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American: The Bill Hicks Story

ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
edited April 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
I'm looking forward to seeing this:

http://www.americanthemovie.com/

http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/node/335
'...Cleverly shunning a conventional talking-heads approach, American: The Bill Hicks Story uses an innovative animation technique, some rare and previously unseen performance footage, and testimonies only from the people who knew him best, his family and close friends, to create a deeply perceptive, fittingly honest celebration of the man occasionally known as Goatboy. From his teenage years, when he would have to sneak out of his parents home to appear at the Austin comedy club where he first attracted attention, through to being infamously censored on The Late Show with David Letterman, this is as complete and definitive a biography as there is available. The frequent stand-up clips serve to illustrate why Hicks remains so revered and relevant: he was so funny, so fearless and always right.'
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  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    there's nothing wrong with the idea that dinosaur fossils were here to trick humans.
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • Pepe SilviaPepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    cool, can't wait to see this! is this by Richard Linklater? i read several years ago he was trying to get a Bill Hicks movie made
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Pepe Silvia wrote:
    cool, can't wait to see this! is this by Richard Linklater? i read several years ago he was trying to get a Bill Hicks movie made

    Nah, it's by a couple of English fellas. I didn't know Linklater was planning to make a movie about Bill Hicks. I'd love to see that.
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    Thanks for posting! Looking forward to this.
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    haffajappa wrote:
    there's nothing wrong with the idea that dinosaur fossils were here to trick humans.

    except that it's ridiculous.
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  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    dcfaithful wrote:
    haffajappa wrote:
    there's nothing wrong with the idea that dinosaur fossils were here to trick humans.

    except that it's ridiculous.

    no life previous to humans is whats ridiculous! RIDICULOUS I SAY! :D
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    haffajappa wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    haffajappa wrote:
    there's nothing wrong with the idea that dinosaur fossils were here to trick humans.

    except that it's ridiculous.

    no life previous to humans is whats ridiculous! RIDICULOUS I SAY! :D

    "I think God put you here to test my faith."

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  • capthowdy1027capthowdy1027 Posts: 3,270
    Just watched this last night, it was really good. Kind of an odd film though the way that it was shot. Mostly just animated images with people doing voice overs to tell the story. I can't really say that I learned too much from it because I've just read way too much about Hicks over the years but it was nice to hear it told by people that actually mattered.
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Loved It!, cant wait for the DVD to come to America.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I thought it was really well made. Lot's of early footage of him which I'd not seen before.
  • Cree NationsCree Nations Posts: 2,247
    http://www.artillerydesign.com/main.php ... d=127&pg=0
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Cree Nations wrote:
    http://www.artillerydesign.com/main.php?page=view_item&item_id=127&pg=0


    Nice!
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