Dane Cook: Vicious Circle (2006) (TV)

Director:

Marty Callner

Writer:

Dane Cook

Release Date:

4 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Vicious Circle captures the hottest comic in America in his first HBO comedy event, a unique "in the round" performance before his hometown Boston fans. |

Plot Keywords:

Windex | Cheating | Atheist | Stand Up Comedy | Lie

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Dane Cook

...

Himself

Directed by
Marty Callner

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dane Cook

Produced by
Marty Callner	....	producer
Dane Cook	....	executive producer
Randall Gladstein	....	producer
Barry Katz	....	executive producer
Brian Volk-Weiss	....	producer

Film Editing by
Michael Schultz

Production Management
Hilary Gladstein	....	production manager

Sound Department
Ish Garcia	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Kirby Conn	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Amour	....	video controller
Rob Balton	....	camera operator (as Robert Balton)
John Burdick	....	camera operator
Bob DelRusso	....	camera operator (as Bob Del Russo)
Adam Gotsens	....	first assistant camera
Manny Guiterrez	....	camera operator
Charlie Huntley	....	camera operator
John Meiklejohn	....	camera operator
Jay Millard	....	camera operator
Lyn Noland	....	camera operator
Matty Randazzo	....	video controller
Mark Renaudin	....	camera operator
Carlos Rios	....	camera operator
Jofre Rosero	....	camera operator
Jimmie Scurti	....	camera operator (as Jim Scurti)
David Smith	....	camera operator
Ron Washburn	....	camera operator
Mark Whitman	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
David W. Foster	....	on-line editor
Michael Lynn Roquemore	....	assistant editor

Other crew
E. Laura Dunkelgrun	....	assistant: Mr. Volk-Weiss
Shawn Esposito	....	title designer
Eric Green	....	production assistant
James Meegan	....	local production coordinator
Adam Schindler	....	assistant to director
Keith Winikoff	....	technical director

Distributors

• Home Box Office (HBO) (2006) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

USA:90 min | 132 min (special uncut DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

Dane Cook:I don't say, "Bless you." I say, "God bless you," because I'm not the Lord.

Movie Connections:

References Mortal Kombat (1992) (VG)

Masterstories

You know, we fool ourselves. We clump things together because of characteristics that show we do not understand. For instance, we have this category of "hobbies," a strange way to organize things we choose to do.

Comedy is like that. I believe. If we laugh at things, we clump them together as if they had something in common.

So this is called comedy. I think I'd call it great storytelling. These aren't jokes — they're life, spun in a way that we have to laugh. Its the Bill Cosby style of storytelling. Stuff from marriage, childhood, friends. Long, long introspective memories.

What works here is that the man does draw us unto his stories. He's quite talented at this. He's less talented at turning that attention into the sort of startling twists or insights that constitute great humor. But it hardly matters because our investment in the story is deep enough for us to laugh at less clever comic devices.

If you are interested in who you are, surely you are interested in why you laugh. This helps.

And you'll laugh too.

He's on a small circular stage. Look closely at the design of the pattern. Its a hand.

Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.