Year: 2011
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Albert Brooks is not playing for laughs
CBS News | link › ALBERT BROOKS has a very long record of playing movie roles for laughs. Not in his newest role, however, and thereby hangs a tale. Mo Rocca has a Sunday Profile: Albert Brooks kills in his latest film, “Drive,” and not in the knock-’em-dead funny kind of way. “Well, I’d wanted to play…
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Albert Brooks Costars in “Drive”
Rolling Stone | link ›By Peter Travers Buckle up for the existential bloodbath of Drive, a brilliant piece of nasty business that races on a B-movie track until it switches to the dizzying fuel of undiluted creativity. Damn, it’s good. You can get buzzed just from the fumes coming off this wild thing…Prepare to be…
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Review: Drawn to Read
barnesandnoble.com | link ›Reviewed by Ward Sutton read more »
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Albert on The Adam Corolla Show
The Adam Corolla Show › Adam sits down with one of his comedy idols to discuss his new novel ‘2030: The Real Story of What Happens To America’, things they can’t stand in movies, and being trapped by your own success.
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Albert Brooks: The Daily Show Interview
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Brooks takes a seriously funny look into the future of America
Boston.com | link ›By Diane White Albert Brooks is a keen and critical social observer, attested by his work as screenwriter, director, actor, and comedian. His first novel, “Twenty Thirty: The Real Story of What Happens to America’’ is an inspired work of social science fiction, thoughtful and ambitiously conceived, both serious and seriously funny.…
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MSNBC: Morning Joe
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Albert Brooks on The View
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David Letterman – Albert Brooks’ Viral Kiss
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Albert Brooks on his new futuristic novel: I wanted it to read like a news story
Los Angeles Times | link ›By Patrick Goldstein It’s hard not to argue, with only the smallest apology to Larry David, that Albert Brooks has the most distinct comic voice of his generation. When we were talking the other day, just after the announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. special forces…
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