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	Albert Brooks - About Albert
		ALBERT BROOKS is among the most inventive practitioners of motion picture comedy, as well as one of its most incisive commentators on contemporary life.
		Brooks began his career as a stand-up comic, and went on to become an award-winning actor, writer and filmmaker.
		Brooks has been honored by the American Film Institute with a retrospective of his work at the First U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen Colorado.
	www.albertbrooks.com /about.html (354 words)

	Albert Brooks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Super dave osborne (born november 20, 1940, in los angeles, california) is the stage name of bob einstein (brother of actor albert brooks),...
		Lost in america is a 1985 film starring albert brooks and julie hagerty as yuppies fed up with the corporate lifestyle....
		Brooks also continued acting in other people's films during the 1980s[Click link for more facts about this topic] and 1990s[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject].
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/albert_brooks.htm (2482 words)

	Albert Brooks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Albert Brooks (born July 22, 1947 as Albert Lawrence Einstein) is an Academy Award nominated American actor, writer, comedian and director.
		Brooks was born Albert Lawrence Einstein in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California to a Jewish American family.
		Brooks continued his voiceover work in Disney and Pixar's Finding Nemo (2003), as the voice of "Marlin" the clown fish; Nemo is Brooks's largest grossing film to date.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albert_Brooks (888 words)

	Albert Brooks News
		Filmmaker Albert Brooks is the son of a famous comedian whose stage name was Parkyakarkus, but offstage he went by Harry Einstein, which made his son Albert Einstein.
		If Albert Brooks, the American comedian, was really "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World," as the title of his satirical movie said, all he had to do was go into a Cairo video shop and pick up one of two...
		Throughout his movie career, Albert Brooks has made films that could be described as "quirky" or "niche," with a brand of humor that falls under the category of self-deprecating.
	www.topix.net /who/albert-brooks (627 words)

	Feature: "The Funniest Man in Films?"
		Brooks proves a constant frustration to the psychologists assigned as observers, as well, and even this battery of shrinks can't keep his ego in check.
		Brooks' social satire is firmly rooted in the '80s, needling the dreams and puncturing the pretensions of an entire decade -- and an entire generation.
		Brooks' warm, wise, witty, thoughtful and thoroughly charming fantasy of life (and love) after death is a nearly perfect romantic comedy -- one that touches both the heart and the mind.
	www.onvideo.org /features/brooks.htm (900 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| Albert Brooks
		Born Albert Einstein (yep), Brooks was the son of Harry "Parkyakarkus" Einstein (1904-58), a noted Greek dialect comic.
		Brooks took apart the old style of comedian, the gagman who flaunted sentiment and busked the telethons.
		BROOKS: Here in L.A., they just had the murder trial of a man who allegedly broke his wife's neck and left her in the river.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/01.18.06/brooks-0603.html (2356 words)

	The Muse Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		Albert Brooks (Mother, Defending Your Life) has steadfastly created thoughtful, whimsical comedies that gently hold a thumb to the pulse of societal mores, operating somewhere between the neurotic genius of Woody Allen and the broad, agreeable humor of Carl Reiner.
		Brooks has a gentle on-screen persona that communicates both a deep-seated optimism and a curmudgeon-ish disdain for the ways of the modern world.
		That both screenwriters Albert Brooks and Steve Martin have chosen to focus on the hazards of working in show business at this particular time in their eclipsing careers speaks volumes about an ageist, eternally youth-oriented Hollywood.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=45591 (760 words)

	USATODAY.com - Albert Brooks pleased with UAE premiere (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		NEW YORK (AP) — Albert Brooks says he wasn't looking to bring world peace, he was doing just what his new film's title said: Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World.
		In the film, Brooks is assigned a high-level government mission: travel to India and Pakistan, where he's to write a report on what makes Muslim's laugh.
		Brooks said he chose India and Pakistan because of the intense conflict between the two countries.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2006-01-08-brooks_x.htm (240 words)

	The Loud American, American Prospect: Albert Brooks Gets Lost In 'Muslim World' - CBS News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Brooks begins by portraying an even more fussypants version of himself, a comedian also named Albert Brooks, who, in the opening scenes, is seen trying to soft-shoe into a job with the delightfully iron-clad Penny Marshall.
		Brooks does a ventriloquist bit, a replay of his early-career comedy that is beautifully absurd — and even funnier for its deathly reception among the unsmilingly expectant crowd.
		Brooks is clearly capable of getting into the forensics and philosophy of humor — his comedy routine demonstrates that with aplomb.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/01/20/opinion/main1226237.shtml?CMP=OTC-RSSFeed&source=RSS&attr=Opinion_1226237 (979 words)

	Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, Albert Brooks, Sheetal Seth -- Beliefnet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Albert Brooks discusses why he made the film and what he learned from it.
		You can if you're Albert Brooks and your movie is "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World." But even after successfully dodging bullets from studio execs skittish about the title, Brooks cannot escape the shackles of a movie that tries hard but quickly loses steam.
		Brooks is wary of the job, especially with the daunting task of producing a 500-page report (this joke is done to death), but the idea of receiving a Medal of Freedom proves too tempting.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/183/story_18356_1.html (485 words)

	Albert Brooks--The Lybarger Links Interview
		Brooks may have had trouble finding a studio, but he had no difficulty recruiting costars.
		In the film, Brooks even suggests that muses are responsible for the propensity of similar movies coming out at the same time.
		The muses that have guided Brooks may not have made him a titan of the industry, but they have kept him vital for the last two decades while many comics lose their touch after a few years.
	www.tipjar.com /dan/albertbrooks.htm (849 words)

	Pity poor Albert Brooks. By Stephen Metcalf
		As with any of the greats—Woody Allen and Bob Hope come first to mind—Albert Brooks' sole stock-in-trade is "Albert Brooks," a character that after a lifetime of sweat equity he can slip on and off as casually as a pair of old loafers.
		Brooks could have gotten away with anything had the movie only stayed funny, but after a delicious windup, the clash of civilizations is presented without much comic brio at all.
		Surely it must gall Brooks that after tinkering with his comic persona for decades, it was captured best in a movie he didn't write or direct.
	www.slate.com /id/2134504/fr/rss (777 words)

	Not Listening: Is Albert Brooks America? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Brooks can't fathom why the muslims won't laugh in the same way George Bush doesn't seem to understand why so many Iraqis resist the western ideals he's trying to promote.
		The office where Brooks works doubles as a call center for Americans who need help with their computers or washing machines; Brooks walks by the Taj Mahal without noticing it in front of him; when an Indian refuses to talk to Brooks because he is American, he doesn't seem to understand why.
		In the movie, at the end of the story, Brooks has inadvertently launched a war between India and Pakistan, and he isn't even aware that this was the effect of his trip.
	www.thesimon.com /magazine/articles/getting_reel/01068_not_listening_albert_brooks_america.html (1371 words)

	Looking for Comedy in Albert Brooks - ComingSoon.net
		Comedian Albert Brooks' style of humor may be an acquired taste, but his latest movie Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World takes it into a new and different place, which offers many hearty laughs in itself.
		Brooks is certainly experienced in getting the laughs, but while Sheetal Sheth plays his sidekick in the film, she is far from the silent "straight man," and she's just as outspoken about the issues she has faced as an Indo-American actress.
		Brooks' reputation and infamy even helped him get former Senator (and former actor) Fred Dalton Thompson to play himself in the movie, although he was hesitant to use his own name.
	comingsoon.net /news/movienews.php?id=12731 (1443 words)

	Modern Romance Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		One of the highlights of cinematic romantic comedy is Albert Brooks' Modern Romance.
		Brooks' Robert Cole, bereft and confused after breaking up with his girlfriend, Mary Harvard (Kathryn Harrold), takes a couple Quaaludes and wanders around his apartment in a drugged stupor.
		Brooks' predicament isn't something we'd really seen in a film before this (aside from maybe Woody Allen, but his comedy, as psychologically obsessed as it is, strays into different areas than Brooks').
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=1466 (648 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "The In-Laws" review (2003) Andrew Fleming, Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks
		Albert Brooks stars as an anxiety-ridden podiatrist who considers a little foot fungus one of the most dangerous things in the world.
		Brooks provides a running narrative of amusing neuroses as he's knocked out and dragged along on a mission so he doesn't blow Douglas's cover as the screwy spook tries to prevent an effeminate French arms dealer (David Suchet) from selling a stolen nuclear stealth submarine.
		While the wit of Brooks, Douglas and Bergen keep "The In-Laws" buttressed with good humor, director Andrew Flemming (who helmed the enjoyably nutty Watergate spoof "Dick") and writers Nat Mauldin (1998's "Dr. Dolittle") and Ed Solomon ("Men In Black") seem to consider quantity over quality when it comes to the movie's jokes.
	splicedwire.com /03reviews/inlaws.html (553 words)

	MTV Movies \| News \| Rewind: Yet Another Film Asks, What's So Funny About Albert Brooks?
		After performing as a stand-up for years, Brooks honed his talent as a filmmaker in a series of shorts aired during the first season of "Saturday Night Live." Since then, the man who was born Albert Einstein (really) has gone on to make some of the most venerable comedies of the past 25 years.
		Brooks plays Daniel Miller (another ad exec) who, after dying in a car accident on his birthday, finds himself on trial in Judgment City, a place where we all go after we die to determine where we'll go next: on to the Great Reward, or back to Earth to give life another shot.
		Brooks' onscreen persona is most often compared with that of Woody Allen, particularly in their work from the 1970s and 1980s.
	www.mtv.com /movies/news/articles/1520780/01162006/story.jhtml (1507 words)

