | Sol Friedman | |
| Vlasta Vrana | ... | Toots Shor | |
| Shawn Lawrence | ... | William S. Paley | |
| Kevin Dunn | ... | Jack Philbin - Gleason's manager | |
| Terry Farrell | ... | Marilyn Taylor | |
| Johanna Nutter | ... | Joyce Randolph | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Steve Adams | ... | Director Frank Satenstein | |
| Shawn Baichoo | ... | Leonard | |
| Claudia Besso | ... | CBS Costumer | |
| Howard Bilerman | ... | Writer | |
| Marc Boiteax | ... | Ventriloquist | |
| Terence Bowman | ... | Limo Driver | |
| Jake Brockman | ... | Young Jackie | |
| Tony Calabretta | ... | Miami Barman | |
| Joe Cobden | ... | Coleman Jacoby | |
| Carrie Colak | |||
| Nadia David | ... | Buxom Blond | |
| Diana Diaz | ... | June Taylor Dancer | |
| Kristella Diotte | ... | June Taylor Dancer | |
| Richard Dumont | ... | Stars Announcer | |
| Kim Feeney | ... | Date at Toot's | |
| Jane Gilchrist | ... | Matronly Mother | |
| Jayne Heitmeyer | ... | Call Girl | |
| Robert Higden | ... | Arnie | |
| Paula Jean Hixson | ... | Mae Gleason | |
| Arthur Holden | ... | Maitre D' | |
| Matt Holland | ... | Movie AD | |
| Michelle Johnston | ... | June Taylor | |
| Barry Julien | ... | Principal | |
| Richard Jutras | ... | Movie Director | |
| Kathryn Kriitmaa | ... | June Taylor Dancer | |
| Jack Langedijk | ... | Herb Gleason | |
| Vanessa Larocque | ... | June Taylor Dancer | |
| Vincent Leclerc | ... | Police Officer | |
| Pierre Lenoir | ... | CBS Announcer | |
| Pauline Little | ... | Motel Manager | |
| Nancy Loof | ... | June Taylor Dancer | |
| Joel McNichol | ... | Stage Manager | |
| Lisa Bronwyn Moore | ... | Pert Kelton | |
| Mabel Palomino | ... | June Taylor Dancer | |
| Tim Post | ... | Police Officer | |
| Maud Saint-Germain | ... | June Taylor Dancer | |
| David Schaap | ... | Reporter | |
| Amy Sloan | ... | Geraldine Halford | |
| Lawrence Anthony Smythe | ... | Vaudeville Performer | |
| Dino Valiotis | ... | Assistant Director | |
| Al Vandecruys | ... | Halsey Emcee | |
| France Viens | ... | Dancer | |
| Kevin Woodhouse | ... | Assistant director | |
| Brian Wrench | ... | CBS Executive | |
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Gleason: The Jackie Gleason Story
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USA:100 min | USA:120 min
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Paula Jean Hixson who plays Gleason's mother is eight years younger than Brad Garrett in real life.
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Factual errors: Gleason is shown being fired from Navy Blues (1941) in 1949 or 1950. In real life, the film premiered in 1941 and he was not fired. Also, "Cavalcade of Stars" (1949) was not his TV debut. He starred in the short-lived series _"Life of Riley, The" (1949/II)_ .
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References "The Honeymooners: The Golfer (#1.3)" (1955)
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The movie checks in on Gleason's career at a few points and we see that he started out not very good and got better. But we never see how he managed to get better. He seems never to hear criticism, but only to insist that he knows what he's doing.
And where did they get his stand-up material? It sounds like Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, or at best Jack E. Leonard. Was Gleason an insult comic? I don't remember him that way. The material sounds anachronistic to me. Certainly an anachronism is Gleason shouting out "How sweet it is!" on his Stage Show program. He didn't say that until his big TV comeback.
Maybe the comeback would have been a better story to focus on. How Gleason was reduced to taking work as a game-show host, the game show flopped, and he saved the day with a one-man show that in half an hour returned him to the top of the profession.
Might have been better than trying even briefly to recreate the Honeymooners. Everyone did fine, considering. Michael Chieffo was near-perfect as Art Carney, Kristen Dalton was a competent Audrey Meadows though she forgot to stop sounding so aristocratic when Meadows was playing Alice. But the only thing that can possibly stand out in such a recreation is the imperfections. Hey, the chest of drawers is too low.
Brad Garrett did the voice reasonably well, but it was odd seeing him walking down a corridor hunched down to conceal the difference between himself and his average-sized companions. According to the papers, he had wanted very much to do the role. Okay, Brad, it was a fine salute and if they couldn't find a six-foot-four Audrey Meadows to play against you, that's not anybody's fault.