Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio are set to direct a two-part documentary about comedian George Carlin for HBO. The project will include interviews with Carlin’s family and friends, as well as material from Carlin’s archives and clips from his TV appearances.
Before his death in 2008, Carlin is considered one of the most important and influential stand-up comics of all time. He starred in over a dozen HBO comedy specials and appeared on the “Tonight Show” more than 130 times.
His routines dealt with an incisive use of the English language and observations on social mores, satirising various topics from politics to religious history to numerous taboo subjects and doing so in a playful way that celebrated reason, pragmatism and intellectualism.
Carlin’s “seven dirty words” routine was central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation in which a decision affirmed the government’s power to censor indecent material on public airwaves.
Apatow says in a statement: “It is an honor to be given the opportunity to tell the story of his life and work.” He will also executive produce the non-fiction film along with Carol Leifer, Kelly Carlin and Jerry Hamza
Source: Variety