	I'm King of The Room: The Quiet Cult of Albert Brooks
		For all of Brooks' minutiae and analysis and realism, though, the bulk of his work is often grounded on ideas quite high-concept.
		When comedy ensues, Albert is left to deal with a studio that wants to cut financing, high-tech and scary equipment (predicting digital video by a few decades), and a family, headed by a wonderfully stammering Charles Grodin, who only now realizes his family actually isn't so happy.
		In The Muse Brooks feels it is completely unfair that his wife or pal Jeff Bridges may want to skim some Muse time off of Sharon Stone, as if it may drain her of her musing capabilities.
	leisuresuit.net /Webzine/articles/albert_brooks.shtml (2014 words)

	Unofficial Albert Brooks Page
		Albert played a few different voice roles in the first season (including Marge's bowling teacher- with whom she nearly has an affair), and the discs include a few minutes of Albert outtakes from the show!
		Here is a brief synopsis of Albert's career- from his days as a stand-up comedian, to his album recordings, through his years on television, and all the way up to his films.
		Zehme, who also wrote the wonderful Rolling Stone piece on Albert a few years back, is another "Albertphile" who wanted all of us to be able to enjoy the interview as it was intended.
	members.aol.com /shmuggs/abrooks.html (1936 words)

	Official Ticketmaster site. Albert Brooks tickets, dates
		Albert Brooks was a poet of neurosis, one of the most unique and acclaimed comedic voices of the late 20th century.
		Brooks was born Albert Einstein (really) in Beverly Hills, California on July 22, 1947; his father was radio comedian Harry Einstein, best known for his character Parkyakarkus, while his brother Bob later found success with his creation Super Dave Osborne.
		In 1973, Brooks issued his debut LP, Comedy Minus One, which comprised both live stand-up bits and studio performances; the title track, performed with George Jessel, was a bit of interactive entertainment allowing the listener to participate in the sketch.
	www.ticketmaster.com /artist/777160 (621 words)

	Comic Albert Brooks evolves on film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Brooks, 58, has been married for nine years and has two children.
		It sounds as if Brooks wouldn't need to spend years foraging for coin if he were willing, which he's not, to tap some of the sources available to him.
		The U.S. Government sends comedian Albert Brooks to India and Pakistan to find out what makes the over 300 million Muslims in the region laugh in Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World.
	www.azcentral.com /ent/movies/articles/0119Brooks0119.html (651 words)

	Albert Brooks stretches hard for laughs
		Albert Brooks goes, as the title of his new film trumpets, looking for comedy in a Muslim world.
		Brooks is flattered that he would be chosen as the good-humor ambassador, so to speak, even if he was not the first or even fifth choice and even if he will be confined to India and Pakistan.
		Brooks is set up in a drab New Delhi office and hires assistant-interpreter Maya (Sheetal Sheth), who turns out to be helpful once she grasps the comic concept of sarcasm.
	www.freep.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060120/ENT01/601200313 (548 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Albert Brooks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		I watched the remake of the âIn-Lawsâ the other night and while watching Albert Brooks play his part it got me thinking of his directorial efforts from 1985 to 2000 and the trajectory and development (or lack of) of his films.
		Albert Brooks (born July 22, 1947) is a Jewish-American actor, comedian, and director.
		To break into acting Brooks attended Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, then changed his surname and began a standup career which quickly made him a staple variety and talk shows during the late '60s/early '70s.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/albert_brooks (1165 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Save up to 30% on bestselling DVDs. Free shipping within Canada available on orders over $39 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Albert Brooks, master of the slow burn, was the director and co-writer, with Monica Johnson, behind this masterful evisceration of the materialistic values of 1980s American yuppie culture.
		Albert Brooks proves there's laughs after death with this almost heavenly comedy--almost heaven as in Judgment City, where recently perished Daniel Miller (Brooks) learns whether he is worthy of advancing to a higher plane of existence or will be sent back to earth for another incarnation.
		Like the millions of fans who endured the St. Louis Cardinals' disappointing 1998 baseball season to watch the heroics of Mark McGwire, so will Albert Brooks devotees thrill to their comedy god stepping up to the plate in a rare starring role in a film he did not direct and knocking it, if not quite...
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/15431471 (498 words)

	Albert Brooks \| The A.V. Club
		Brooks' latest effort, Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World, was dropped by its original studio, which balked at the title.
		Brooks recently spoke to The A.V. Club about comedy after 9/11, premièring Looking For Comedy at the Dubai International Film Festival, the former and current state of stand-up comedy, and how it's okay to bomb.
		Albert Brooks: It was a slow process, because after 9/11, just when it came time for me to make another comedy movie, no one was doing anything comedy-wise in movies about this new world we were living in.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/44493 (1830 words)

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