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DIG!

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After the alternative music boom of the early 1990s, two bands choose very different paths to fame. Portland, Oregon's the Dandy Warhols, led by the self-conscious and career-minded Courtney Taylor-Taylor, sign with a major label and score a radio hit. San Francisco's Brian Jonestown Massacre, fronted by the abrasive and unpredictable Anton Newcombe, seemingly go out of their way to impede their own rise to fame with a series of increasingly bizarre incidents, including onstage fistfights.
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So you wanna be a rock 'n' roll star? Dig! compellingly chronicles the ups and downs of the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre, two ambitious bands whose love/hate relationship embodies many of the potential pratfalls of the music business.

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David Ansen Newsweek It's like a spectacular roadside accident: you can't turn away. Mar 13, 2018 Full Review Peter Travers Rolling Stone [An] unflinching look at the rock world. Rated: 4/4 Aug 14, 2007 Full Review Independent (UK) This amped-up rockumentary doubles as an essay on self-destruction. Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Mark Robertson The List While overall Dig! is a great film, it does feel a little drawn out in places. Rated: 4/5 Apr 24, 2019 Full Review Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) One of the things that the film also explores, quite consciously, is how the music industry is actually designed to work against artists. Aug 24, 2017 Full Review Dave Segal The Stranger (Seattle, WA) As tempest-in-a-teapot music documentaries go, Dig! is entertaining-especially if you like the good psychedelic-rock groups Brian Jonestown Massacre and/or the Dandy Warhols. Aug 22, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mark B Hands down one of the best documentaries of all time - a crazy view into selling out and what that meant, and a rock and roll trip down memory lane. Would recommend! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/20/24 Full Review Jack W Incredible glimpse into two ascendant bands and the friction between and among them that propels them in different directions in the industry. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/24 Full Review James B great movie i think BJM deserved more fame than dandy warhol BJM music is better. glad anton has cleaned up he seemed destructive and egotistical in this film. saw an anthony bourdain interview with him on youtube he lives in berlin and is sober now. great film i highly recommend. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/05/23 Full Review Gareth v One of, if not the best rockumentary made. This amazing and at times off the rails look at how 2 friends/bands became enemies, acts almost as an instructional video to all aspiring rock stars. Must see. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/20/23 Full Review Audience Member The car crash you can't take your eyes off of. And simply put, a stunning achievement in the genre and one of the best documentaries ever made. I have never really been a fan of either the Dandy's or BJM nor I have I owned any of their music, but I bought DIG! some 15 years ago and have seen this AWESOME doc about 15x since then. That is a testament to their story and to this great film. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/28/21 Full Review Audience Member An odd movie about two random late 90s alternative bands. It tends to put Dandy Warhols on the better side of things, but the viewer might think otherwise. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Ondi Timoner

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Ondi Timoner

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Ondi Timoner

Film Editing

Ondi Timoner

Producer

David Timoner

Cinematographer

Vasco Nunes

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Synopsis After the alternative music boom of the early 1990s, two bands choose very different paths to fame. Portland, Oregon's the Dandy Warhols, led by the self-conscious and career-minded Courtney Taylor-Taylor, sign with a major label and score a radio hit. San Francisco's Brian Jonestown Massacre, fronted by the abrasive and unpredictable Anton Newcombe, seemingly go out of their way to impede their own rise to fame with a series of increasingly bizarre incidents, including onstage fistfights.
Director
Ondi Timoner
Producer
Ondi Timoner
Screenwriter
Ondi Timoner
Distributor
Palm Pictures
Production Co
Interloper
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use)
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 1, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 13, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$127.1K
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround
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