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Upcoming screenings:
USA – Sept 25th Friars Club Film Festival + Q&Awww.friarsclub.com
UK – Sept 24th/25th Branchage, Jersey www.branchagefestival.com
UK – Weds Sept 29th DVD release event at Rough Trade + Q&A www.roughtrade.com
USA – Friday, October 1st 9:30pm: EDMONTON Int’l Film Festival
UK – Oct. 11th 5:30pm, 12th 8:15pm & 13th 5:30pm HEREFORD Courtyard Centre
October 14-21st NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL
AUS – Nov 3rd (3 weeks) ACMI Melbourne www.acmi.net.au
Reviews
“an immersive, inventive delve into the life of a stand-up visionary.”
Empire
“hysterically funny and deeply moving tribute to a true American outlaw.”
Daily Mirror
“a triumph of style and content…a fitting reminder of what Hicks accomplished
in his short life, and what the brevity of that life cost the rest of us.”
Uncut
“This inventively constructed, dynamically executed documentary will make you laugh a lot, but more importantly, it’ll make you wanna get off your arse and DO SOMETHING.”
Bizarre
“Hilarious and moving, its greatest triumph is in giving us a profound sense
of just what his death robbed us of”
Glasgow Evening News
“lovingly assembled…this intimate tribute is highly watchable”
One of the ‘Films You MUST See This Summer’
Total Film
“A total must-see”
Love Film
“Absolute perfection.”
Loaded
• Ain’t It Cool News review • Austin Chronicle background article • BBC Film 24 review• BBC Radio 6 interview • Chortle review • Cinematical review • Comedy Central UK review • Empire Online review • Film.com review • Film Shaft review • Financial Times review • The Fix Ezine review • GQ (British) article • Guardian review • Herald Scotland review • Hollywood Reporter review • The Independent article • The Independent review•IndieLondon review • Leeds Guide review • London Evening Standard blog review • On the Box review • Oxford American Magazine award • Picturehouse staff review• Punchline Magazine video interview • Scotsman review • Sound Screen review • Sunday World review • TCM UK review • Telegraph review • The Times review • Variety review• Wired review • Yorkshire Post review •
“A brilliant and beguiling film – a fitting tribute to one of comedy’s all-time greats”
Esquire
“American: The Bill Hicks Story is gonna blast the ignorance out of UK cinemas this summer. Certainly our most anticipated movie of the year”
Maxim
“Visually, the movie’s fantastic…informative and completely absorbing.
A fascinating and incredibly entertaining movie.”
Ain’t It Cool News
“Bill Hick’s finally gets his shot at the cinema. Insightful, hilarious, and ultimately moving…
it somehow makes you admire him even more.”
Shortlist
“The groundbreaking comedian gets a step closer to immortality with
American The Bill Hicks Story…the film has a compelling intimacy.”
The Hollywood Reporter
“Comic Bill Hicks posthumously rocks Austin – he still inspires awe.”
Wired.com
“The film gets as close to Hicks the man as we can hope for, and he emerges as
an even more courageous, visionary figure as a result.”
Sight & Sound
“Likely to be the pre-eminent documentary of 2010”
Clash Magazine
