Bob Goldthwait

I think Bobcat Goldthwait is one of the most consistently interesting filmmakers at work today. We’re talking fingers-of-one-hand rank here. His current picture, God Bless America is not necessarily his best, but it is still provocative, funny ...  

Reviewed by Daryl Loomis Quote: "Without question, You Don't Look the Same Either is the funniest stand-up special I've seen in a long time. While the style may be normal, the material is anything but."  

God Bless America: For a movie that starts off with a man fantasizing about killing his annoying neighbors and their baby, Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America has a very hippie underbelly.... From Charleston City Paper.  

As I noted on Twitter, standing in line to see a Bobcat Goldthwait movie today says something very different about you than standing in line to see a Bobcat Goldthwait movie in the 1980s. Goldthwait is way better behind the camera than he is in front of it. His best movie, Sleeping Dogs Lie, is at once a rude, raunchy sex comedy about a woman who gave a blowjob to a dog in college and a quiet character study exploring why you shouldn't be...  

Bobcat Goldthwait's 2009 commencement address for Hampshire College is off-beat and definitely worth the listen. Be patient - the last five minutes are worth it.  

Is Bobcat Goldthwait the most important American filmmaker working today whom nobody is paying attention to? In 2006, the famously screeching comedian wrote and directed "Sleeping Dogs Lie," a movie whose exceedingly foul premise (a woman guilt ...  

Throughout his career, there’s been a disconnect between Bobcat Goldthwait’s dim, high-pitched persona in ’80s mainstream comedies like the Police Academy movies and Hot To Trot, and the dark sophistication of his stand-up comedy and the four independent features he’s written and directed. In recent years, he’s given up acting altogether to focus on the latter pursuits, and critical acclaim has followed...  

Anyone who sees Bobcat Goldthwait's fourth movie, semi-sarcastically called God Bless America , might assume he's the same angry comedian who would rant and rave about anything back in the '80s, but he's actually a fairly pleasant and calm individual who just so happens to have written a movie about a guy who is angry at the world and actually does something about it. God Bless America stars Joel Murray as Frank, a man down in the dumps...  

GOD BLESS AMERICA* * starsOpens Friday at Colony Theatres Screechy-voiced comedian-turned-dark-comedy auteur Bobcat Goldthwait once again attempts to mix the extreme with the profound in his new, bullet-ridden satire God Bless America. He casts Joel Murray (Bill’s brother and Goldthwait’s co-star in that long-lost ’80s comedy One Crazy Summer) take the lead as Frank, a miserable divorcée whose life goes down the drain even more...  

In case you need an antidote to commencement speeches that tell you to follow your dream to attain success, here's Bobcat Goldthwaite's 2009 Commencement address to Hampshire College, in which he exhorts his listeners to abandon success and never stop quitting (and then he says that doing this made him happy and successful). The good [...]  

God Bless America is cinema at its absolute, bloody best. Original, thought-provoking and fun, Bobcat Goldthwait's latest effort has something for everyone, except those who are offended by violent killing sprees (but given we are in America ...  

by Steve Dollar Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, whose career as a filmmaker has yielded such dark and excoriating satirical fare as Shakes the Clown and World's Greatest Dad, has been making the festival rounds for months with his latest comedy, God...  

Bobcat Goldthwait finishes an enthusiastic blast of profanity — aimed at your intrepid interviewer — and laughs. Being reminded that on Saturday, his 50th birthday, that he can expect an AARP membership application, caught him off guard.  

Bobcat Goldthwait tackles vapid celebrity culture The latest dark comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait tackles both vapid celebrity culture ( i.e. , Paris Hilton, the Kardashians, and American Idol ) and the indignity of being an office drone.  

Comedian, actor, and filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait became a fixture on the stand-up comedy circuit in the '80s and '90s, developing an idiosyncratic persona that he parlayed into a string of movie roles and TV gigs. But rather than ride that schtick into the nostalgia sunset, Goldthwait turned his talents to filmmaking. This week, Goldthwait returns with God Bless America, a delightful valentine to popular culture in which a disgruntled office...  

