Private Parts

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Summary: Howard Stern Exposes Himself!
Review: Many celebrities have made movies to capitalize on their fifteen minutes of fame. Howard Stern's "Private Parts" is an outstanding exception to the rule that all vanity projects stink. There are three things that set this movie apart from Jerry Springer's "Ringmaster" and films of that ilk. First of all, Howard Stern has real acting ability. He displays genuine emotions in a realistic manner. Second, this movie is genuinely funny. Howard delights at ridiculing authority figures, but is also not afraid to poke fun at himself. This movie has more laugh out loud scenes in it than the vast majority of so-called comedies. Third, this film doesn't gloss over his shortcomings and failures with some idealized, Hollywood version of his rise to fame and fortune. Howard's first few jobs as a disc jockey were disasters, until he found his true voice. Once he started talking about his personal life in a humorous manner over the air, his radio show's ratings kept going up and up. After becoming the number one disc jockey in Washington, DC, Howard is hired by NBC to work at their flagship radio station in New York City. Amazingly, none of the executives have a clue as to what his radio show was like. After they discover that Howard Stern is a shock jock who continually pushes the envelope, they try to tame him and tone down his show, with disastrous results. Eventually, the fans are drawn to his outrageous antics and Howard's show becomes the number one radio show in New York City. Howard Stern's radio show is syndicated nationally, his book becomes a bestseller, his movie is a critical and commercial success, and Howard Stern rightfully ascends to the throne as "The King Of All Media." Long live the King!

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Summary: Orchestrated madness
Review: Zany radio/TV personality Howard Stern plays himself in PRIVATE PARTS, a fast-paced, funny bio-pic. Most noteworthy is the performance of Paul Giamatti, playing a control-bent radio executive who tries to make Stern conform to conservative standards. Also, Stern writer Jackie Martling brightens the screen playing himself - if you can see PRIVATE PARTS in letterbox format, Martling even turns up the energy in the background, doing the bump with Stern's cohost Robin Quivers in the AC/DC concert scene. Just as on the radio show, Howard Stern shares the spotlight in this film, orchestrating madness with no dull moments. PRIVATES PARTS didn't hold back on the nudity, something some people may wish to imagine on the radio rather than see in the movie. If the naked parts don't bother you, see PRIVATE PARTS.

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Summary: I just don't get it
Review: I decided to watch this movie because my wife as well as my best friend from college are both Stern fans, and have often told me how I fail to understand him as he truly is. Well. after watching this bilge, I can honestly say I truly understand Howard. He is a dorky loser who learned early on that developing a potty mouth would get him attention. He married a woman who was way too good for him (something she apparently finally realized)and dragged her through the mud till she got sick of it and dumped his sorry carcass. He persists to this day saying purile clap trap that only appeals to children in adult bodies, not to adults. The most laughable part of this whole sorry tragedy is the praise he receives for "having the courage to speak his mind." Well, when your mind consists of half a dozen curse words and a neurotic need for attention, it doesn't take long for it to speak all it has to say. This movie is pathetic schlock for losers.

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Summary: Stern gives away his Privacy
Review: The man which radio program directors thought had no talent showcases at least part 1 of his extaordinary life in this film. This movie on it's face is a great story about a one time nerds battle with the radio industrys management to do his style of radio. Sterns movie is an autobiograpical look at his life in front and behind the scenes. Whether or not your a fan you can't help but relate to his triumphs and tribulations. This movie is not only about the radio business, it's about the unwillingness of corporate america to handle unproven change. Mary Mc Cormack plays Allison, Stern's supportive wife and she fairs well as a confidant who at times can't help but be affected by her husbands on air personal actions. Robin Quivers recaptures her memorable moments well enough with Stern as does Fred Norris. Howard tries to display his humble side and even till this day proves that he can stay unaffected during his on air promotion of the seductive women who may have never noticed him. In my opinion Howard Stern is an enigma with a special quality of intelligence. He may not credit his family enough in this movie but he does Allison. For if it wasn't for their support Howard just might have failed at bringing Comedic Talk radio to it's present state of success. Howard you have lived to prove there is radio life beyond music and it doesn't have to be dialogue about Republicans!

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Summary: Howard Stern really likes himself.
Review: Howard Stern likes himself so much that he starred in a bad movie about himself and his life. At least, this movie is funnier than his talk show, which is complete trash and a waste of space. Thank God he is being pulled off the air.

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Summary: Good biography of Howard Stern
Review: I first saw "Private Parts" about a year ago and it was a lot different than I thought it was gonna be. It's pretty much just a biography of Howard Stern. It shows how he first became interested in becoming a disc jockey and how he achieved the fame that he currently has as being the only DJ of his kind. But unlike most people might think at first, the movie presents Mr. Stern as more of a sensitive guy than it does gross or immature. It tells of all his struggles and conflicts he had to go through to become the Howard Stern he is today, especially how he struggled in getting his wife to accept his kind of humor on the radio.

