Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm on May 20th, 2021, reviewing the new film “Tiny Tim: King for a Day,” which is available through Video-On-Demand beginning May 21st.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Herbert “Tiny Tim” Khaury was a determined singer and performer, despite having hundreds of doors slammed into his face in 1950s and ‘60s New York City. After a breakthrough in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the mid 1960s, his album “God Bless Tiny Tim” improbably rose on the music charts. An appearance on TV’s “Laugh-In” and a live marriage on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” followed, but as his star ascended, there was an inevitable decline to follow.
“Tiny Tim: King for a Day” is available through Video-On-Demand (click on TinyTimFilm.com), and locally through Virtual Cinema at MusicBoxTheatre.com. Written by Martin Daniel. Directed by Johan von Sydow.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Herbert “Tiny Tim” Khaury was a determined singer and performer, despite having hundreds of doors slammed into his face in 1950s and ‘60s New York City. After a breakthrough in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the mid 1960s, his album “God Bless Tiny Tim” improbably rose on the music charts. An appearance on TV’s “Laugh-In” and a live marriage on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” followed, but as his star ascended, there was an inevitable decline to follow.
“Tiny Tim: King for a Day” is available through Video-On-Demand (click on TinyTimFilm.com), and locally through Virtual Cinema at MusicBoxTheatre.com. Written by Martin Daniel. Directed by Johan von Sydow.
- 5/23/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Swedish documentary specialist Momento Film, the company behind “Tiny Tim: King for a Day” and Cph:Forum work in progress “Stories from the Debris,” is ramping up its narrative feature film output.
A decade after he founded his outfit, helmer/producer David Herdies has propelled Momento Film among Sweden’s top creators of cutting-edge documentaries and shorts. Award-winning pics to his credit include “Ouaga Girls” (2017), “Hamada” (2018), “Transnistra” (2019), and most recently Johan von Sydow’s docu biopic “Tiny Tim: King for a Day,” currently touring the U.S., courtesy of Juno Films. Herdies also produced and co-helmed with George Götmark the buzzed about Visions du Réel competition entry “Bellum: The Daemon of War,” and is spotlighting Jennifer Rainsford’s works in progress documentary “Stories from the Debris” at this week’s Cph:forum, industry sidebar to Denmark’s Cph:dox fest.
While keeping a solid foundation in documentary films, Herdies — a former European Film...
A decade after he founded his outfit, helmer/producer David Herdies has propelled Momento Film among Sweden’s top creators of cutting-edge documentaries and shorts. Award-winning pics to his credit include “Ouaga Girls” (2017), “Hamada” (2018), “Transnistra” (2019), and most recently Johan von Sydow’s docu biopic “Tiny Tim: King for a Day,” currently touring the U.S., courtesy of Juno Films. Herdies also produced and co-helmed with George Götmark the buzzed about Visions du Réel competition entry “Bellum: The Daemon of War,” and is spotlighting Jennifer Rainsford’s works in progress documentary “Stories from the Debris” at this week’s Cph:forum, industry sidebar to Denmark’s Cph:dox fest.
While keeping a solid foundation in documentary films, Herdies — a former European Film...
- 4/28/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
No matter the topic, the finest docs make you realize how much we needed a film on a particular subject. And that rule couldn’t apply more to Tiny Tim: King for a Day, director Johan von Sydow’s overview of the otherworldly life and times of one of the most Wtf pop celebrities of the last century. (It hits theaters on April 30th.)
For those who vaguely recall Tiny Tim, or never heard of him at all, the man born Herbert Butros Khaury was the oddest of ducks even during the Sixties,...
For those who vaguely recall Tiny Tim, or never heard of him at all, the man born Herbert Butros Khaury was the oddest of ducks even during the Sixties,...
- 4/28/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Even in the late 1960s, when it seemed like the world was turning upside down, no one had ever seen anything quite like Tiny Tim. Standing onstage in an oversize plaid jacket, a mop of curls draped over his face, strumming his ukulele as he sang “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” in a trilling falsetto quaver so high it sounded like he was being tickled and tortured at the same time, he was like a troll and a little girl in one body — a flower child who was also a come-hither vampire. He presented himself as an “angelic” creature, not quite of this earth, and maybe that’s what he was. Yet there was something else going on in those bedroom eyes, which he would bat like a silent-movie ingenue. Was he for real? Or was he the original Andy Kaufman and Pee-wee Herman, a kind of postmodern put-on sprite?
The...
The...
- 4/24/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
With glimmers of theatrical exhibition starting to find renewed life after a full year of dormancy in New York and Los Angeles, this April brings a handful of films worth seeking out––some premiering exclusively in cinemas while others will also be getting a digital release. From fascinating documentaries to long-awaited releases from renowned auteurs to acclaimed indies, check out our picks to see this April below.
