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Albert Brooks is an underrated genius. Although considered one of the wittiest, most incisive performers in film today, he is still underappreciated. A perfect example of this being no web page dedicated to him- before now. If he worked as often as Woody Allen, perhaps he would be awarded more recognition.
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Like Woody Allen, Harold Ramis, and Mel Brooks (no relation!), Albert writes, directs, and stars in his own movies. He did this triple-duty in Looking for Comedy, The Muse, Defending Your Life, Mother with Lisa Kudrow (but NOT as his mother), and Lost in America, his first hit. In most of his movies, Albert plays a decent guy who tries to do his best in a weird situation.
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[I]nside," a studio executive once reportedly said when passing on Albert Brooks' screenplay for The Muse. Harsh, maybe, but the judgment could fit any Brooks picture. Since 1979, when he made his writer-director debut with Real Life, and through such offbeat delights as Defending Your Life, Mother, and Modern Romance, Brooks has made movies that are too inside—inside the clique of A-list Hollywood cool kids (Martie, Rob, Penny), for whom Brooks likes to play the part of the nebbishy tag-along; inside the loving self-gaze of the baby boomers; and most of all, way too inside the interior of Brooks' own skull, a hall of neurotic mirrors that Brooks uses to cut and recut his own comic persona. 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 has so refined this act—that of the spoiled, querulous middle-aged Pantaloon—that he's funny even when he exhales, lets his torso sag. If he speaks, it's a bonus.
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His real name is Albert Einstein. No kidding. Born in Los Angeles, he was given the name of the greatest scientist of the 20th century. But Albert Brooks, actor, writer and director, has never been compared to Einstein. He's more likely to be compared to Woody Allen, who makes quirky movies based loosely on his personal experiences.
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