That's not all that's good about the movie. "Private Parts" is hilarious at times and all the naked women in the movie look good, especially Jenna Jameson.

If you'd like to learn more about Howard Stern, you need to see "Private Parts." It's entertaining and it might change your mind a little bit about Mr. Stern after you see it.

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Summary: One of the best biographical films ever made!
Review: In this film starring and based on the book by radio personality Howard Stern,he,as himself,narrates from beginning to end about his childhood through 1985. Robin Quivers,as herself,met Howard in 1981 when he joined DC 101 in Washington,D.C. as a talk show host and she was a newswoman. Mary McCormack is Alison Berns Stern who Howard met while he studied for his communications degree at Boston University. Paul Giamatti is Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton,the program director at New York City's now-defunct WNBC 660 AM. Howard is returning home to his family and supermodel Carol Alt sat next to Howard on the aircraft in which they traveled. As themselves are Howard's other team members,Fred Norris,who Howard met in Hartford,Connecticut in '79,Gary Dell'Abate,the producer and Jackie "Jokeman" Martling,the head writer. Alison Janney is Dee Dee,the DC 101 programming director. Norris and Quivers,since Howard first met them,have stuck with Stern everywhere he went to this very day. Stern met Dell'Abate and Martling at WNBC in '84(Stern came to the station 2 years earlier). If you're a Howard Stern fan,this film is for you. WNBC was bought out by WFAN,a sports station,in 1988. Stern and his team were fired from WNBC in September 1985 and two months later,they went to the newly christened K-Rock,where they still are today. Howard and Alison have been divorced since 1999 after 21 years of marriage. The couple have had three daughters. Betty Thomas,who starred on NBC's Hill Street Blues,directed this film. She also directed "The Brady Bunch Movie". Giamatti also appeared in "Donnie Brasco","The Cable Guy" and "Big Fat Liar". We all know that Stern is a comedian in his own right,delighting his audiences with gross,sexual and racial humor.

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Summary: Hard to believe he once ruled the air waves.
Review: A little bit of Howard Stern goes a long way and this movie focuses too much on him and not enough on the people around him, especially in the way his crazy antics effected those within his immediate circle. But sadly Howard doesn't look very comfortable on the big screen. As no one should defend himself in court, one shouldn't play himself in a movie, unless of course it is a documentary which this movie isn't. Rather it is a blatant piece of self-promotion, which Howard is most famous for. He's lost much of his notoriety over the years, with so many other "shock jocks" on radio and television. Private Parts serves as little more than a curiosity item these days.

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Summary: All hail the King of All Media
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and feel sorry for the people that "just don't get it."

The plot is really quite simple: It's about a guy who was interested in radio from a young age (whose father worked at a radio station), was a complete geek with low self-esteem (thanks to a father who constantly berated him and a mother who was over-protective), who worked his way up in radio - working at one radio station where they went country overnight (seeing Howard in a cowboy hat and jeans, looking out the window and getting on the microphone to say this wasn't his thing in a slight Southern twang almost made me wet myself, I was laughing so hard), another station where the General Manager wanted him to fire a guy with a family and where he vomited that night because he felt so bad about it, went to D.C. radio for a few years and wound up in New York after being fired from the D.C. gig and hit the big time (you think they kick themselves from time to time in D.C. thinking of the dough they could have gotten from syndication?).

Howard, Robin, and the gang did a great job in playing themselves but I really felt like I was there when the censors attempted to stifle Howard's creativity - from college radio to DC. Seeing Howard's recreation of his defiance of the censors was inspiring.

Yes, believe it or not, Howard CAN act and this is a must see movie to know the essentials on the King of All Media.

Hail King Howard.

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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: I'm not a howard stern fan but i don't hate him either, i just don't care. I expected the movie to be either vulgar or really stupid but it was none of the above. I found it to be entertaining, made me smile a few times, not laugh out loud, but i did have a good time.

Of course it's all about how much Howard thinks he's misunderstood, it's more of a hagiography than anything else, it's based on a book by him, about him, and played by him. Eventhough i think he tries to make himself look good and victimized for being so open, i still found the movie interesting in understanding where he came from. Whether or not it's accurate i don't really care actually, i just had a surprisingly good time watching it. It does not make me like him more or less and does not make me want to listen to his show. Unless you really can't stand him at all, don't watch it, otherwise, even if you're not a fan but like good comedy definitly give it a try, it's very entertaining.