Frank (Joel Murray) is an outcast. We first meet this divorced, 50-ish, glumly alcoholic white-collar worker — the protagonist of Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America — on one of his sleepless nights, entertaining homicidal fantasies about the couple next door. "They're incapa...  

Frank decides to eradicate it whenever and wherever he encounters it — whether it means storming the stage of a music competition show in which the judges are making fun of a William Hung-like contestant or killing people who are talking on ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait has had a one-of-a-kind career. After years of acting in crap like “POLICE ACADEMY”, he began to focus solely on his work as a stand-up comedian and as a filmmaker (his first film, “SHAKES THE CLOWN”, has earned the ...  

In one week, Frank (Joel Murray), a divorced, fiftyish, glumly alcoholic white-collar worker, loses his job, becomes completely estranged from his young daughter, and is diagnosed with cancer. Facing the end, Frank decides to take his service revolver to those responsible for the degradation of p...  

This. The strength of this movie was definitely in the writing. Some of the lines and concepts in it were sheer brilliance, but I couldn't ever get away from the nagging feeling of what this could have been with a director that actually knew what the hell he/she was doing. SpecialAgentOrange  

#griersonleitch Bobcat Goldthwait, in almost every possible fashion, belongs on the list of those creatures who could only have come of celebrity age in the '80s, along with Emmanuel Lewis, Grace Jones, and Dr. Ruth. When the highlight of your popularity is that you were the star of the second through fourth Police Academy movies, suffice it to say, you never had your own lunch box. (Though he...  

He uses his latest directing effort, “God Bless America,” as a black-comedy platform for blasting everything ... Joel Murray (“Mad Men” sad sack Freddy Rumson) plays Frank, a decent guy already feeling soul-crushed by divorce and job ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait is many things to many people. He was that guy from the "Police Academy" movies and the celebrated stand-up comic who lit Jay Leno's chair on fire on national television. He was fired from "Hollywood Squares" and his memorable ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America is a black comedy about a murder spree by J.R. Jones Toward the end of Bobcat Goldthwait's blacker-than-black comedy God Bless America, the potbellied, everyman hero, Frank (Joel Murray), meets up in a hotel room with a black market gun dealer toting two suitcases full of weapons. The dealer drops a series of racist cracks as he shows off his wares and finally, unveiling an...  

Bobcat Goldthwait is many things to many people. He was that guy from the "Police Academy" movies and the celebrated stand-up comic who lit Jay Leno's chair on fire on national television. He was fired from "Hollywood Squares" and his memorable ...  

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Bobcat Goldthwait is moving. As he settles into a booth at Jones for a late-afternoon salad to talk about his new movie, God Bless America, his biggest concern is that he and his wife are scheduled to vacate their Studio City house in the morning, and they're still packing. He's a...  

Tonight on Attack of the Show, Kevin Pereira and Sara Underwood talk to comedian and filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait about his controversial black comedy, God Bles ...Continue reading Tonight On Attack Of The Show: Bobcat Goldthwait Visits & Behind The Scenes Of Weston Scott's Field Test  

Bobcat Goldthwait is a funnyman who became a bit of a joke himself thanks to poor career choices that saw him go from lighting a fire on “The Tonight Show” couch to going down in flames on Whoopi Goldberg’s ill-conceived revival of “The Hollywood ...  

“It’s all jokes, jokes, jokes. And they do that to appeal to the widest audience. The best satire is on television, be it 'Louis CK' or Ricky Gervais’ programs or 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'” When asked why he decided to become a filmmaker, he somewhat ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait, whose black-hole-bleak comedy God Bless America debuts on VOD on April 6, took to Reddit on Wednesday for a boisterous Ask Me Anything. Facts gleaned: He's working on "kind of an '80s horror film" and perpetually attempting to direct a Kinks musical called Schoolboys in Disgrace; witnessing the show My Super Sweet 16 Marathon depressed him "to no end" and lead to the creation of God Bless America; many people think he is...  

