Wisecracks

{{For|the form of humour|wit}} {{Infobox film | name = Wisecracks | image = | caption = Film poster | native_name = | director = Gail Singer | producer = Susan Cavan Rina Fraticelli Signe Johansson Gail Singer Ginny Stikeman | writer = | starring = | music = | cinematography = Zoe Dirse Robert Fresco | editing = Gordon McClellan | studio = Citytv National Film Board of Canada | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1991|09||Toronto}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = }} '''''Wisecracks''''' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Gail Singer and released in 1991.<ref>Noel Taylor, "Wisecracks proves that women are funny too". ''Ottawa Citizen'', December 24, 1991.</ref> The film profiles a number of women who were active in comedy in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Joy Behar, Phyllis Diller, Ellen DeGeneres, Whoopi Goldberg, Geri Jewell, Paula Poundstone, Sandra Shamas and Jenny Jones.<ref>Mark Bastien, "Funny bone is Canadian film-maker's new target". ''Montreal Gazette'', September 9, 1991.</ref>

The film premiered at the 1991 Festival of Festivals. Singer's comedy film ''True Confections'' was also screened at the same festival, making her the first filmmaker in the festival's history to have both a documentary and a narrative fiction film screened at the festival in the same year.<ref>Craig MacInnis, "Singer: Cracking wise and felling lies". ''Toronto Star'', September 2, 1991.</ref>

The film subsequently received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992.<ref>H. J. Kirchhoff, "French-Canadian films steal Genie show: Cronenberg's Naked Lunch leads the pack with 11 nominations". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 14, 1992.</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0103271}} * ''[https://collection.nfb.ca/film/wisecracks/ Wisecracks]'' at the National Film Board of Canada catalog

Category:1991 films Category:1991 documentary films Category:Canadian documentary films Category:1991 English-language films Category:Documentary films about comedy and comedians Category:Documentary films about women Category:1991 Canadian films Category:English-language documentary films