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Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2013)

PG-13 Jul 03, 2013 Documentary 1h 40m
User Score
71%
30 votes
Internet Movie Database
71%
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
6900%

Overview

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a feature-length documentary film about the dismal commercial failure, subsequent massive critical acclaim, and enduring legacy of pop music's greatest cult phenomenon, Big Star.

Drew DeNicola
Director
Olivia Mori
Director

Top Billed Cast

Rick Clark
Rick Clark

Himself
Jon Auer
Jon Auer

Himself
Chris Bell
Chris Bell

Himself (archive footage)
Alex Chilton
Alex Chilton

Himself (archive footage)
Andy Hummel
Andy Hummel

Himself (archive footage)

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A review by CRCulver
Written on September 2, 2018

This is a 2012 documentary about the eponymous 1970s pop-rock band from Memphis that saw few sales in spite of enormous critical acclaim, but went on to become a cult phenomenon and inspire some great bands in the decades that followed. The documentary was made without the participation of Big Star's surly frontman Alex Chilton (and it was completed following Chilton's untimely death), but it does feature interviews with bassist Andy Hummel, drummer Jody Stephens, and the musicians brought on when Chilton announced a new Big Star in the 1990s. Furthermore, producer John Fry appears throughout the documentary and appears to have had a bigger role in the Big Star story than many listeners might have imagined.

The film begins with the Memphis context of the late 1960s/early 1970s. Chilton,...

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