American: The Bill Hicks Story Blu-ray/DVD (Warner)
RELEASE DATE: June 7, 2011
American: The Bill Hicks Story is a documentary on the life of comedian Bill Hicks. It features archival footage and interviews with family and friends, including Kevin Booth. The filmmakers used a cut-and-paste animation technique to add movement to a large collection of still pictures used to document events in Hicks’ life.
Nominated for 2010 Grierson British Documentary Award for the “Most Entertaining Documentary” category. It was also nominated for Best Graphics and Animation category in the 2011 Cinema Eye Awards. Awards won include The Dallas Film Festivals Texas Filmmaker Award, at Little Rock The Oxford American’s Best Southern Film Award, and Best Documentary at the Downtown LA Film Festival.
Oh hells Yeah, An American Original indeed… Is he one of the Texas Outlaw of Comedy, I know Sam Kinison or somebody like that is…