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American: The Bill Hicks Story (15) HHH
The life of Bill Hicks, the original angry young comic, is given careful and affectionate study in this fascinating film from Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas. Tracing Hicks from his Southern Baptist upbringing in Texas, all the way through to his UK tour with dates in Edinburgh and Glasgow, this shows a performer who was never afraid to speak truth to power. What fans will find most moving is the footage from his first gigs as a teenager, and from his last performances before his death from cancer at 32.See the full content of this document
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Bad Lieutenant (18)HHHH
This has "cult movie" tattooed all over it, with all the flaws that label suggests. The setting is New Orleans, days after Katrina has done her worst. Detectives Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) and Stevie Pruit (Val Kilmer) are watching a prisoner drowning in the cells. Stevie is all for walking away, but Terence's conscience gets the better of him and he jumps in, injuring his back in the process. Left in chronic pain, Terence limps along on presc...See the full content of this document
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