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Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999) (V)
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13 June 1999 (USA) more
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Executive transvestite Eddie Izzard takes his show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions... more | add synopsis
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Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination more
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Male "Lesbian" Wins Emmy
(From WENN. 12 September 2000)
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(Credited cast) | Eddie Izzard | ... | Himself |
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USA:175 min (DVD)
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Eddie: Britain should be in the driving seat of Europe. In the driver's seat, or in the passenger seat. That's good, cuz then you can take a sleep. more
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References Deep Impact (1998) more
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Recorded at the Stage Door Theatre in San Franciso one night in 1998. Eddie Izzard delivers over 70 minutes of scatological material to a sold out crowd. He covers everything from the greta escape, the British empire, being a transvestite to Star Wars and puberty. Along the way he even has to deal with a heckler!
By 1998 Izzard had started to try and get into films and had had a huge amount of exposure and had been piled high with awards for his comedy. However his Dressed to Kill show proved that he hadn't lost his edge – even if the material for this show was wheeled out over a US and UK tour, he still managed to make it fresh as if it was all coming to him there and then.
In some ways the fame shows – he enters the stage flamboyantly from a purple rose in a huge dress. However his material is as good as ever and seems no different from his early shows – fame has certainly not gone to his head.
Despite that fact that some of his humour goes straight over the heads of the American audience it is still great – but when did the US ever appreciate surreal UK humour on a massive scale (except in retrospect)? Some of his material is a little stale, but he injects everything with crazy ideas and energy so that even when he goes off track a bit (dealing with the heckler) he still manages to be hilarious!
Overall I hope Izzard never totally goes after his film career and that he'll be on the standup circuit for many, many years to come.