You get a chronicle of a man's psychological evolution -- a slow unfurling of self-awareness that transformed Carlin from the colorful but safe performer he once believed he was fated to be, into ...

Part of that evolution connects directly to his 36-year marriage to Brenda Carlin, whom he met at a Dayton, Ohio, nightclub in 1960. It’s ultimately a touching love story but your film also ...

What’s less established, and thus so brilliant about American Dream, is how Apatow and Bonfiglio draw the line, with crystalline clarity, from Carlin’s personal evolution to the current ...

An interview with Judd Apatow about his new HBO docuseries, ‘George Carlin’s American Dream,’ questions he wishes he could ask the late stand-up today, and more.

George Carlin's American Dream, which debuts Friday on HBO, shows how the comedian's persona sharpened over the years, from genial jokester to hardened cynic.

George Carlin performs on May 22, 1999 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The two-part documentary highlight the late-comedian's career. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images) ...

A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., Sunday June 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull/file) ...

George Carlin Biopic Is in Works at The Jackal Group “Moneyball” writer Stan Chervin will produce and write the screenplay Jeremy Fuster October 1, 2018 @ 2:55 PM Getty Images ...

Nearly 1,600 people jammed the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center auditorium in November 2003 to see George Carlin. To this day, few of them can talk about what they heard spewing from the ...

Carlin's daughter, Kelly Carlin, said in a statement: "I understand and share the desire for more George Carlin. I, too, want more time with my father.