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Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

United States

2011

89 Min
Color
English
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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DIR Rodman Flender

PROD Gavin Polone, Rachel Griffin

DP Rodman Flender

CAST Conan O'Brien

ED Rodman Flender

SXSW (Headliners), Helsinki (Behind the Scenes)

Synopsis

After a much-publicized separation with his former employers, did Conan O’Brien hit the road on a 32-City tour to connect with his fans or fill a void within himself? Filmmaker Rodman Flender followed O’Brien on his “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour” and returned with an intimate portrait of an artist trained in improvisation, captured at the most improvisational time of his career. –SXSW

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CVW

19Mar13

It was hard for me to relate to this movie. I watched it thinking it's about eating pizza, but (SPOILER ALERT) it's not. Two thumbs down.

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wolfmansRazor

11Apr12

A document of that brief moment when we were all obsessed with Conan O'Brien, right before he got a new show, and we all forgot to watch.

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Andre Rehal

10Apr12

The most enjoyable aspect of this doc, for me, was seeing the more human aspects of a television personality through Conan's own annoyance/anger with the demands of the tour.

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Michael Harbour

19Jan12

More revealing than it needed to be. Not as revealing as we'd like it to be. The performance footage focuses more on music than comedy. The movie certainly supports it's contention that Conan O'Brien can't stop - and that he's happiest and most fulfilled in front of an audience.

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CONAN O'BRIEN CAN'T STOP Review

By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
Conan O’Brien didn’t have any problem with notoriety before he took over The Tonight Show in 2009. But his closely watched feud with NBC and their messy divorce the following year catapulted him to a cult
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By Twitchfilm.com on May 24, 2011
It may seem like ancient history now, but it was only a bit over a year ago that Conan O’Brien walked away from The Tonight Show, leaving his showbiz future in question. What followed was a comedy tour
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By Rev'ren​d Greene on February 21, 2013

In order to be a comedian you either have to be self-loathing, stupidly brave or narcissistic. Or some combination of all three. Worst of all, you’ve got to get on stage in front of ten or 10,000 people…  read review

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