Product Details

• Actors: Ricky Gervais
• Directors: John Moffitt
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• DVD Release Date: March 31, 2009
• Run Time: 72 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001N26GSY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,148 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Taped live before a sold-out audience at the WaMu Theater at New York Citys Madison Square Garden, Ricky Gervais: Out of England The Stand-Up Special is a high-spirited hour of offbeat observations and understated humor from the actor/comedian/writer/director. The show includes Gervais unique takes on such disparate (and often politically incorrect)issues as fund-raising, autism, fame, nursery rhymes, Nazis, moronic friends, obesity … and his penis size.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haven't laughed this much in awhile, January 15, 2009

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Walter Delmont "R. Hofer" (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special (DVD)

I watched this special on HBO over Thanksgiving 2008, and it was one of the funniest acts I have seen in awhile. I would consider Ricky Gervais on the fast track to one of the best comedians ever. His humor while edgy at times, is extremely clever. I am a huge fan of George Carlin (R.I.P.), Larry Miller, and Bill Cosby, and Ricky Gervais can entertain using anyone of the styles used by these comedians. Some parts you don't watch this with your children or grandmother and others are perfectly fine for anyone. This is one is on my list of must haves.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good.. But same as "Ricky Gervais Live 3 - Fame [2007]", January 3, 2009

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M. Schultz - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special (DVD)

The show has some real highligths; "Best Leaflet" being one, and the production quality is great. It was recorded in New York in 2008 but quite a bit of the contentis the same as "Ricky Gervais Live 3 - Fame [2007]" (recorded in the UK).

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Funny 72 Minutes, April 25, 2009

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Michael B. Druxman "A Good Story is a Terribl... (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special (DVD)

Ricky Gervais is a comedian who is not afraid to push the boundaries of good taste.

In this 72-minute special, filmed during his successful tour of the United States, the British funnyman not only pokes fun at charities that help the mentally and physically challenged, but also the Holocaust.

The amazing thing is that you find yourself laughing out loud, sometimes uncontrollably, at the humor Gervais finds in these ordinarily taboo subjects.

He also does extended hilarious routines on the male sexual organ and even Humpty Dumpty.

Gervais is, indeed, one of the funniest comedians of this generation.

Included on the DVD is a conversation with Gervais.

© Michael B. Druxman