''God Said Ha!'' is a 1998 filmed performance of
Julia Sweeney
Julia Anne Sweeney (born October 10, 1959) is an American actress, comedian, and author, who gained fame as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1990 to 1994. She played Mrs. Keeper in the film ''Stuart Little'' and voiced Brittany in ' ...
's
one-woman play of the same. Written and directed by Sweeney, the film premiered at the
South by Southwest Film Festival
South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, T ...
on March 14, 1998. The play focuses on Sweeney's recollections of when her brother was diagnosed with cancer.
Synopsis
The film is a monologue based on Sweeney's
one woman stage show of the same name where Sweeney discusses her memories of her brother Michael getting diagnosed with
lymphoma and her own personal experiences when she discovered that she also had cancer.
Cast
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Julia Sweeney
Julia Anne Sweeney (born October 10, 1959) is an American actress, comedian, and author, who gained fame as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1990 to 1994. She played Mrs. Keeper in the film ''Stuart Little'' and voiced Brittany in ' ...
as Herself
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Quentin Tarantino as Himself
Reception
Critical reception for ''God Said Ha!'' has been predominantly positive. On ''
Rotten Tomatoes'' the film holds a rating of 86% based on 22 reviews. The site's consensus states: "''God Said, Ha!'' plumbs poignant depths, but Julia Sweeney's sharp, graceful wit makes this one-woman monologue a wise, big-hearted burst of uplifting -- and perhaps therapeutic -- entertainment."
Awards
* ''
Golden Space Needle
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees. The SIFF runs for more th ...
for Best Film'' at the
Seattle International Film Festival (1998, won)
* ''Audience Award'' at the
New York Comedy Festival
The New York Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival co-founded by Jarrod Moses and Caroline Hirsch in 2004. The festival is produced in association with Comedy Central, the Huffington Post, and Carolines comedy club located at Times Squar ...
(1998, won)
References
External links
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Stand-up comedy concert films
1998 films
1998 comedy films
Films scored by Anthony Marinelli
1990s English-language films
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