Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny released from Shout! Factory on February 13th, 2024.
Jack Black is among my favorite comedic leading men. The first film I ever reviewed was School of Rock for my high school newspaper. His physical delivery is unmatched, and he’s able to make nearly every character, no matter how absurd, feel relatable and approachable. Despite my adoration for the man, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny had evaded me for eighteen long years. Now, thanks to the fine folks at Shout! Factory, that’s all changed.
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny Critique Jack Black in ‘Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny’ Also Read: Shout! Factory: Shaw Brothers Classics Vol. 4 Review
I was twenty-years-old when Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny released to theaters. That’s seemingly the perfect age for an R-rated comedy comprised of utter silliness and rock-and-roll.
Jack Black is among my favorite comedic leading men. The first film I ever reviewed was School of Rock for my high school newspaper. His physical delivery is unmatched, and he’s able to make nearly every character, no matter how absurd, feel relatable and approachable. Despite my adoration for the man, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny had evaded me for eighteen long years. Now, thanks to the fine folks at Shout! Factory, that’s all changed.
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny Critique Jack Black in ‘Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny’ Also Read: Shout! Factory: Shaw Brothers Classics Vol. 4 Review
I was twenty-years-old when Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny released to theaters. That’s seemingly the perfect age for an R-rated comedy comprised of utter silliness and rock-and-roll.
- 2/26/2024
- by Joshua Ryan
- FandomWire
Jack Black has been in his fair share of hit movies over the years, from "School of Rock" to "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" and everything in between. The man has been a bonafide movie star for decades. But even the biggest stars have to suffer a misfire every once in a while and, for Black, one of his biggest misfires was also a very personal endeavor. 2006's "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny" brought the rock duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass to the big screen with initially disastrous results. Yet, time has been kind to the film as it has become a true cult favorite.
Black recently spoke about the film's legacy in the latest issue of Total Film magazine. The actor described "Pick of Destiny" as his baby. Not only because it's the only movie he wrote personally, but because it was based on an emotional truth,...
Black recently spoke about the film's legacy in the latest issue of Total Film magazine. The actor described "Pick of Destiny" as his baby. Not only because it's the only movie he wrote personally, but because it was based on an emotional truth,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Queens of the Stone Age have reunited with frequent collaborator Liam Lynch for a new music video for In Times New Roman… cut “Negative Space.” Check out the visual below.
“Negative Space” fuses the Queens of the Stone Age of past and present; Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen play the unique blend of scratchy and slide guitars that made them hard rock titans back in the early aughts, but Michael Shuman hammers out a bass line more akin to the band’s recent experiments in funk.
Lynch described his inspiration for the “Negative Space” clip in a statement. “Acceptance is lonely, messy, and tough, especially when it’s all that is left,” he said. “This video takes place between the end and a beginning. It’s the desperate and lost, message-in-a-bottle emotions that are tossed out and let float away. No action required.”
This evening, Queens of the Stone...
“Negative Space” fuses the Queens of the Stone Age of past and present; Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen play the unique blend of scratchy and slide guitars that made them hard rock titans back in the early aughts, but Michael Shuman hammers out a bass line more akin to the band’s recent experiments in funk.
Lynch described his inspiration for the “Negative Space” clip in a statement. “Acceptance is lonely, messy, and tough, especially when it’s all that is left,” he said. “This video takes place between the end and a beginning. It’s the desperate and lost, message-in-a-bottle emotions that are tossed out and let float away. No action required.”
This evening, Queens of the Stone...
- 8/3/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
The new album from Queens of the Stone Age has been announced.
In Times New Roman… will drop June 16 on Matador.
The track “Emotion Sickness,” out today, is the first single from the Josh Homme-fronted stoner rockers in five years. Tomorrow will bring the release of a Liam Lynch-directed video for the track. The last album from Queens was 2017’s Villains.
Read More: Queens Of The Stone Age Singer Josh Homme’s Children File Restraining Order Against Him
In Times New Roman… was primarily recorded and mixed at Homme’s Pink Duck Studios. Mark Rankin handled the mixing duties. The artwork and double album gatefold for the vinyl release were created by Boneface, a frequent collaborator of the band.
