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DOC NYC · 2017

DOC NYC 2017

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Programme

5 films · 1 review

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Blue Velvet Revisited

Documentary about the making of Lynch's classic.

(Country: US, Germany, Slovenia; Year: 2016; Director: Peter Braatz; Writer: Peter Braatz; Stars: David Lynch)

NYC premiere

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - The Story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton

A behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.

(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Chris Smith; Stars: Jim Carrey)

NYC premiere

King Cohen

The true story of writer, producer, director, creator and all-around maverick, Larry Cohen.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Steve Mitchell; Stars: Martin Scorsese, JJ Abrams, John Landis, Joe Dante, Rick Baker)

NYC premiere

Scotty And The Secret Of Hollywood

A portrait of Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Matt Tyrnauer; Stars: Peter Bart, Scotty Bowers, William Mann, Robert Hofler)

US premiere

Saving Brinton

Review preview for Saving Brinton

It is magical, a trove.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
When an eccentric collector discovers the showreels of the man who brought moving pictures to the Heartland, he begins a journey to restore the legacy of America’s greatest barnstorming movieman.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Tommy Haines, Andrew Sherburne; Stars: Michael Zahs, Rick Altman, Jan Boland, Carey Bostian, Serge Bromberg, John Dowdall, Kathryn Fuller-Seeley, Greg Prickman, Harvey Solberger, Mitch Thompson, George R. Willeman, Elaine Zahs, Julie Zahs)

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NYC premiere