Synopsis
Born in 1940, Frank Zappa—self-taught composer, musician, bandleader, producer and independent thinker — first transcribed
his avant-garde, Varèse-influenced compositions on to paper at fourteen. He only began to write lyrics in his early twenties. Nevertheless, up on the ‘66 release of his debut album, FREAK OUT!, he swiftly became the most quotable voice of dissent in
popular music.
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Movie Details
| United Kingdom Releases: |
December 2nd, 2016 (Wide), released as Eat that Question |
| Video Release: |
September 27th, 2016 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: |
R for language, some sexual references and brief nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2425 (Cert #50461), 5/18/2016) |
| Running Time: |
90 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Archive Footage, Avant Garde, Musicians, Biography, Singers, Songwriter |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Les Films du Poisson, UFA Fiction, ARTE France, SWR, CNC, MFG Film Funding Baden Wuerttemberg, Procirep, Angoa Intl, SVT, Zappa Family Trust |
| Production Countries: |
France, Germany |
| Languages: |
English |
September 27th, 2016
It is a pretty good week on the home market with a few releases worth picking up. The biggest of these is Central Intelligence, but while it is worth picking up, it isn’t a contender for Pick of the Week. There are some smaller releases that were up for that title, including The Shallows, An American Werewolf in London and The Innocents. However, in the end, I went with Captain America: Civil War. The Blu-ray screener arrived late, and I held off on naming it Pick of the Week when it came out for that very reason.
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June 24th, 2016
Wow. This is a great week for limited releases. Not only are there a few releases earning a lot of buzz (The Neon Demon, Swiss Army Man, and Wiener Dog). There are also even more movies earning 100% positive reviews. Of those, Hunt for the Wilderpeople is the one that I think will have the best chance of breakout success.
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Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2016/12/02 |
- |
$1,862 |
|
4 |
$466 |
$1,862 |
1 |
| 2016/12/09 |
- |
$504 |
-73% |
1 |
$504 |
$4,577 |
2 |
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