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Rock to translate French movie -
14 January 2010
-Funnyman Chris Rock is set to translate another French movie for international audiences - he's planning a big budget remake of hit comedy La Premiere Etoile.-
-The film, about a black working class family who leave their home to tackle snobbery on the ski slopes,
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Rock facing £3.5 million lawsuit -
11 October 2009
-Funnyman Chris Rock is at the centre of a £3.5 million lawsuit from a woman alleging he stole her idea for his forthcoming documentary about African-American hairstyles.-
-Regina Kimbell has filed a suit at Los Angeles' District Court claiming the inspiration
Chris Rock - what members say
review by A customer from London
The Last and probably the second best ! 7 July 2004
review by imran from London
Entertaining 6 September 2004
review by from Merseyside
Absolute Brilliance 31 August 2004
Chris Rock - filmography
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Grown Ups
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, Salma Hayek
Director: Dennis Dugan
Certificate: 
They were best friends 30 years ago, now they're reuniting and they're all grown up... or are they? Join Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock and Rob Schneider in this chaotic comedy for some old-fashioned fun as they meet each other's families, relive the glory days and revive old connections.
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69%
from 37,817 members
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Grown Ups - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, Salma Hayek
Director: Dennis Dugan
Certificate:
They were best friends 30 years ago, now they're reuniting and they're all grown up... or are they? Join Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock and Rob Schneider in this chaotic comedy for some old-fashioned fun as they meet each other's families, relive the glory days and revive old connections.
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68%
from 12,320 members
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Death at a Funeral
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Keith David, James Marsden
Director: Neil LaBute, Rogier Stoffers
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Frank Oz's 2007 black comedy DEATH AT A FUNERAL is given the remake treatment with an urban spin in this Chris Rock-produced production. When a dysfunctional clan reuintes to mourn the passing of the family patriarch, a respectful funeral quickly turns into an all-out fiasco marked by bitter ..read more »
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from 6,929 members
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Good Hair
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Chris Rock, Maya Angelou, Vanessa Bell Calloway
Director: Jeff Stilson
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"Good Hair" is an insightful and entertaining, yet remarkably serious, documentary about African-American hair culture. An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, "Good Hair" visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the ..read more »
67%
from 2,894 members
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Bee Movie
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger, Robert Duvall
Director: Simon J. Smith, Steve Hickner
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa (Zellweger), a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually ..read more »
68%
from 38,194 members
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I Think I Love My Wife
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Kerry Washington, Gina Torres, Chris Rock
Director: Chris Rock
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Chris Rock writes, directs, and stars in I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE. Rock's film explores a married man's struggle with extramarital temptations. Richard Cooper (Rock) has it all: a beautiful wife, Brenda (Gina Torres); adorable kids; a successful investment banking career--and complete boredom! He has ..read more »
54%
from 3,270 members
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Bee Movie - HD
(2007)
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger, Robert Duvall
Director: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
After a nine year hiatus, comedy maestro Jerry Seinfeld (SEINFELD) returns to our screens with the sweet-natured comedy BEE MOVIE. In it, he voices Barry B. Benson, a young bee who refuses to accept his fate as just another faceless worker in a colony of millions. Despite being warned never to ..read more »
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from 59 members
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Madagascar - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
The friendship between a New York City lion and zebra is tested when fate brings them out to the unforgiving wilderness in this computer-animated feature. Chris Rock provides the voice of Marty the Zebra, whose longing to explore beyond his cushy Central Park Zoo boundaries is the impetus that ..read more »
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from 1,744 member
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Madagascar
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
The friendship between a New York City lion and zebra is tested when fate brings them out to the unforgiving wilderness in this computer-animated feature. Chris Rock does the voice of Marty the Zebra, whose longing to explore beyond his cushy Central Park Zoo boundaries is the impetus that ..read more »
68%
from 64,403 members
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The Longest Yard
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds
Director: Peter Segal
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Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, rap music superstar Nelly and screen legend Burt Reynolds star in this riotous comdey about a group of convicts putting together a football team to play against their greatest enemy - the menacing guards that keep them behind bars...
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from 41,538 members
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Chris Rock - Never Scared
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Chris Rock
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Chris Rock is back in the stand-up spotlight once again with NEVER SCARED. One of comedy's most astute observationalists, Rock attacks the political and celebrity worlds with equal fervour. This time, subjects include terrorism, Iraq, President Bush, Michael Jackson, and many others.
