HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Expletive Repeated Film Has Whoopi, Robin, But Not a Distributor; Making Stir at Sundance? By JOHN LIPPMAN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 14, 2005; Page W5 One of the most unusual movies at this month's Sundance Film Festival seems like it should be a sure thing: It features some of Hollywood's most beloved comedians, from Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg and Phyllis Diller to Jon Stewart and Chris Rock. Its filmmakers include Penn Jillette, half of the magician-comedian team of Penn & Teller. It is already getting buzz, thanks to a short clip starring characters from "South Park" that's going around the Internet. Still, the movie has yet to find a distributor. The problem? The film includes a joke that's so extremely off-color it is rarely told in public. Another problem: It's a documentary that consists of nothing but the telling, retelling and discussion of the same joke. Funny business: Drew Carey, Tommy Smothers and Whoopi Goldberg, among many other comics, appear in the documentary 'The Aristocrats.' "The Aristocrats" is named after an anecdote that has existed since the days of vaudeville and involves extensive improvisation -- the raunchier the better. Comedians have passed the joke on over the years, mostly in private, with comic Gilbert Gottfried causing a stir in 2001 by telling it at a roast for Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. The documentary, which Mr. Jillette produced with stand-up comedian Paul Provenza over a four-year period, includes interviews and footage of some 100 comedians. It is, according to its makers, a deconstruction of the joke, as well as a meditation on stand-up comedy and censorship. Mostly Under Wraps The film raises a number of questions: How did comedians, including some known for acts clean enough for network television (Bob Saget, the Smothers Brothers), agree to participate in such a risque film? Why did Sundance agree to screen it? And will the film find a distribu