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18 June 2004 (USA)
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It's better to burn out than to fade away. more
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There are times when it's right and proper to simply bury the dead. This is not one of those times.....
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John Rice is Playing for Stan’s Cup
(From TheMovingPicture. 25 January 2009, 11:38 PM, PST)
Johnny Knoxville Lands Big Payday
(From WENN. 9 June 2003)
(From TheMovingPicture. 25 January 2009, 11:38 PM, PST)
Johnny Knoxville Lands Big Payday
(From WENN. 9 June 2003)
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Sweet, but not as satisfying as it might have been
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jamie McShane | ... | Radio Announcer |
 | Johnny Knoxville | ... | Phil Kaufman |
 | Danielle Sapia | ... | Girl at Joshua Tree Inn |
 | Gabriel Macht | ... | Gram Parsons |
 | Robert Alan Beuth | ... | Reporter |
 | Sara Arrington | ... | Crying Girl |
 | Scott Adsit | ... | Music Expert |
 | Mary Pat Gleason | ... | Nurse |
 | David Caffrey | ... | TV Interviewer |
 | Alexa Sheehan | ... | Nurse 2 (as Alexa Motley) |
 | Wesley Mann | ... | Doctor |
 | Marley Shelton | ... | Susie |
 | Christina Applegate | ... | Barbara |
 | Jim Cody Williams | ... | Truck Driver |
 | Kay E. Kuter | ... | Undertaker |
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Rated PG-13 for drug references and some language.
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88 min
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Johnny Knoxville broke his nose during filming.
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Continuity: The motorcycle cop's motorcycle is knocked over but, in subsequent shots, is standing up again.
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Wherever there's a hippie, there's a crime, even if that crime hasn't happened yet. That's what I always say.
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A Song For You
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Movie trivia fanatics will remember the play Dustin Hoffman's character wanted to stage in "Tootsie." Written by his roommate (played by Bill Murray), it was called "Return to Love Canal," about the (apparently) true story of a couple who returned to live near the toxic waste site, knowing what was there. "It really happened," Hoffman's character says earnestly to anyone who will listen.
"Grand Theft Parsons" is also based on a true story, one equally bizarre and yet compelling -- after country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons died in 1973, his road manager and buddy Phil Kaufman stole the corpse to cremate it in the desert, as part of a pact the two made in life. But just like "Return To Love Canal," "Grand Theft Parsons" does not have a leg up on being great drama simply because it is based in fact.
The film works hard at building momentum and dramatic tension by bringing in former girlfriends, Parsons' father and the inevitable cop or two, but none of these elements really have much to do with the heart of the story. In the end, "Grand Theft Parsons" succeeds modestly in making us feel the emotions that accompany friendship between men who have been on a long, strange trip together. And actually, we get two versions of that kind of friendship: the bond between Parsons and Kaufman, and the Butch-and-Sundance partnership that emerges between Kaufman and the drug-addled hippie who supplies the hearse used in the body heist.
There's a sweetness to "Grand Theft Parsons," but it's not as satisfying as it might have been if more of the back-story had been told.