Gazillion Movies Review : Joan Rivers began her career as a standup comedian in the early 60's at a time that female comedians were rare. After several years of working in nightclubs for a distant audience, she asked to perform in the Tonight Show of Johnny Carson in 1965 after which she became one of the most successful comedians in the country. Since then she has performed in several talk shows, wrote some successful books, directed a movie, designed her own jewelry line and kept a busy schedule of personal appearances, determined to stay in focus in the fickle world of show business. Moviemakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg followed Rivers in a typical turbulent year of her life. They offer a look behind the smile of a woman when she struggles to stay famous, writes new material, launches a one-woman show in the United Kingdom, participates in a reality TV show and thinks over her career in show biz at the age of 75.

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