Margaret Cho Movies
A self-described "Korean-American fag-hag, s**t-starter, girl comic, trash talker," Margaret Cho is nothing if not straightforward, and this forthright approach to her material made her one of the more compulsively entertaining -- and startling -- comedians to gain an audience in the 1990s.
The daughter of Korean immigrants, Cho was born in San Francisco on December 5, 1968. Partially raised... (read more) by her parents, who owned a bookstore, and partially raised by a motley crew of gay men and drag queens, Cho's upbringing in the city's Haight district made for a colorful childhood and adolescence. She began doing standup at 16, performing in a comedy club above her parents' store. A short time later, she won a comedy contest, first prize being the chance to open for Jerry Seinfeld. After moving to Los Angeles in the early '90s, Cho found her audience growing, and, after appearing on shows hosted by Arsenio Hall and Bob Hope and winning the 1994 American Comedy Award for Female Comedian, she was approached to be the star of her own sitcom, CBS' All-American Girl. Billed by the network as a ground-breaking show thanks to its status as the first network series about Asian-Americans, All-American Girl proved to be controversial, attacked by some for not being Asian enough even as others criticized it for being too Asian.
For her part, Cho found herself in the center of the controversy, and the pressures surrounding her -- many of which were manifested in the network's orders to her to lose weight -- lent themselves to the comedian's addiction to diet pills and alcohol, a struggle she would later detail in her one-woman show I'm the One That I Want. Following the short-lived sitcom's cancellation, Cho continued to deal with drug and alcohol problems. She eventually kicked her addictions and became visible again, appearing in supporting roles in films ranging from The Doom Generation (1995) to John Woo's Face/Off (1997) and performing sold-out shows across the country.
In the late '90s, Cho used her experiences with All-American Girl as the basis for her off-Broadway show I'm the One That I Want. The show became a huge success among critics and audiences alike, and subsequently toured the U.S. for over two years. In 2000 it was adapted for the screen; that same year Cho kept busy with a number of other projects, including Spent, an independent drama about addiction and dysfunction among a group of twenty-somethings. Cho continued to work as a stand-up comic throughout the 2000s, and in 2007 voiced a character in Rick and Steve, a short lived animated series. In 2010, Cho participated in the 11th season of dancing with the stars. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent
2010
This full length comedy release from stand-up comic Margaret Cho captures a live performance by the funnywoman, recorded in front of a lovingly obsessed audience. Some of the...
San Francisco
2009
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Margaret Cho: Beautiful
2009
This full length comedy release from stand-up comic Margaret Cho captures a live performance by the funnywoman, recorded in front of a lovingly obsessed audience. Some of the...
One Missed Call
PG13 2008
Shannyn Sossamon and Ed Burns star in director Eric Valette's remake of Takashi Miike's frightful tale about a cell-phone call from the future that foreshadows one's...
The Best of Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen
2008
Byron Allen showcased numerous popular stand-up comedians as host of the program Comics Unleashed. This release compiles some of the best sets recorded on the show including...
Rick & Steve: Season 01
2007
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Rick & Steve: Season 02
2007
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Girl Trash!
2007
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Bam Bam and Celeste
2006
Taunted by their classmates since grade school and never quite able to escape the culturally suffocating confines of their homogenized Midwestern hometown, a pair of small-town...
The Lost Room
2006
A dying man entrusts a straight-shooting police detective with the key to a timeless mystery, thrusting the unsuspecting lawman into a deadly world where everyday objects have an...
Falling For Grace
2006
Fay Ann Lee's modern spin on the story of Cinderella, Falling For Grace, stars Fay Ann Lee as a Chinese-American who dreams of living among the social elites in New...
My Name Is Jackie Beat
2006
Get an up close look at the man behind the notorious drag queen persona with this intimate portrait of artist Kent Fuhr - who has been entertaining audiences from Los Angeles...
The List
2006
Popular comic Wayne Brady stars as a skilled young advertising executive who knows exactly what he wants in a woman, and isn't willing to let his disillusion with the dating...
Margaret Cho: Assassin
2005
Leftist comedian Margaret Cho issues another salvo in her ongoing battle to laugh intolerant conservatives out of power in this performance documentary. Recorded during two...
Fag Hags: Women Who Love Gay Men
2005
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Art: 21: Humor
2003
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Revolution
2003
Comedian Margaret Cho offers yet another no-holds-barred examination of sex, race, and politics in contemporary culture in this concert film, shot during an engagement at...
Nobody Knows Anything
R 2003
An aspiring filmmaker learns that success in Hollywood doesn't come as easy as she suspected as she attempts to discover the formula to success in this satirical comedy from...
Notorious C.H.O.
2002
Comic Margaret Cho offers up a typically taboo-bursting performance in this comedy film, shot during a concert appearance in Seattle. In Notorious C.H.O., she offers up...
Spent
2000
Twenty-something L.A. hipsters make some earnest and not-so-earnest attempts at growing up in this ensemble comedy-drama from writer/director Gil Cates Jr., which premiered at...