The comedian, who turns 50 next month, has settled down into a respectable career behind the scenes Personal Publicity Bobcat Goldthwait turns 50 next month and has settled into his show-biz career accordingly – he works a lot more behind the scenes and doesn't break or burn as many things as he used to.  

ORLANDO, Fla. - Bobcat Goldthwait finishes an enthusiastic blast of profanity - aimed at your intrepid interviewer - and laughs. Being reminded that on May 26, his 50th birthday, that he can expect an AARP membership application, caught him off ...  

“God Bless America” is a new movie written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait that asks the question: Can an alienated teenage girl and a recently divorced middle-aged man dying from an inoperable brain tumor embark on a shooting rampage against mean ...  

Some people have sick and twisted ideas and end up in jail. Some people have sick and twisted ideas and end up making great, funny, twisted movies. Comedian, writer and director Bobcat Goldthwait is thankfully one of the latter. His latest movie is God Bless America.  

If Bobcat Goldthwait were a teenager today, "I'd be a kid making web content with a camera somewhere. If I was a young man, I might have bypassed the whole comedian-actor thing and just been a filmmaker." He pauses, chuckles, then says, "Then I ...  

"God Bless America" is Bobcat Goldthwait's fourth feature film as writer and director, a full-frontal attack on what ails the nation's collective psyche. Goldthwait first gained fame in the mid '80s as a shrieking weirdo stand-up comedian making ...  

You may know Bobcat Goldthwait from his recent films, the cult sensation World's Greatest Dad and this year's God Bless America. Or his rather infamous role as the squeaky-voiced gang leader Zed from the Police Academy movies. But Goldthwait was a standup ...  

You remember Bobcat Goldthwait. He became a comedy star in the 1980s thanks to what amounted to a gimmick: the persona of a sweaty, wired, Tab-swilling punk dude who screeched like a banshee. That character got him plenty of TV and movie work (he still ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait is dead -- at least the high-pitched, frantic, off-the-hook version who once tossed furniture off the set of "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" and lit the guest chair on fire on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno."  

And now, in his new film, “God Bless America,” Goldthwait offers up an unlikely ... I always say that agreeing about things isn’t what makes a great relationship, it’s more about hating the same things! You have many recognizable targets in the ...  

How about the show like “TMZ” that fuel this unwarranted celebrity fire? After learning that he’s got a tumor that will kill him and losing his job for sending flowers to a depressed receptionist, Frank snaps. Read Brian Tallerico’s full review of ...  

From the mind of Bobcat Goldthwait comes God Bless America, which will be available on demand starting April 6 and in limited theaters on May 11.  God Bless America was screened at SXSW and was popular enough to earn an additional screening by becoming one of only a few SXSW Buzz films.  Recently FlickDirect.com had an opportunity to sit down with Bobcat Goldthwait along with the two stars of the film, Joel Murray and Tara Lynne Barr to...  

Not long after Bobcat Goldthwait unleashed his maniacal satire of stand-up comedy on an unsuspecting San Francisco comedy scene, People Magazine said he was the hottest up-and-coming comic of 1984. Hollywood beckoned, and Goldthwait was soon ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait's targets are many and easy and obvious in "God Bless America," his satire of everything that's wrong with the world today, but he hits them squarely and in bold fashion. The former stand-up comic has carved out an intriguing career as ...  

You saw it in Syracuse first. Bob “Bobcat” Goldthwait’s latest movie, "God Bless America," was screened at the Palace Theatre on May 2 before opening in theaters nationwide. The film is now out there before audiences and critics. Stephen ...  

