Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Delta
• VHS Release Date: September 3, 2002
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006JMUB
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,324 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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151 of 152 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, But Not What I Thought I Was Buying, October 24, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Billy Connolly - Erect for 30 Years (DVD)

I bought this DVD thinking that it was a "Greatest Hits" type collection of performances -- but instead it was retrospective/tribute to Billy Connolly -- with a few bits of his live performances sprinkled throughout. There is about half an hour of standup at the end - but it's really not Billy's best stuff.

As a documentary, it's very, very good. Eddie Izzard, Parkinson, Dustin Hoffman, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Dame Judi Dench and Billy, himself, turn up in interviews here.
But don't buy it if you are wanting to just see his standup.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still Erect, October 26, 2005

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J. Hopf (Scottsdale, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Billy Connolly - Erect for 30 Years (DVD)

An interesting biography piece with excerpts from his stand up routines, if you're not interested in hearing what Dustin Hoffman, whoppie Goldberg, Robin Williams and others have to say about Billy I would recommend just getting the "Greatest Hits" DVD, but if you want to know more about the man behind beard this is a comical and interesting look at him.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than nothing, May 30, 2008

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Arthur Sean Murry (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Billy Connolly - Erect for 30 Years [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A very nice documentary that offers some delicious and rare clips of Connolly, along with a rare chat with his wife. It offers great insight into the bulk of his career, but there are some mistakes (like the reason he's called 'Big Yin'), and Robin Williams' parts were difficult to watch (he seems arrogant, and makes unfunny jokes), and Eddy Izzard looked sticky and seemed slightly uppity.

Beyond that, it's fantastic. Parkinson, Pamela, Judi Dench, Hoffman, Goldberg, and Connery were great for this. It's definitely a keeper.