“Glory to Rome! In Times New Roman… The new album out June 16th The first offering ‘Emotion Sickness’ is out now,” wrote the band in an Instagram post.
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In Times New Roman… will drop June 16 on Matador.
The track “Emotion Sickness,” out today, is the first single from the Josh Homme-fronted stoner rockers in five years. Tomorrow will bring the release of a Liam Lynch-directed video for the track. The last album from Queens was 2017’s Villains.
Read More: Queens Of The Stone Age Singer Josh Homme’s Children File Restraining Order Against Him
In Times New Roman… was primarily recorded and mixed at Homme’s Pink Duck Studios. Mark Rankin handled the mixing duties. The artwork and double album gatefold for the vinyl release were created by Boneface, a frequent collaborator of the band.
“Glory to Rome! In Times New Roman… The new album out June 16th The first offering ‘Emotion Sickness’ is out now,” wrote the band in an Instagram post.
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- 5/11/2023
- by Aashna Shah
- ET Canada
Six years after the release of their last album, Queens of the Stone Age are back, this time “in Times New Roman,” or so the title of their upcoming eighth album claims. They’re heralding the release with “Emotion Sickness,” a typically muscular rocker with shades of Elo-style vocal harmonies, as frontman Josh Homme leads a round of “Baby don’t care for me, had to let her go.” A video for the song, directed by Liam Lynch, will debut Friday. In Times New Roman … will come out June 16.
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- 5/11/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Tenacious D are honoring the Who with a new medley featuring songs from the band’s classic rock opera, Tommy. The song is out digitally now but will also get a special seven-inch vinyl release, with all proceeds from vinyl sales benefitting Everytown for Gun Safety.
Jack Black and Kyle Gass’ take on the 1969 work boasts a mix of Tommy classics and deep cuts, including “Pinball Wizard,” “There’s a Doctor,” and “Go to the Mirror!” The song also arrives with a music video directed by frequent Tenacious D collaborator Liam Lynch,...
Jack Black and Kyle Gass’ take on the 1969 work boasts a mix of Tommy classics and deep cuts, including “Pinball Wizard,” “There’s a Doctor,” and “Go to the Mirror!” The song also arrives with a music video directed by frequent Tenacious D collaborator Liam Lynch,...
- 6/9/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
A week after releasing a pair of new singles, Nhc — the supergroup featuring Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins, Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro, and Chris Chaney — have shared the video for one of those songs, “Devil That You Know.”
Directed by Liam Lynch, the mostly animated visual follows a skeleton punk as he tours a gallery where the picture frames contain the Nhc members performing their latest single. Along the way, the punk finds himself engulfed in one of the paintings, a shipwreck scene with ghosts and underwater treasure.
“Devil...
Directed by Liam Lynch, the mostly animated visual follows a skeleton punk as he tours a gallery where the picture frames contain the Nhc members performing their latest single. Along the way, the punk finds himself engulfed in one of the paintings, a shipwreck scene with ghosts and underwater treasure.
“Devil...
- 11/19/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Old 97’s began recording their new album Twelfth in Nashville this spring, on the very day that tornadoes decimated sections of the city. That March night, from the floor-to-ceiling windows of their rented condo in the city’s Melrose neighborhood, the band watched transformers explode in the distance and debris blow down their street.
Almost six years earlier, Old 97’s singer and principal songwriter Rhett Miller was in the middle of his own storm — a disorienting, drawn-out battle with booze and weed that can be heard all over the...
Almost six years earlier, Old 97’s singer and principal songwriter Rhett Miller was in the middle of his own storm — a disorienting, drawn-out battle with booze and weed that can be heard all over the...
- 6/23/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme has recruited Primus bassist Les Claypool, Zz Top guitarist Billy Gibbons and more for the latest all-star installment of The Desert Sessions, his long-running stoner/hard-rock collective series. Volumes 11 and 12, Arrivederci Despair and Tightwads & Nitwits & Critics & Heels, are out October 25th via Matador Records.
