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12 March 2008 5:37 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Kind-hearted star Morgan Spurlock treated the audience to a free beer during a screening of his latest film - after a power cut threatened to end the show.

The Super Size Me star was treating viewers to a preview of new movie Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden? at the South By Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas on Monday night when the city's electricity supply was temporarily lost.

But quick-thinking Spurlock announced he was going to buy the audience hundreds of Lone Star beers in a bid to keep them there - but inferred it was movie giant The Weinstein Company who would be footing the bill, reports the New York Post's PageSix column.

He told the crowd, "Don't thank me, these beers are brought to you by Bob and Harvey Weinstein. They love you in Austin!"

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9 March 2008 5:54 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Stephen Saito

With 4/20 only a little more than a month away, Sxsw kicked off an all-encompassing celebration of marijuana on Friday with the regional premiere of the Doug Benson doc "Super High Me" at the Paramount Theatre, shortly before other comedies about the herb made their premieres (officially: "Humboldt County"; unofficially: Jonathan Levine's Sundance hit "The Wackness," which played Saturday night as a secret screening). Part concert film culled from "Best Week Ever" regular Benson's stand-up act and part social documentary about the ongoing battle in California between the feds and the newly created legalized "dispensaries," which have been empowered by state law to sell medical marijuana, "Super High Me" sets its sights on being entertaining and informative and manages to do a little of both.

As Benson proves, it's not difficult to procure a doctor's note, and the film follows him as he detoxifies for 30 days from

Stephen Saito

2 articles from 2008