Eddie Izzard: Circle (2002)

Town Hall, New York City, 26 June 2000. An evening with Eddie Izzard in which he moves back and forth in time, with religion as the loose but constant theme. He begins with Pope John Paul ... See full summary »

Director:

Anastasia Pappas

Writer:

Eddie Izzard

Star:

Eddie Izzard

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Eddie Izzard	...	Himself

Storyline

Town Hall, New York City, 26 June 2000. An evening with Eddie Izzard in which he moves back and forth in time, with religion as the loose but constant theme. He begins with Pope John Paul II, and then criss-crosses to Pius XII, the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades and Jerusalem, the world's five major religions, the Dark Ages, Jesus, and the future. Along the way, Izzard makes observations about guns and monkeys, the World Series, the NRA and the IRA, mad cows, Socrates, the Stoned Olympics, the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, and the Mona Lisa. Izzard wears black nylons, black leather pants, a black jacket and a diamond necklace.

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Plot Keywords:

stand up special | pope | olympics | monkey | gun | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 November 2002 (UK)

Also Known As:

Эдди Иззард: Круг

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ella Communications Ltd., Line by Line Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the taping, there was a failure in the sound system at the theater, resulting in a 25-minute delay while it was repaired.

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Quotes

Eddie: They're not very good at naming Popes as well. They had a run of Piuses, it went like Hollywood, they had Pope Pius the first, the second, Pope Pius the third "The revenge of Pope Pius". Pope Pius the fourth, "This time he's pissed off." Pope Pius the fifth in 3D!

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Connections

Featured in De wereld draait door: Episode #6.108 (2011)

User Reviews

a tad disappointing.......

i was greatly looking forward to seeing this new dvd of eddie's show from New York after reading the praise heaped upon him by our american friends on this very site. I love eddie izzard's material, and have a couple of his older shows on VHS, so what didn't i like about this one? Mainly the beggining of the show itself, i thought it took him a good ten minutes to find his feet, didn't seem to know where he was going a lot of the time, which in itself is sometimes one of his endearing qualities, but too much can make me feel irritated! A lot of the show seemed way under-rehearsed, which he does actually admit to on the commentary. Too much about 'God' as well i thought, needs to get some different topics going on, like he used to. Having said all that, once he got into his stride there was some very funny stuff: 'Chimps with guns', 'Stoned olympics' and the bit about Darth Vader in the Death Star canteen, was Izzard firing on all cylinders! Once i've viewed this show three or four times i'm sure i'll love it to pieces, but that initial first view was a little shakey.