brand: a second coming
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“delivers an engaging portrait of Russell Brand's journey from pop celebrity to still-funny political commentator.”
- Variety
“Along with explaining his motivation, it rescues the underlying purpose behind his freewheeling, radical mode of expression.”
- Indiewire
"A thoroughly entertaining doc that serves also as a primer on Brand's shockingly successful comedy career and an introduction to his singular personality."
- The Hollywood Reporter
- Variety
“Along with explaining his motivation, it rescues the underlying purpose behind his freewheeling, radical mode of expression.”
- Indiewire
"A thoroughly entertaining doc that serves also as a primer on Brand's shockingly successful comedy career and an introduction to his singular personality."
- The Hollywood Reporter
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Director: Ondi Timoner
Runtime: 104 minutes UPC: 685349905805 Public Performance Rights Licensing: Starting at $299 Organizations & Institutions please contact info@passionriver.com for a quote GENRE: Documentary, Comedy, Politics
SYNOPSIS: Follow comedian/author/activist Russell Brand as he dives headlong into drugs, sex & fame in an attempt to find happiness, only to realize that our culture feeds us bad ideas & empty idols. Through his stand up, Brand explores his own true icons - Gandhi, Che Guevara, Malcolm X & Jesus Christ- & evolves from addict & Hollywood star to an unexpected political disruptor & newfound hero to the underserved. Will Brand hold fast against the roar of criticism to break out of the very system that built him? |