Strange to say, but Goldthwait has been a director for two decades - his latest is "God Bless America," about a man (Joel Murray) dying of cancer and of our cultural malaise who joins with a high school girl (Tara Lynne Barr) to go on a killing ...  

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Bobcat Goldthwait's targets are many and easy and obvious in "God Bless America," his satire of everything that's wrong with the world today, but he hits them squarely and in bold fashion.  

Bobcat Goldthwait is moving farther and farther away from Hollywood — the industry that paid him to star in three Police Academy movies and the geographical area of Los Angeles. Last week, he presented his new directorial effort, God Bless ...  

His last, 2009's "World's Greatest Dad," featured Robin Williams as a father who exploits his teenage son's freak-accident death for fame and fortune. Here, his anti-hero is a bit more familiar, a bit more of a cinematic type, but he still does ...  

Gilmore, who was the female lead in "World's Greatest Dad" and who plays a tiny role as a TV announcer in "God Bless," is one of Goldthwait's favorite actors. » Sidekick Snapshot - Pet Photo Contest Do you have the Lehigh Valley's Best Sidekick?  

Bobcat Goldthwait remembers when he heard about Bubba Smith’s death last fall. The comic admits he didn’t stay in touch with his fellow Police Academy alums, save Tim Kazurinsky, aka the diminutive Sweetchuck. So, he learned of his onetime co-star’s ...  

Eagle-eyed readers might notice that we're having a bit of a "Police Academy" week here at amNewYork. Just Monday, we previewed Steve Guttenberg's book signing at Barnes & Noble Upper West Side Wednesday, and Tuesday I'm reviewing Bobcat Goldthwait's new ...  

Joel Murray stars as Frank, an embittered man who decides to take down all the obstreperous vexations in modern society with the aid of a gun-toting teen, Roxy (Tara Lynne Barr). Hollywood Chicago spoke with Goldthwait about everything from Preston Sturges ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait is mad as hell. He’s fed up with reality shows, insincere politicians, cruel pranks posted on the Internet, political hypocrites, lavish Sweet 16 parties, inconsiderate cellphone users, selfish rich folks and Lindsay Lohan-like celebrities.  

Let’s take back our popular culture by offing the reality-TV stars, hate-spewing commentators and other cretins who have rendered it cruel, crass and stupid. That’s the fantasy driving the splattery action in Bobcat Goldthwait’s black comedy, “God ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait's targets are many and easy and obvious in "God Bless America," his satire of everything that's wrong with the world today, but he hits them squarely and in bold fashion. The former stand-up comic has carved out an intriguing ...  

But I feel pretty confident that even Moore would not make a movie about ... there’s all this cruel and angry discourse you’re talking about, and there’s a national fixation on crime and violence, yet we’re living in a time of relatively ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait describes "God Bless America" as a "violent movie about kindness." But when the writer/director read a post at Big Hollywood about his new film he saw red - and furiously edited a Right-bashing scene back in. The moment fit in ...  

ORLANDO, Fla. - Bobcat Goldthwait finishes an enthusiastic blast of profanity - aimed at your intrepid interviewer - and laughs. Being reminded that on May 26, his 50th birthday, that he can expect an AARP membership application, caught him off guard.  

Bobcat Goldthwait's funny film starring Joel Murray takes a lot of shots, but not all of them land.Bobcat Goldthwait's funny film starring Joel Murray takes a lot of shots, but not all of them land.  

In the opening scene of God Bless America, our hero Frank (Joel Murray) has a detailed fantasy about murdering his obnoxious, right-wing neighbors, which includes shooting their screaming infant. The baby-murder might be some kind of violent ...  

ORLANDO, Fla. - Bobcat Goldthwait finishes an enthusiastic blast of profanity - aimed at your intrepid interviewer - and laughs. Being reminded that on May 26, his 50th birthday, that…Click to Continue »  

Something changed. I don’t know who’s responsible. Hey, man, I don’t want to get into a beef. I can say this about the Black Eyed Peas. And I knew we were going to spend a lot of time talking about them today. No. I once was on a flight ...  

