Public Speaking (2010)

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Release Date:

22 November 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life...

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

James Baldwin	...	(archive footage)
William F. Buckley	...	(archive footage)
Truman Capote	...	(archive footage)
Pau Casals	...	(archive footage)
Candy Darling	...	(archive footage)
Serge Gainsbourg	...	(archive footage)
Ivo Juhani	...	Himself
Fran Lebowitz	...	as Fran Lebowitz (also archive footage)
Oscar Levant	...	(archive footage)
Thelonious Monk	...	(archive footage)
Toni Morrison	...	(archive footage)
Conan O'Brien	...	(archive footage)
Eugene O'Neill	...	(archive footage)
Jack Paar	...	(archive footage)
Dorothy Parker	...	(archive footage)
S.J. Perelman	...	(archive footage)
Pablo Picasso	...	(archive footage)
Cole Porter	...	(archive footage)
Lisa Robinson	...	(archive footage)
Charlie Rose	...	(archive footage)
King Carl Gustav of Sweden	...	(archive footage)
James Thurber	...	(archive footage)
Alex Trebek	...	(archive footage)
Gore Vidal	...	(archive footage)
Andy Warhol	...	(archive footage)
Theodore Bouloukos	...	Himself (uncredited)
Sean Dillon	...	Jeopardy! Contestant (uncredited)

Directed by
Martin Scorsese

Produced by
Margaret Bodde	....	producer
Jenny Carchman	....	supervising producer
Graydon Carter	....	producer
Erin Edeiken	....	associate producer
Chris Garrett	....	associate producer
Ted Griffin	....	executive producer
John Hayes	....	executive producer
Fran Lebowitz	....	producer
Martin Scorsese	....	producer
Emma Tillinger Koskoff	....	producer: Sikelia Productions

Cinematography by
Ellen Kuras		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Damián Rodríguez		(as Damian Rodriguez)
David Tedeschi

Makeup Department
B. Cohen	....	makeup
Meghan Taylor	....	additional makeup

Production Management
Alan Lowe	....	post-production supervisor
Christopher Surgent	....	production consultant (as Chris Surgent)
Kim Surowicz	....	production supervisor

Sound Department
Felix Andrew	....	sound mixer
Chris Fielder	....	assistant sound editor
Tom Fleischman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gregg Harris	....	boom operator
Bret Johnson	....	sound re-recording assistant
Danny Michael	....	sound
Peter Miller	....	sound
Mark Roy	....	sound
Philip Stockton	....	sound editor
Paul Banks Tirone	....	sound re-recording assistant
Samuel Miille	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Sebastián Almeida	....	assistant camera
Matt Blades	....	grip
Michael Buck	....	grip
Patrick Capone	....	camera operator
Archangelo Ciotti	....	grip
Andrea Cronin-Souza	....	electrician
Paul Daley	....	gaffer
Jeremiah Dalton	....	grip
Jack Donnelly	....	camera operator
John W. Duvall	....	grip
Kevin Flynn	....	grip
Richard Gioia	....	assistant camera
Carlos Omar Guerra	....	camera operator
Alonso Homs	....	digital imaging technician
Linda Kallerus	....	assistant camera (as Linda Slater)
Daniel Keck	....	assistant camera
Patrick McGrath	....	grip
John C. Nadeau	....	gaffer
Chris Norr	....	camera operator
Keith Putnam	....	digital imaging technician
David Regan	....	assistant camera (as Dave Regan)
Frank Rinato	....	assistant camera
Lisa Rinzler	....	additional photography
Tristan G. Sheridan	....	gaffer
Timothy Smith	....	grip
David S. Tuttman	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Molle DeBartolo	....	digital intermediate project manager
Jack Lewars	....	digital intermediate colorist
Jonathan Liebert	....	digital cinema mastering
Alan Lowe	....	assistant editor
Benjamin Murray	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Joe Rudge	....	music clearance supervisor

