Movie Trailer for CONAN O'BRIEN CAN'T STOP
Here's the trailer to a great looking documentary called Conan O'Brien Can't Stop. This looks like a must watch for any and all fans of Conan O'Brien. As you all know he went through some interesting times last year, taking over Jay Leno's Late Night show and then having NBC swoop in and kick him off so Leno could come back. It was really quite ridiculous what NBC did to him. Anyway after that all went down Conan went on a comedy tour, and this doc is the result of that. It gives us a glimpse into Conan's state of mind, and what he was going through after he and NBC had the falling out. The movie also looks funny and entertaining.
Here's the synopsis for the film:
After a much-publicized departure from hosting NBC’s Tonight Show – and the severing of a 22-year relationship with the network – O’Brien hit the road with a 32-city music-and-comedy show to exercise his performing chops and exorcise a few demons. The “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour” was O’Brien’s answer to a contractual stipulation that banned his appearance on television, radio and the Internet for six months following his last show. Filmmaker Rodman Flender’s resulting documentary, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, is an intimate portrait of an artist trained in improvisation, captured at the most improvisational time of his career. It offers a window into the private writers room and rehearsal halls as O’Brien’s “half-assed show” (his words) is almost instantly assembled and mounted to an adoring fan base. At times angry, mostly hilarious, O’Brien works out his feelings about the very-public separation with comedy and rockabilly music, engaging in bits with on-stage guests such as Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Jim Carrey, duetting with Jack White and sweating out manic Elvis Presley covers with his band and back-up singers. We see a comic who does not stop — performing, singing, pushing his staff and himself. Did Conan O’Brien hit the road to give something back to his loyal fans, or did he travel across the continent, stopping at cities large (New York, Las Vegas) and remote (Enoch, Alberta) to fill a void within himself?
The doc hits theaters with a limited release on May 20th 2011. Watch the trailer below and tell us what you think!