Kurt & Courtney (1998)

A documentary on the life of Kurt Cobain and his relationship with Courtney Love.

Director:

Nick Broomfield

Stars:

Nick Broomfield, Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Nick Broomfield	...	Himself - Interviewer
Kurt Cobain	...	Himself (archive footage)
Courtney Love	...	Herself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Al Bowman	...	Himself
Jack Briggs	...	Himself
Dylan Carlson	...	Himself
Chelsea	...	Herself
Victoria Clarke	...	Herself
El Duce	...	Himself
Mari Earle	...	Herself
Larry Flynt	...	Himself
Tom Grant	...	Himself
Hank Harrison	...	Himself
Tracey Marander	...	Herself (as Tracy Marander)
Rozz Rezabek	...	Himself

Storyline

After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of people: Cobain's aunt who provides home movies and recordings, the estranged father of Cobain's widow Courtney Love, an L.A. private investigator who worked for Love, a nanny for Kurt and Courtney's child, friends and lovers of both, and others. Although Love won't talk to him and his inquiries lose him financial backing, he comes to believe the coroner's verdict. Portraits emerge: a shy, slight Kurt, weary of touring, embarrassed by fame, hooked on heroin; an out-going Courtney, dramatic, controlling, moving from groupie to star.

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Plot Keywords:

love | friend | suicide | band | heroin | 

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Taglines:

The film Courtney Love doesn't want to see.

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong language, drug references and some sexuality

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 February 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kurt és Courtney - A helyi Nirvana

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$189,652 (USA) (17 April 1998)

Gross:

$441,808 (USA) (19 June 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Strength Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References The War of the Roses (1989)

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Soundtracks

"Shake"
Written and Performed by Theatre Of Sheep

User Reviews

Who funded this thing?

Thus is basically, a guy and his camcorder tooling around Seattle and Aberdeen interviewing people who were either irrelevant or had a personal bias against Courtney Love. Apparently he took Ms. Love's resistance to his project very personally, because instead of finding other sources, such as interviewing former Nirvana bandmates Chris Novoselic and David Grohl, or even Chad Channing and Jason Everman who were with the group in its formative years. Most people he talked to barely new Kurt. Instead he focused on portraying Courtney Love as the villain, tossing out wild accusations about her with almost virtually no evidence (or effort), and the testimony of the clearly biased or the unreliable.

I can't believe this "documentary" was funded, distributed, or worst of all watched by me. This movie was billed as the film Courtney Love doesn't want you to see, maybe she's a film critic.