Since his heyday in the 1980s as the screechy-voiced manchild who animated the “Police Academy” movies and set Jay Leno’s guest couch on fire, Bobcat Goldthwait has largely been out of the spotlight. Now, he’s back on stage with a new ...  

How Bobcat Goldthwait Became A True Artist Of Independent Cinema. (Seriously.) Bobcat Goldthwait, in almost every possible fashion, belongs on the list of those creatures who could only have come of celebrity age in the ...  

In "God Bless America," Joel Murray is an honest man near suicide, disgusted by how cruel and crude society has become, finding a purpose in exterminating rude people. He picks up a teenage-girl accomplice, in the great tradition of outlaw couple films ...  

However, Frank is very solemn and unhappy, while Goldthwait is energetic and funny. Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait was born in Syracuse, New York, and decided on a career as a comedian at an early age. Goldthwait's first major film role was in Police ...  

Joel Murray and Bobcat Goldthwait have known each other since 1985, when they met on the set of "One Crazy Summer," an iconic comedy of the era starring John Cusack as a dorky animator and Demi Moore as th ... God Bless America, is a brand new dark comedy ...  

However, Frank is very solemn and unhappy, while Goldthwait is energetic and funny. Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait was born in Syracuse, New York, and decided on a career as a comedian at an early age. Goldthwait's first major film role was in Police ...  

Comic Bobcat Goldthwait, who’s performing at Tommy T’s in San Francisco this weekend, talks about his Showtime special that recently came out, his new movie “God Bless America,” and his Hamm’s Beer tattoo on his [...]  

Bobcat Goldthwait's best work yet The latest dark comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait tackles both vapid celebrity culture (i.e., Paris Hilton, the Kardashians and American Idol) and the indignity of being an office drone.  

“Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don’t Look the Same Either”: You may remember him as the twitchy guy from the “Police Academy” movies or the comedian who set Jay Leno’s couch on fire. But in recent years, Bob “Bobcat” Goldthwait has become a respected directo  

"But we had so much fun" making it, she deadpanned after Saturday's screening. 'God Bless America' Waters may be crown prince of the MFF, but Bobcat Goldthwait is proving a worthy runner-up. For the third time, Goldthwait sent his latest film to ...  

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. -- Written and directed by filmmaker and comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, "God Bless America" is a dark and funny comedy for anyone who's had enough of the dumbing down of our society. This morning, Bobcat dropped by the show to tell us more.  

On his most memorable sports-related moment as a participant: "I used to play cards during gym with the Yugoslavian exchange students, Vladimir and Josef, who didn't understand the rules of our sports. I was playing poker, stealing money from them.  

Bobcat Goldthwait went from being an established but low-flying player in the comedy world to being a creator in his own right. Back in the ’80s, Goldthwait tickled stand-up fans with his high, raspy voice and starred in the last four ...  

Knuckleball legends Charlie Hough and Phil Niekro are also included. (4 p.m. Saturday, Somerville Theater) "God Bless America" from director Bobcat Goldthwait. Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait delivers a scathing and darkly comical treatise on ...  

Comedian-turned-filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait blasts across the VOD landscape starting today with GOD BLESS AMERICA, a bloody dark comedy from Magnolia Pictures’ Magnet Releasing. And with Goldthwait establishing himself as a director with a distinct voice ...  

"When I left San Francisco is when stand-up started to feel like work," says Bobcat Goldthwait. Before the Hollywood comedian was a household name, he molded his brash, nonsequitur'd comedy persona in the 1980s at comedy incubators such as the Other Cafe ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait is moving. As he settles into a booth across from me for a late-afternoon meal to talk about his new movie, Goldthwait's biggest concern is that he and his wife are scheduled to vacate their house in the morning, and they're ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait’s scabrous media satire plays like a sick and twisted wish-fulfillment fantasy for folks fed up with a modern culture that rewards crassness and stupidity. But while Goldthwait’s bile is cathartic, it also feels a bit cheap.  

