(Getty Images | Inset from Microsoft) In its attempt to get all the kids to stop using Firefox and switch back to Internet Explorer, Microsoft tapped none other than '80s comedian turned edgy director Bobcat Goldthwait to direct a series of ads. Of course, the trouble with choosing a guy known for gross-out comedy who wrote and directed a movie about bestiality is that maybe he's going to be a little too edgy for your target audience. Microsoft's target audience being much wider than the... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Yes, you want to have a great screenplay and a talented director, but no project ever gets made until a star's attached. You simply can't make a movie without somebody to play the lead and having a star is going to help if you're looking for financing or distribution. Case in point: "World's Greatest Dad," which opened Friday in New York to a modest $10,300 and comes to California on August 28. Written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, it's a thoughtful... Read Full Story
Bobcat Goldthwait already counts his latest movie starring buddy Robin Williams a success, no matter how well it does at theaters. That's because "World's Greatest Dad" star Williams landed a slot to promote the film on NBC's "The Tonight Show," where Goldthwait once burned his own bridges by deliberately setting a chair on fire during an appearance with Jay Leno. In an interview shortly before Williams' "Tonight Show" gig, Goldthwait marveled at the fact that the low-budget black comedy he... Read Full Story
Actor Robin Williams attends the screening of "World's Greatest Dad" held at the Library Center Theatre during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2009 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images) more pics » This is tricky: How to talk about "World's Greatest Dad," the latest comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait , without giving away all its twists and twisted details? World's Greatest Dad "World's Greatest Dad," a Magnolia Pictures release, is rated R for language... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Robin Williams stars in a movie called "World's Greatest Dad," but as a real life father of three grown kids the Oscar winner said he had to overcome dark times and was still a work-in-progress. "I'm so proud of them in different ways, but have they always been cherubs? No, but that's been part of the process," Williams said in an interview. "And am I the 'world's greatest dad?' Not at all, I'm a work-in-progress, but I love them," said Williams, whose latest of 51... Read Full Story
Look who it is comforting Robin Williams’ Lance Clayton at the porno magazine stand in Bobcat Goldthwait’s dark, dark, dark comedy, World’s Greatest Dad :
Robin Williams and everyone's favorite giant Croation rock bassist bond over the delightful triad of tears, porn and suicide.
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Posted by Turk182 Bobcat Goldthwait doesn't make movies for the masses. Love them or hate them, you have to respect that his films are not prepackaged creations designed to fit some concept of the popular aesthetic. Like any filmmaker, he wants to connect with an audience, but he is first and foremost interested in making films that he would want to see. Most great filmmakers are. Goldthwait’s World's Greatest Dad is easily his best film to date and one that displays a confidence and... Read Full Story
Robin Williams in World's Greatest Dad
Photo: Magnolia Pictures
When it came to World's Greatest Dad , written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, all I had heard from people was what a great comedy it was. Unfortunately the majority of this sentiment was coming from the online community, a community I tend to disagree with when it comes to comedy. And with it starring Robin Williams, I was hardly interested in watching Williams bounce himself around a Goldthwait movie yelling loud... Read Full Story
Lance Clayton is about to get everything he deserves.
This is my first experience with a Bobcat Goldthwait movie. Not seeing the doggie blowjob movie , I was not expecting much from this movie. The /Filmcast were reviewing the movie recently and I heard people praising this movie from Sundance. The praise was well justified.
(The following will contain plots and minor spoilers to set up the premise of the movie. You have been warned.)
World’s Greatest Dad tells the story of the... Read Full Story
Robin Williams appeared on Wednesday night at "The Show with Jay Leno" to promote his new movie, "World's Greatest Dad", his current comedy tour, "Tour of self-destruction weapons" and talk about the history of Robin Williams naked in movies. It covers all of two movies, was a good segment of Robin Williams was brief. Her appearance in the segment of "The Show with Jay Leno," it is. And as this first paragraph has been derailed to sexual advances, which made short segment of Robin Williams... Read Full Story