Other crew
Gregory Antonopoulos	....	production assistant
Mike Cahill	....	production assistant
Zrinka Devic	....	production assistant
Marlon Dunbar	....	accountant
David Foxley	....	assistant: Graydon Carter
Lisa Frechette	....	assistant: Martin Scorsese
Richard Giannotti	....	production assistant
Barbara Gregson	....	additional clearances
Allen J. Grubman	....	legal
Barbara Hasselman	....	accountant
Chiemi Karasawa	....	script supervisor
Suk Yi Mar	....	location manager
Christine Murphy	....	accountant
Allison Niedermeier	....	production associate
Dan O'Halloran	....	post-tape operator
Matthew Petock	....	production assistant
Charles O. Prince	....	legal
Brett Rader	....	intern
Anthony Rotunno	....	assistant: Graydon Carter
Ann Marie Roubal	....	accountant
Annie Salsich	....	intern
Lawrence Shire	....	legal
Edward Sorel	....	mural at the waverly inn
Erik Sorensen	....	production assistant
Robert A. Strent	....	legal
Adriano Valentini	....	production assistant

Thanks
Marc Balet	....	very special thanks
Ralph Brescia	....	special thanks
Steve Castellano	....	special thanks
Red Charyszyn	....	special thanks
Grover Crisp	....	special thanks
Alisa DeRosa	....	special thanks
Chris Donnelly	....	special thanks
Mark Dowley	....	special thanks
Ari Emanuel	....	special thanks
Don Fleming	....	special thanks
Blair Foster	....	special thanks
Charlotte Gainsbourg	....	special thanks
Eddie Gorodetsky	....	special thanks
Maarten Kooij	....	special thanks
Catherine Laignel	....	special thanks
Louis Licari	....	special thanks
Sara Marks	....	special thanks
Fabienne Martin	....	special thanks
Mark McElhatten	....	special thanks
Helen Morris Scorsese	....	very special thanks
Toni Morrison	....	very special thanks
Esther Newberg	....	special thanks
Tiffany Nishimoto	....	special thanks
Jimmy Paul	....	special thanks
Lisa Robinson	....	very special thanks
Karen Thorsen	....	special thanks
Steve Turner	....	special thanks
Matt Ullian	....	special thanks
Emil Varda	....	special thanks
Rick Yorn	....	very special thanks
Deane Zimmerman	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• HBO Documentary Films
• American Express (presents)
• Consolidated Documentaries (in association with)
• Sikelia Productions

Distributors

• Rialto Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• HBO Documentary Films (2011) (worldwide) (all media)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2010) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Deluxe  digital intermediate
• Soundtrack F/T  sound mix
• C5  sound post-production
• Directors Guild of America (DGA)  special thanks
• GRS Systems  special thanks
• Grand Central Terminal  special thanks
• Grubman Indursky & Shire  legal services
• Hewlett Packard  the producers wish to thank (as Hewlett-Packard)
• Interactive Elements  special thanks
• Maysles Films  special thanks
• Meredith  special thanks
• Offhollywood Digital  red camera
• Waverly Inn, The  special thanks

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:84 min (approx.)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

HBO Documentary Films

Movie Connections:

Features Le mystère Picasso (1956)

Soundtrack:

Don't Blame Me

Not a Fan

I watched this movie because I saw Martin Scorsese directed it. I've seen just about every piece of film he's captured. I never read any of Fran Liebowitz's books or her essays. The movie is called public speaking as though Liebowitz were a good example of it, but she seems to be demonstrating the opposite. I'm not sure how you can be so smug and still be a good public speaker. Generally, you have to speak differently in public than you do in private. After all, its a different audience. Liebowitz seems to be talking the same way someone would if they were in a date situation. The whole movie you kind of feel like you are being held hostage by this unbearable woman who feels (incorrectly) as though you are clinging on to her every word.

This may be a problem with many of the humorists located in New York. I'm proud to say I'm not from New York although I know many people from there. It seems to me their main problem is that they live under the assumption that they know absolutely everything, while knowing nothing. This would be a great convention to live your life by if you were a sociopath. Since no one of consequence would be the only people present, when speaking in public.