The album, which arrives 16 years after Volume 10: I Heart Disco, also features contributions from Scissor Sisters singer Jake Shears, Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa, Royal Blood singer-bassist Mike Kerr, Autolux drummer Carla Azar, guitarist Matt Sweeney, actor-comedian Matt Berry,...
The album, which arrives 16 years after Volume 10: I Heart Disco, also features contributions from Scissor Sisters singer Jake Shears, Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa, Royal Blood singer-bassist Mike Kerr, Autolux drummer Carla Azar, guitarist Matt Sweeney, actor-comedian Matt Berry,...
- 9/26/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Sarah Silverman is heading to Netflix in a new stand-up special launching globally on May 30 on the streaming service. Liam Lynch is set to direct the special, and Jash has signed on to produce alongside Thruline's Amy Zvi. Shooting is scheduled to begin this month. Silverman’s 2013 HBO comedy special Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles earned her an Emmy Award for outstanding writing for a special. It also received an Emmy nom for outstanding variety special. and Silverman…...
- 2/13/2017
- Deadline TV
Title: Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles Director: Liam Lynch Sarah Silverman has embraced edginess and shock throughout her career – from joking about hoping investigators find semen in her dead grandmother’s vagina (a comment about dying from natural causes) to courting controversy with a Conan O’Brien appearance satirizing the racist thought process and, last year, offering to scissor “through to completion” casino magnate and Mitt Romney financial backer Sheldon Adelson if he instead donated money to Barack Obama. The inimitable stamp of her dark, tart personality is again on rich display in her latest stand-up comedy offering, and somehow her first HBO special, ”Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles.” Directed by frequent collaborator Liam Lynch, the show was taped [ Read More ]
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- 11/25/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Sarah Silverman recently signed to star in HBO‘s comedy pilot People In New Jersey, and now she’s taking the stage for the premium channel. Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles, her first stand-up special for HBO, will premiere at 10 Pm on November 23. Taped in front of about three dozen folks at Largo in La, the special skewers such subjects as porn, religion, politics, and “the miracle of existence.” Silverman has appeared on a number of HBO shows, dating to the ’90s series The Larry Sanders Show and Mr. Show With Bob And David. We Are Miracles is produced by Funny Or Die and Black Gold Films and executive produced by Heidi Herzon, Mike Farah, Anna Wenger, Betsy Koch, Amy Zvi and Sarah Silverman. Liam Lynch directs. Related: Sarah Silverman’s NBC Also-Ran Joins Greg Garcia’s Online...
- 10/30/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Tiff’s Midnight Madness program turned 25 this year, and for two and half decades, the hardworking programers have gathered some of the strangest, most terrifying, wild, intriguing and downright entertaining films from around the world. From dark comedies to Japanese gore-fests and indie horror gems, the Midnight Madness program hasn’t lost its edge as one the leading showcases of genre cinema. In its 25-year history, Midnight Madness has introduced adventurous late-night moviegoers to such cult faves as Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused and Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. But what separates Midnight Madness from, say, Montreal’s three and half week long genre festival Fantasia, is that Tiff selects only ten films to make the cut. In other words, these programmers don’t mess around. Last week I decided that I would post reviews of my personal favourite films that screened in past years. And just like the Tiff programmers,...
- 9/18/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Sarah Silverman will headline her first HBO comedy special in the fall, the cable channel announced Thursday (July 25) at the TCA summer press tour.
"Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles" is scheduled to premiere Saturday, Nov. 23. The special taped in Los Angeles in May.
"Sarah Silverman is a fresh, fearless and utterly original comedy voice," HBO Programming chief Michael Lombardo says. "I'm thrilled that we can bring the humor of this unique talent to our viewers."
Liam Lynch, who directed Silverman's previous special "Jesus Is Magic," is returning to direct "We Are Miracles."...
"Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles" is scheduled to premiere Saturday, Nov. 23. The special taped in Los Angeles in May.
