This is a portrait of personal and professional
triumph...a portrait of a woman defeating violence and addiction...an Intimate
Portrait of Brett Butler.
The daughter of an alcoholic, abusive father and a severely depressed
mother, Brett Butler was a rebellious teen who immersed herself in drugs,
sex and alcohol. She went on to survive a horrifying, violent marriage.
A woman with every reason to fail, Butler instead succeeded as one of television's
most popular stars.
Butler's sad childhood and tragic first marriage are at the heart
of many of her stand-up routines. Through clips of her comedy specials,
we will watch as she turns heartbreak into humor, and tragedy into poignant
comedy. Through the universal language of humor, she speaks as a survivor,
reaching out to other women who have been abused. "Intimate Portrait: Brett
Butler," narrated by Brooke Adams, also uses family photos, location photography,
revelatory interviews with Gary Shandling, Robert Klein and Butler's mother,
and scenes from "Grace Under Fire" to tell the story of this woman's monumental
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