Photo-animated feature documentary, uniquely narrated by the 10 people who knew Bill best.Photo-animated feature documentary, uniquely narrated by the 10 people who knew Bill best.Photo-animated feature documentary, uniquely narrated by the 10 people who knew Bill best.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen co-director Matt Harlock won the confidence of Bill Hicks's family, it gained him access to 1300 photos and lots of unseen footage.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Grierson 2010: The British Documentary Awards (2010)
Featured review
This is a fan piece, and will work just as that
More than leading an interesting life, Bill Hicks - one of the most significant American comedians in recent times - was an interesting soul with an important voice. This is what, after a somewhat slow start, Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas' biomentary American: The Bill Hicks Story is able to convey. The filmmakers use a combination of creative and agreeable photo-animations and traditionally voiced interviews with Hicks' friends and family to tell his story, and the film captures some of the comedian's struggles, a little bit of his agenda, and a fair amount of his sense of humour. Hicks is portrayed, as dead artists often are, as something of a martyr, which is fitting enough, but the filmmakers make the deadly sin for documentarians of not treating their subject material with any form of criticism. This is a fan piece, and will work just as that.
If the film inspired you to check out more of Hicks' material, I think the filmmakers will feel that they've done their jobs. In that case, I suggest Totally Bill Hicks, which includes his last performance in England.
If the film inspired you to check out more of Hicks' material, I think the filmmakers will feel that they've done their jobs. In that case, I suggest Totally Bill Hicks, which includes his last performance in England.
- fredrikgunerius
- Oct 20, 2023
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- Also known as
- The Bill Hicks Story
- Filming locations
- Houston, Texas, USA(location)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $92,234
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,872
- Apr 10, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $92,234
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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By what name was American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009) officially released in India in English?
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