"Sarah Silverman is a fresh, fearless and utterly original comedy voice," HBO Programming chief Michael Lombardo says. "I'm thrilled that we can bring the humor of this unique talent to our viewers."
Liam Lynch, who directed Silverman's previous special "Jesus Is Magic," is returning to direct "We Are Miracles."...
- 7/25/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Sarah Silverman is returning to TV -- for one night only.
The comedian, who created and starred in Comedy Central's "The Sarah Silverman Program" for three years, is heading to HBO for her first comedy special with the premium cable network, "Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles." Premiering in the fall, "We Are Miracles" is presented in association with Funny or Die.
"Sarah Silverman is a fresh, fearless and utterly original comedy voice," HBO programming president Michael Lombardo said. "I'm thrilled that we can bring the humor of this unique talent to our viewers."
"We Are Miracles" will tape in Los Angeles in May. While it's Silverman's first comedy special for HBO, it's not the first in her career. "Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic" had a limited theatrical release in 2005. Liam Lynch, director of "Jesus Is Magic" will direct, edit and serve as a consulting producer on the upcoming project as well.
The comedian, who created and starred in Comedy Central's "The Sarah Silverman Program" for three years, is heading to HBO for her first comedy special with the premium cable network, "Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles." Premiering in the fall, "We Are Miracles" is presented in association with Funny or Die.
"Sarah Silverman is a fresh, fearless and utterly original comedy voice," HBO programming president Michael Lombardo said. "I'm thrilled that we can bring the humor of this unique talent to our viewers."
"We Are Miracles" will tape in Los Angeles in May. While it's Silverman's first comedy special for HBO, it's not the first in her career. "Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic" had a limited theatrical release in 2005. Liam Lynch, director of "Jesus Is Magic" will direct, edit and serve as a consulting producer on the upcoming project as well.
- 4/30/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
by Nick Schager
[This week's "Retro Active" pick is inspired by the hair metal-loving '80s-era musical Rock of Ages.]
"When The Pick of Destiny was released, it was a bomb / And all the critics said that The D was done," croons Jack Black at the outset of his and partner Kyle Gass' new Tenacious D album Rize of the Fenix—a jokey admission of failure that's at once accurate (the film tanked at the box office) and yet sells the D's sole cinematic offering more than a bit short. Hitting theaters in 2006 thanks largely to Black's emergence as a big-screen star, Liam Lynch's musical odyssey neither fully satisfied the faithful nor roped in new loyalists, in part due to a script (by Black, Gass and Lynch) that was light on memorable one-liners and an original soundtrack that wasn't as consistently catchy as the group's superior self-titled 2001 debut album. In hindsight, however, the fate of this adaptation of Black and Gass' short-lived HBO comedy series...
[This week's "Retro Active" pick is inspired by the hair metal-loving '80s-era musical Rock of Ages.]
"When The Pick of Destiny was released, it was a bomb / And all the critics said that The D was done," croons Jack Black at the outset of his and partner Kyle Gass' new Tenacious D album Rize of the Fenix—a jokey admission of failure that's at once accurate (the film tanked at the box office) and yet sells the D's sole cinematic offering more than a bit short. Hitting theaters in 2006 thanks largely to Black's emergence as a big-screen star, Liam Lynch's musical odyssey neither fully satisfied the faithful nor roped in new loyalists, in part due to a script (by Black, Gass and Lynch) that was light on memorable one-liners and an original soundtrack that wasn't as consistently catchy as the group's superior self-titled 2001 debut album. In hindsight, however, the fate of this adaptation of Black and Gass' short-lived HBO comedy series...
- 6/15/2012
- GreenCine Daily
Austin Film Festival
AUSTIN -- How do you get to the Hammersmith Odeon? Practice, practice, practice -- or, you could steal a magic guitar pick carved from the pointy tooth of Beelzebub himself.
A pair of chunky dreamers try the latter route in "Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny," which isn't as fresh or weird as the short films that made Tenacious D cult heroes but does capture enough of their spirit to please fans. The theatrical draw isn't likely to extend far beyond the already-converted, but repeat business could be good, especially in areas where dime bags are easy to come by.
