This is Bob Hope (2017)
**** (out of 4)
This here is a wonderful documentary covering the life and times of Bob Hope. The film takes us through his early days growing up poor to his rise in vaudeville, Hollywood and leading up to his final years.
Woody Allen, Dick Cavett, Margaret Cho, daughter LInda Hope, Leonard Maltin, Conan O'Brien, Connie Stevens, Brooke Shields and Tom Selleck are among the people interviewed for the documentary, which is also narrated by Billy Crystal. It should go without saying but when you're dealing with the series American Masters they're always going to deliver something great and they've honestly delivered a masterpiece here.
If you're unfamiliar with who Bob Hope is then there's a lot of great things to learn here as it is very detailed in covering his childhood and the various stages of his professional career. We get to hear about his early days on the stage, his rise in Hollywood, his support of the troops, his television show, his specials and pretty much every other aspect of his career.
There are a lot of great interviews here with people like Allen talking about the influence Hope was on him and we also get some nice comments from Selleck who talks about Hope's support of the troops. Maltin adds in a lot of stuff about the historical importance of Hope's act and what all rules he changed. We also get some nice stories from Hope's daughter who shines a light on what he was like at home.
Throughout the film there are plenty of clips from his movies, television show as well as some of the moments that he spent with the troops. All in all this is a really great documentary and one that covers just about everything you'd want including some of the more controversial moments that Hope did during Vietnam.
**** (out of 4)
This here is a wonderful documentary covering the life and times of Bob Hope. The film takes us through his early days growing up poor to his rise in vaudeville, Hollywood and leading up to his final years.
Woody Allen, Dick Cavett, Margaret Cho, daughter LInda Hope, Leonard Maltin, Conan O'Brien, Connie Stevens, Brooke Shields and Tom Selleck are among the people interviewed for the documentary, which is also narrated by Billy Crystal. It should go without saying but when you're dealing with the series American Masters they're always going to deliver something great and they've honestly delivered a masterpiece here.
If you're unfamiliar with who Bob Hope is then there's a lot of great things to learn here as it is very detailed in covering his childhood and the various stages of his professional career. We get to hear about his early days on the stage, his rise in Hollywood, his support of the troops, his television show, his specials and pretty much every other aspect of his career.
There are a lot of great interviews here with people like Allen talking about the influence Hope was on him and we also get some nice comments from Selleck who talks about Hope's support of the troops. Maltin adds in a lot of stuff about the historical importance of Hope's act and what all rules he changed. We also get some nice stories from Hope's daughter who shines a light on what he was like at home.
Throughout the film there are plenty of clips from his movies, television show as well as some of the moments that he spent with the troops. All in all this is a really great documentary and one that covers just about everything you'd want including some of the more controversial moments that Hope did during Vietnam.
