Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Directed by Rodman Flender
Starring Conan O'Brien
Andy Richter
Jimmy Vivino
Scott Healy
Mike Merritt
James Wormworth
Jerry Vivino
Mark Pender
Richie Rosenberg
Rachael L. Hollingsworth
Fredericka Meek
Studio Pariah
Release date(s) June 24, 2011 (2011-06-24) (United States)
Running time 89 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $262,734 (US)
(as of August 21, 2011)[1]

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop is a 2011 documentary film featuring Conan O'Brien and focusing on his comedy tour, The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour, which took place in 2010 following his departure from The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien due to a scheduling dispute.

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Synopsis

O'Brien promoting the film at the 2011 SXSW convention

The film opens with a short segment explaining the events which transpired to culminate in Conan's launch of the Legally Prohibited Tour. It focuses on the rift with NBC and the outpouring of support shown by his fans while the fiasco played out.

The documentary continues with Conan explaining that the idea for the tour came to them while thinking of things they could do in the 6 months they were legally prohibited from appearing on television. The following segments show glimpses of the thought process for the tour, and then an extremely nervous Conan and team members as they wait in realtime to see the results of whether or not their show would sell. All the venues begin to sell out at a fast pace and the stage is set for them to proceed with the planning of the tour.

The rest of the documentary details the creative process behind various jokes/musical acts by Conan's team. In between segments of the live show a lot of fan interactions, attendance of functions, hosting at Bonaroo and encounters with celebrities (such as Jon Hamm, Jack McBrayer, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jim Carrey and Eddie Vedder - the latter four appearing on the show) are shown - not all of them are pleasant for an exceedingly exhausted and tired Conan as the tour progresses. Conan held a secret show for his fans at the studio of Jack White, with White participating in the show itself. During the film there is little interviewing between Conan and the director himself, though the few questions that are captured are answered in great detail. A constant during the entire documentary is Conan O'Brien's personal assistant with whom he shares humorous (yet at sometimes passive aggressive) banter till the close of the film.

The documentary ends with a title card displaying the end date of the tour and that Conan had a few weeks off before starting his next assignment as the host of his cable talk show at TBS, a shot of Conan walking out onto the studio stage after the Conan theme has been played by the band is shown after the title card. A recorded performance at Jack White's studio is played while the credits roll.

Development

Reception

The documentary was given a limited release, and it was generally well received by film critics. At movie review website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has received an aggregated score of 77% from 66 reviews.[2] Film critic Roger Ebert gave the documentary three out of four stars stating "To be sure, NBC paid him $40 million in a send-off package, but the Conan O'Brien we see in the film wasn't in it for the money. He was in it because he can't stop."[3]The New York Times movie review by Stephen Holden was critical of the film's subject and its direction which left much of the tour's performances off camera stating "The film spends too much time with Mr. O’Brien and his team backstage, where he is the needy focus of attention at all times."[4] Holden did state though, that as a whole, the documentary is "consistently watchable".[4]

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