Front-loaded with laughs, the tale launches with an origin told in song: Actor Troy Gentile, who portrayed a young Jack Black in "Nacho Libre", returns to depict our hero's formative teenage rebellion, perfectly imitating Black's ecstasies of stagecraft and communing with the spirit of Ronnie James Dio. Before the laughs have subsided, little JB is all grown up and seeking stardom with new bandmate Kyle Gass.
Frustrated by a lack of inspiration and the ever-present question of rent, the eager young rockers learn of a magic pick that has been passed from one guitar hero to another and is now carefully guarded in a museum of rock 'n' roll history. The movie loses some steam once the boys actually hit the road, despite a trippy sequence involving Sasquatch and a slightly too-goofy cameo by Tim Robbins. By the time the pair gets caught up in a televised car chase with the fuzz, the skimpy plot feels as familiar as twice-reheated pizza.
In concocting their first feature-length outing, Black and Gass (with director Liam Lynch) borrow bits of plot from their music videos and sadly short-lived HBO series, stopping just shy of outright cannibalism. Viewers familiar with the group's "complete masterworks" may find that the adventures had more charm in miniature, where their delusions of grandeur would be thwarted and reborn in a dozen minutes or so. However, some story elements (like a climactic showdown with Satan) benefit from this larger scale.
Left to the realm of daydreams is what the band might have done with a bigger budget: Given a serious special effects allowance and a director like Spike Jonze (who made their "Wonderboy" video), could they have gotten more mileage out of playing the wannabes' penny-ante realities against epic fantasy sequences incorporating the mythological themes of their heavy metal dreams? (Ideally, Black's "King Kong" director Peter Jackson could guest-direct a sequence with some leftover "Rings" gear.) The material certainly lends itself to that sort of thing.
Then again, the TV show proved the value of one special effect -- the innocent debauchery and eternal optimism of these two guys who really believe they can wear the boots of Black Sabbath -- that didn't cost a dime.
TENACIOUS D: THE PICK OF DESTINY
New Line Cinema
Red Hour Films
Credits:
Director: Liam Lynch
Screenwriters: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Liam Lynch
Producers: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Stuart Cornfeld
Executive producers: Georgia Kacandes, Ben Stiller
Director of photography: Robert Brinkmann
Production designer: Martin Whist
Costume designer: Dayna Pink
Music: Andrew Gross, John King
Editor: David Rennie
Cast:
JB: Jack Black
KG: Kyle Gass
Lee: Jason Reed
The Stranger: Tim Robbins
Guitar Store Dude: Ben Stiller
Open Mic Host: Paul F. Tompkins.
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
AUSTIN -- How do you get to the Hammersmith Odeon? Practice, practice, practice -- or, you could steal a magic guitar pick carved from the pointy tooth of Beelzebub himself.
A pair of chunky dreamers try the latter route in "Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny," which isn't as fresh or weird as the short films that made Tenacious D cult heroes but does capture enough of their spirit to please fans. The theatrical draw isn't likely to extend far beyond the already-converted, but repeat business could be good, especially in areas where dime bags are easy to come by.
Front-loaded with laughs, the tale launches with an origin told in song: Actor Troy Gentile, who portrayed a young Jack Black in "Nacho Libre", returns to depict our hero's formative teenage rebellion, perfectly imitating Black's ecstasies of stagecraft and communing with the spirit of Ronnie James Dio. Before the laughs have subsided, little JB is all grown up and seeking stardom with new bandmate Kyle Gass.
Frustrated by a lack of inspiration and the ever-present question of rent, the eager young rockers learn of a magic pick that has been passed from one guitar hero to another and is now carefully guarded in a museum of rock 'n' roll history. The movie loses some steam once the boys actually hit the road, despite a trippy sequence involving Sasquatch and a slightly too-goofy cameo by Tim Robbins. By the time the pair gets caught up in a televised car chase with the fuzz, the skimpy plot feels as familiar as twice-reheated pizza.
