I m The One That I Want is a concert movie released in 2000. The film captures a live performance of a one-woman show of stand-up comedy, featuring actress and comedian Margaret Cho.

Premise

The film combines elements of storytelling and stand-up. It showcases Cho s unique style of sexually blunt monologue performance. The primary focus of the material is on Cho s ascension into stardom and her struggles with weight, drug addiction and sexual promiscuity. Cho also addresses her failed sitcom All American Girl, racism, homophobia and other challenges.

Production notes

The performance was filmed at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco on November 13, 1999. The movie was almost universally praised by critics, and it garnered favorable comparisons to the work of comedians like Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce.

Book, CD, DVD and VHS

A book of the same name was also released, as well as a compact disc. The CD is a live audio recording of the same performance at the Warfield Theater. There is also a CD version of the book available, and it is read by Cho. The concert film was released on DVD and VHS on October 9, 2001 by Winstar Home Video.

Year	2000
ReleaseDate	2000-08-04
RuntimeMins	96
RuntimeStr	1h 36min
Plot	November, 1999, Margaret Cho is home in San Francisco at the Warfield Theater. Cho structures her monologue loosely on her professional life’s trajectory: doing stand-up, cast in an ABC-TV sitcom, losing 30 pounds in two weeks for…
Directors	Lionel Coleman
Writers	Margaret Cho
Stars	Margaret Cho
Produced by	Margaret Cho,Lorene Machado,Dennis Sugasawara,Karen Taussig
Music by	Frankii Elliott
Cinematography by	Lionel Coleman
Film Editing by	Robyn T. Migel
Set Decoration by	Christian T. Andrews
Makeup Department	Leslie Nyomo
Production Management	Ran Barker,Paul Dalen
Sound Department	Michael Emery,Mark Fay,Glenn T. Morgan,Geoffrey G. Rubay
Visual Effects by	Christopher Dusendschon
Camera and Electrical Department	Charles L. Barbee,Robert Barcelona,Steve Bellen,Phil Bowen,Tchell De Paepe,Rick Ewald,Greg Genco,Bob Giomi,Doug Hunt,Karen Korn,Chung Kuo,Michael Maley,Dayton Nietert,Mike Pierce,Rod Williams,Alex Zaphiris
Editorial Department	Tiffany Hauck
Script and Continuity Department	Paula Frankel
Additional Crew	Pamela Ball,William Ball,Alex Bowles,Maria Brill,Chris Cook,Kenyata Dibiase,Sharon Gerhard,Albert Lee,Robina Marchesi,Shawn McClintock,Patrick Moore,Thomas Bud Moore,Vince Mora,Adam Schardein,Jude S. Walko,Chris Wroubel,Lope Yap Jr.
Thanks	Quinton Flynn,Steve The Pretty One Jaspar,Cameron Keys,Eva Kolodner,Calvin The Hoe Lindberg,John Cameron Mitchell,David The Smart One Nancarrow
Genres	Documentary, Comedy
Companies	Cho Taussig Productions
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	Unrated
ImDbRating	7.4
ImDbRatingVotes	1181
MetacriticRating	81
Keywords	stand up special,female protagonist,1990s,year 1999,california