Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

United States

2010

116 Min

Color

English

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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PROD David Leaf, Peter S. Lynch II, John Scheinfeld

CAST Gerry Beckley, Lee Blackman, Perry Botkin Jr., Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Robin Williams, Yoko Ono, Ray Cooper, Micky Dolenz, Stanley Dorfman, Bruce Grakal, Doug Hoefer, Dustin Hoffman, Mark Hudson, Danny Hutton, Trevor Lawrence, Rick Jarrard, Al Kooper, Randy Newman, Annie Nilsson, Beau Nilsson, Diane Nilsson, Harry Nilsson, Olivia Nilsson, Una Nilsson, Zach Nilsson, May Pang, Dick Smothers, Van Dyke Parks, Richard Perry, Tom Smothers, Joan Taylor, Jon Voight, Jimmy Webb, Paul Williams, Brian Wilson, Fred Wolf, John Lennon, Ringo Starr

SOUND Tom Echlin, Conrad Hunziker III

BAFICI (Música)

Synopsis

The documentary explores the enigmatic life and music of Harry Nilsson in an attempt to answer the question, “Who is Harry Nilsson?” The film includes new and archive audio and film including interviews with Robin Williams, Yoko Ono, Van Dyke Parks, Randy Newman, Ray Cooper, the Smothers Brothers, and Micky Dolenz. Who is Harry Nilsson? uses promotional films, music videos, and home movies; segments from the unreleased documentary made during the recording of Son of Schmilsson (Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?); and excerpts from Nilsson’s rare TV appearances in his BBC specials, the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Playboy After Dark, and in an episode of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. —Roger Smith