American: The Bill Hicks Story (18)
Fri 11 & Sat 12 Jun
Cinema £6.50 (£5.25)
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CloseDir: Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas
UK 2009 110mins
Libertarian, outlaw, shaman, romantic, philosopher, preacher, genius… Bill Hicks was always something other than a comedian. His death from cancer in 1994 deprived the world of arguably the most iconic and probing voice in American culture of the period.
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.
The frequent stand-up clips serve to illustrate why Hicks remained so revered and relevant; he was so funny, so fearless and always right.
“lovingly assembled…this intimate tribute is highly watchable… One of the ‘Films You MUST See This Summer’” Total Film
Dates & Times
| Fri 11 Jun | Cinema | 8:30pm | ||
| Sat 12 Jun | Cinema | 9:00pm |
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4 Comments
thanks for putting this documentary on at the arts centre - Bill Hicks views seem as relevant today as they were 15-20 years ago, and he always makes me laugh.
emma at 5:30pm on Fri 21st May 2010
why are you only showing it twice!!!
tom at 11:38am on Sun 30th May 2010
Re only two screenings, alas we have have only the one screen which is constantly under pressure to show a wide range of films. When I am embarrassed by the oversubscription for the film, I shall bring it back and run it again. Please go ahead and embarrass me!
J
Warwick Arts Centre Staff
John Gore at 11:44am on Tue 1st Jun 2010
Great choice John!
http://covertmag.com/2010/06/11/warwick-arts-centre-present-american-the-bill-hicks-story/
Covert Mag at 2:11pm on Fri 11th Jun 2010