In concocting their first feature-length outing, Black and Gass (with director Liam Lynch) borrow bits of plot from their music videos and sadly short-lived HBO series, stopping just shy of outright cannibalism. Viewers familiar with the group's "complete masterworks" may find that the adventures had more charm in miniature, where their delusions of grandeur would be thwarted and reborn in a dozen minutes or so. However, some story elements (like a climactic showdown with Satan) benefit from this larger scale.
Left to the realm of daydreams is what the band might have done with a bigger budget: Given a serious special effects allowance and a director like Spike Jonze (who made their "Wonderboy" video), could they have gotten more mileage out of playing the wannabes' penny-ante realities against epic fantasy sequences incorporating the mythological themes of their heavy metal dreams? (Ideally, Black's "King Kong" director Peter Jackson could guest-direct a sequence with some leftover "Rings" gear.) The material certainly lends itself to that sort of thing.
Then again, the TV show proved the value of one special effect -- the innocent debauchery and eternal optimism of these two guys who really believe they can wear the boots of Black Sabbath -- that didn't cost a dime.
TENACIOUS D: THE PICK OF DESTINY
New Line Cinema
Red Hour Films
Credits:
Director: Liam Lynch
Screenwriters: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Liam Lynch
Producers: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Stuart Cornfeld
Executive producers: Georgia Kacandes, Ben Stiller
Director of photography: Robert Brinkmann
Production designer: Martin Whist
Costume designer: Dayna Pink
Music: Andrew Gross, John King
Editor: David Rennie
Cast:
JB: Jack Black
KG: Kyle Gass
Lee: Jason Reed
The Stranger: Tim Robbins
Guitar Store Dude: Ben Stiller
Open Mic Host: Paul F. Tompkins.
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 10/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- To answer The Lovin’ Spoonful’s eternal question; Yes. Yes I do. Especially after attending a screening of Sarah*lightofmylife*Silverman’s Jesus is Magic. In fact, you can go right ahead and label me a eunuch ‘cuz this movie was so goddamn funny I laughed my freakin’ balls off. Actually I was only laughing on the inside. On the outside I was crying. Crying from clenching my stomach so hard to stop me from guffawing like a maniac. There were only 4 of us at the screening, I didn’t wanna seem “rude”. Either the 3 others were dead inside, or they were robots, or robots who are dead inside. Either way I didn’t hear so much as a chuckle or a rusty jaw clamping down. Our fearless leader Eric will regale you next week with his review of Jesus is Magic, but in the meantime you’ll haveta
- 2/8/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
Roadside Attractions co-presidents Howard Cohen and Eric d'Arbeloff have acquired U.S. theatrical and television rights to actress-comedian Sarah Silverman's concert film, Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic. Based on Silverman's off-Broadway show, the film was an official selection at both the 2005 U.S. Comedy Arts and SXSW film festivals. "She's the most original voice working in comedy today," Cohen said. "She's political, fearless and hilarious all at once. She is genuinely subversive. And the truth is, guys find her hot." Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic is written by Silverman, directed by Liam Lynch and produced by Heidi Herzon, Mark Williams and Randy Sosin. Lynch, who is in production on the feature Tenacious D In: The Pick of Destiny, collaborated with Silverman to adapt her show for the screen.
- 6/28/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Roadside Attractions co-presidents Howard Cohen and Eric d'Arbeloff have acquired U.S. theatrical and television rights to actress-comedian Sarah Silverman's concert film, Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic. Based on Silverman's off-Broadway show, the film was an official selection at both the 2005 U.S. Comedy Arts and SXSW film festivals. "She's the most original voice working in comedy today," Cohen said. "She's political, fearless and hilarious all at once. She is genuinely subversive. And the truth is, guys find her hot." Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic is written by Silverman, directed by Liam Lynch and produced by Heidi Herzon, Mark Williams and Randy Sosin. Lynch, who is in production on the feature Tenacious D In: The Pick of Destiny, collaborated with Silverman to adapt her show for the screen.
- 6/27/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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