Sure they got Morgan "Super Size Me" Spurlock, but that dude'll go to the opening of an envelope. It's Bobcat Goldthwait that's the "get." Goldthwait has long been standup comedy's most grating personality — mercurial, abrasive, wince-inducing.  

Joel Murray and Tara Lynne Barr are also on hand for an insightful look at this twisted black comedy, in theaters May 11th. [...]  

“Although a lot of outrageous things happen in my movies, that’s not the comedy. The comedy comes from your ability to empathize with the characters on screen. A lot of dummies will watch the movies I make and go ‘This is a one-joke movie.  

That's right, kids! Time to get a little gory with Bobcat Goldthwait and his new flick God Bless America! The Bobcat Goldthwait-directed killing spree comedy will be released through Magnet on May 11th, but the film is available on Ultra VOD RIGHT NOW.  

Bobcat Goldthwait has written “God Bless America,” a film satire that follows a man and a teenage girl who kill the people who offend them.  

Bobcat Goldthwait is well known for his "Police Academy" roles, his trembling, frantic stand-up act and a late-night television show visit in which he set Jay Leno's couch on fire. But those shenanigans are old hat. For the last several years, Goldthwait ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait was in town this weekend, performing shows at Jukebox Comedy Club. I went to the 8 p.m. show on Friday with a handful of friends and laughed until my sides hurt, especially at his bit about being stuck on a doomed airplane with a Special ...  

To celebrate its one year anniversary, the Awesome Fest, a city-wide, year-round film festival, will honor actor/director/comedian Bobcat Goldthwait with a lifetime achievement award on April 26. The festivities include a a screening of ...  

Bobcat Goldthwait's targets are many and easy and obvious in "God Bless America," his satire of everything that's wrong with the world today, but he hits them squarely and in bold fashion.  

Old people playing jokes on young people? You did that already; it's called Social Security. Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either, 8 p.m., Showtime When he's not voice-acting for Adventure Time, Bobcat does stand-up. He's a lot ...  

Do you hate American media and pop culture? I mean really hate it? Well so does comedian/director Bobcat Goldthwait.  

If it comes from the mind of Syracuse’s own Bobcat Goldthwait, it’s not going to be run-of-the-mill. Goldthwait wrote the script and directed the film “God Bless America.” It’s a dark comedy and social commentary all in one.  

Bob McDonnell's vetoes. The bill would allow localities to ... Comedian, writer and director Bobcat Goldthwait is thankfully one of the latter. His latest movie is God Bless America. A new four-part documentary airing on HBO next week looks at America's ...  

(AA) Comic/auteur Bobcat Goldthwait’s new film sounds a little like a Bizarroworld ... The other four in the collection are equally strong. Diego Ongaro’s “Bob and the Trees” does nothing more or less than show one day in the life of Bob, a logger ...  

(R) GOD BLESS AMERICA: (A) With this love-it-or-hate-it comedy, writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait creates a blistering satire ... (A-) Ziggy Marley and Jimmy Cliff are featured in this documentary on Bob Marley and his role as a musical artist and ...  

"It's a violent movie about kindness." - Bobcat Goldthwait, on his new movie God Bless America. "There's all this vitriol aimed at me, because I've said we need to examine ourselves." And yet I still liked it, and what's more, I still think it's ...  

 

Joel Murray and Bobcat Goldthwait have known each other since 1985 ... Cusack as a dorky animator and Demi Moore as the girl of his dreams. "The day I met Bob, he was making bottle rockets and shooting them down the hallway of the hotel.  

Syracuse native Bobcat Goldthwait shot some of "God Bless America" in Syracuse and said he was happy to show the film in his hometown.  

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