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from 3,854 members
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The Graham Norton Effect
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Graham Norton, Joan Rivers, Chris Rock
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Features highlights from Graham's New York series. Watch as Graham chats to stars such as Joan Rivers, Chris Rock, Macaulay Culkin, Cindy Lauper and Marilyn Manson, to name but a few.
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from 1,016 member
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Head Of State
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Nick Searcy
Director: Chris Rock
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Celebrated comedian-writer-actor-talk show host Chris Rock can now add film director to his CV. Co-written by Rock and Ali LeRoi, HEAD OF STATE follows an unassuming Washington D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam (Rock), as he finds himself embroiled in a presidential election. Just weeks before the nation ..read more »
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from 1,835 member
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Pauly Shore Is Dead
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Pauly Shore, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn
Director: Pauly Shore
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PAULY SHORE IS DEAD is a good idea both on paper and on film, a movie that answers the question 'what ever happened to Pauly Shore?' with a satirical, sometimes self-deprecating, and often hilarious honesty. Tracing the rise of the comedic it-boy and his subsequent fall from favour, Pauly ..read more »
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from 1,055 member
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Bad Company
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Peter Stormare
Director: Joel Schumacher
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Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock join up in the action-packed buddy movie BAD COMPANY. When CIA undercover operative Kevin Pope is killed during tense negotiations for a nuclear weapon, agent Gaylord Oakes (Hopkins) recruits the man's twin brother, Jake Hayes (Rock), to take his place and prevent the ..read more »
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from 6,043 members
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck
Director: Kevin Smith
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Writer-director Kevin Smith's fifth and final installment of his New Jersey Chronicles (which began in 1994 with the breakout, low-budget comedy CLERKS) is a chance for scene-stealing, foulmouthed stoner Jay (Jason Mewes) and his taciturn sidekick/'hetero life mate' Silent Bob (Smith) to carry ..read more »
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from 14,590 members
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Pootie Tang
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Lance Crouther, Wanda Sykes, Jennifer Coolidge
Director: C.K. Louis, Louis C.K.
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Taking a cue from Saturday Night Live, members of HBO's The Chris Rock Show make their first foray into the feature film arena with POOTIE TANG. Written and directed by SNL cowriter Louis C.K. and produced by Rock, the film reintroduces the character of Pootie Tang (Lance Crouther), an inner-city ..read more »
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from 567 members
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Down To Earth
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Chris Rock, Regina King, Chazz Palminteri
Director: Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
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Comedian Chris Rock updates 1978's HEAVEN CAN WAIT with a decidedly modern flair in this romantic comedy. Lance Barton (Rock) is a struggling comedian whose dream is to perform at New York City's legendary Apollo Theater before it closes its doors forever. One night, while riding his bike, Lance is ..read more »
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from 1,297 member
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Osmosis Jones
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
With OSMOSIS JONES, triple threat writer-director-producer brothers Bobby and Peter Farrelly (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY) successfully move into the live-action/animation genre. Frank (Bill Murray), a scruffy, overweight zoo keeper, revels in his unhealthy habits much to the chagrin of his young ..read more »
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from 1,153 member
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck
Director: Kevin Smith
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Writer-director Kevin Smith's fifth and final installment of his New Jersey Chronicles (which began in 1994 with the breakout, low-budget comedy CLERKS) is a chance for scene-stealing, foulmouthed stoner Jay (Jason Mewes) and his taciturn sidekick/'hetero life mate' Silent Bob (Smith) to carry ..read more »
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from 344 members
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Nurse Betty
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Renee Zellweger, Chris Rock
Director: Neil LaBute
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When small-town waitress Betty Sizemore (Renee Zellweger) accidentally witnesses the grisly murder of her underhanded car-dealing husband (Aaron Eckhart), she copes with the trauma by retreating into a dreamlike state. Not only is Betty completely in denial about her husband's death, but she now ..read more »
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from 2,911 members
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Dogma
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino
Director: Kevin Smith
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Imaginative theology and a bigger-than-usual budget make Kevin Smith's (CHASING AMY, CLERKS) fourth film a kind of post-Catholic fantasy that only a comic-book enthusiast of his caliber could dream up. It concerns banished angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) who, after a few ..read more »
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from 21,518 members
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Chris Rock - Bigger And Blacker
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Chris Rock
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Comedian Chris Rock showcases his talent as he presents his stand-up routine at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Featuring his observations on fidelity - 'a man is basically as faithful as his options' and on deception - 'men lie so much, it's damn near a language'.
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from 3,780 members
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Sesame Street - Elmopalooza!
(1998)
Starring: Chris Rock, David Alan Grier, Rosie O'Donnell
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A cavalcade of celebs toasts the 30th anniversary of "Sesame Street" at Radio City Music Hall with an all-star blowout filled with songs and skits. Features Shawn Colvin dueting with Ernie for "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon," a medley from Elmo & The Kids, En Vogue's rendition of "I Want a ..read more »
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from 12 members
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Lethal Weapon 4
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
Director: Richard Donner
Certificate:
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Fourth in the series of uber-successful action films directed by Richard Donner. Gibson and Glover return as Los Angeles detectives who can't seem to get through a day without a shooting, a robbery, or a car chase.
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from 17,068 members
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Doctor Dolittle
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt
Director: Betty Thomas
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Three features. In 'Doctor Dolittle', a remake of the 1967 Richard Fleischer film of the same name, an animal doctor whose patients bark, squeal, and meow finds that he can suddenly understand his patients, which upsets the practice. Eddie Murphy updates the role as a San Francisco doctor who as a ..read more »
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from 8,082 members
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Sergeant Bilko
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman
Director: Jonathan Lynn
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Steve Martin steps into Phil Silvers' shoes as the smooth-talking Sgt. Bilko who has mastered the Army's catch-22's to his own benefit, turning bureaucratic obstacles into golden opportunities. That is, until his nemesis Major Thorn arrives to scrutinize Bilko's base, threatening to upset the ..read more »
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from 1,130 member
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CB4
(1993)
Starring: Chris Rock, Allen Payne
Director: Tamra Davis
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A rockumentary, covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4"
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from 110 members
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New Jack City
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Judd Nelson
Director: Mario Van Peebles
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Drug baron Nino Brown and his gang hit the streets with the highly addictive drug, crack. Taking over a town building they set up their own crack factory, but all is not lost. Two renegade cops infiltrate the operation and plan Brown's downfall.
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from 3,058 members
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Def Comedy Jam - All Stars - Vol. 2
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac
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Russell Simmons presents this collection of his hit series DEF COMEDY JAM. These three full length shows, hosted by Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence, showcase a number of great comedy acts. The best known of the lot is Chris Tucker, whose talents have graced films like FRIDAY and RUSH HOUR, but the ..read more »
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from 923 members
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Beverly Hills Cop 2
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton
Director: Tony Scott
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In BEVERLY HILLS COP II, Eddie Murphy is back as Axel Foley, a resourceful Detroit detective who doesn't exactly play by the rules. When his friend Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox) is wounded in an event related to mysterious "alphabet crimes," Foley hightails it to California and reunites up with ..read more »
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from 12,474 members
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The Chris Rock Show - Series 1 And 2
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Chris Rock
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Late night comedy talk show THE CHRIS ROCK SHOW features the loose-lipped comedian interviewing various subjects from celebrities to politicians, in his inimitable screechy style. The show, which ran from 1997 to 2000, earned Rock an Emmy for his writing. Presented here in all their uncensored, ..read more »
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from 226 members
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Saturday Night Live - Chris Rock
on DVD
Starring: Chris Rock
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Discovered by fellow Saturday Night Live star Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock has established himself both as an actor and as one of America's finest stand-up comedians. Saturday Night Live - The Best Of Chris Rock features his best moments from several seasons appearing on the show and highlights several ..read more »
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from 34 members
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Laffs From The Hood - Chris Rock
on DVD
Starring: Chris Rock
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America's funniest African-American comics take to the stages across America and are captured for all time in this classic collection of the best and brightest stars of comedy. From the ghetto to politics to the police to Mama... they cover it all in this two and a half hour collection.
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from 139 members
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Chris Rock - The Best Of Saturday Night Live
on DVD
Starring: Chris Rock
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Discovered by fellow SNL star Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock has established himself both as an actor and as one of America's finest stand-up comedians. Saturday Night Live - The Best of Chris Rock features his best moments from several seasons appearing on the show and highlights several of the ..read more »
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from 1,216 member
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The Kings Of Comedy USA
on DVD
Starring: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld
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Featuring some of the best stand-up routines from many of America's hottest comedians. Featured artists include: Jim Carrey, Adam Sandlrer, Chris Rock, Denis Leary and Jerry Seinfeld.
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from 288 members
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