13. Tiny Tim: King for a Day (Johan von Sydow)
Tiny Tim, a unique artist whose influence would be felt decades later after his passing, is now the subject of a documentary. Featuring the performer’s diaries and letters as read by Weird Al Yankovic, along with archival footage from D.A. Pennebaker, Jonas Mekas, and Andy Warhol, Christopher Schobert said in his Fantasia review, “King for a Day would have perhaps benefitted from more time with Tiny’s daughter (with his first wife); while...
13. Tiny Tim: King for a Day (Johan von Sydow)
Tiny Tim, a unique artist whose influence would be felt decades later after his passing, is now the subject of a documentary. Featuring the performer’s diaries and letters as read by Weird Al Yankovic, along with archival footage from D.A. Pennebaker, Jonas Mekas, and Andy Warhol, Christopher Schobert said in his Fantasia review, “King for a Day would have perhaps benefitted from more time with Tiny’s daughter (with his first wife); while...
- 4/1/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Born Herbert Butros Khaury in 1932, the Manhattanite who grew up as an outcast would better become known as Tiny Tim. A unique artist whose influence would be felt decades later, he’s now the subject of a documentary directed by Johan von Sydow. Featuring the performer’s diaries and letters as read by Weird Al Yankovic, along with archival footage from D.A. Pennebaker, Jonas Mekas, and Andy Warhol, the documentary will arrive this April following a festival run last year.
Christopher Schobert said in his Fantasia review, “King for a Day would have perhaps benefitted from more time with Tiny’s daughter (with his first wife); while she explains she spent little time with her father, her existence alone is noteworthy. It’s also rather surprising that the film drops the sexuality angle quickly after spending time on it earlier, but these are minor quibbles. Tiny Tim: King for a Day succeeds because,...
Christopher Schobert said in his Fantasia review, “King for a Day would have perhaps benefitted from more time with Tiny’s daughter (with his first wife); while she explains she spent little time with her father, her existence alone is noteworthy. It’s also rather surprising that the film drops the sexuality angle quickly after spending time on it earlier, but these are minor quibbles. Tiny Tim: King for a Day succeeds because,...
- 3/29/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
What do musicians like David Bowie, Prince, and Iggy Pop have in common? They were all influenced by the talent and general individuality of fellow musician Tiny Tim. The documentary “Tiny Tim: King for a Day” chronicles the journey of Herbert Khary into becoming Tiny Tim, along with how he became his own worst enemy.
The documentary was directed by Johan von Sydow (“Mare Kandre: I Am the Genius!
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The documentary was directed by Johan von Sydow (“Mare Kandre: I Am the Genius!
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- 3/26/2021
- by Brynne Ramella
- The Playlist
Theatrical premiere scheduled for late autumn in New York, Los Angeles, before national roll-out.
Juno Films has announced its second acquisition of a Fantasia selection, pouncing on all North America rights to Stockholm-based Momento Film’s documentary Tiny Tim – King For A Day.
Johan von Sydow’s film charts the career of the fortysomething vaudeville entertainer with the ukulele and falsetto voice who rose to brief fame in the late 1960s before it all came crashing down.
Inspired by Justin Martell’s biography Eternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life Of Tiny Tim, the film recreates Tiny Tim’s life as read...
Juno Films has announced its second acquisition of a Fantasia selection, pouncing on all North America rights to Stockholm-based Momento Film’s documentary Tiny Tim – King For A Day.
Johan von Sydow’s film charts the career of the fortysomething vaudeville entertainer with the ukulele and falsetto voice who rose to brief fame in the late 1960s before it all came crashing down.
Inspired by Justin Martell’s biography Eternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life Of Tiny Tim, the film recreates Tiny Tim’s life as read...
- 8/28/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
As a 1990s teenager growing up in the wilds of suburbia, The Howard Stern Show on E! often served as an introduction to the strange, sometimes funny, occasionally disturbing fringes of celebrity. For every major star that visited the Stern Show––Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Carrey, Donald Trump (gulp)––there was a Jessica Hahn or Mark Harris, a tabloid icon who excelled at creating controversy. No one in the latter category made more of an impression on this critic’s young mind than Tiny Tim.
As a pop culture-savvy kiddo, I was aware that this odd, Oswald Cobblepot-looking gentleman was a falsetto-voiced singer who had famously married a woman live on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson. But as the Stern interview made clear, there was much more to Tiny Tim than those details. The lengthy chat included his obsessive quest for cleanliness, his love of specific products, a recent incident...
As a pop culture-savvy kiddo, I was aware that this odd, Oswald Cobblepot-looking gentleman was a falsetto-voiced singer who had famously married a woman live on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson. But as the Stern interview made clear, there was much more to Tiny Tim than those details. The lengthy chat included his obsessive quest for cleanliness, his love of specific products, a recent incident...
- 8/24/2020
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
In today’s film news roundup, the Santa Barbara Film Festival moves back, Legion M is backing “Save Yourselves!,” Gravitas buys “Odd Man Rush,” a Tiny Tim documentary finds a home and The Creative Coalition is backing films about obesity.
Film Festival
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has shifted its dates backwards for its 36th annual event, which will now take place from March 31 to April 10, 2021.
The festival, which typically occurs in January and is a key stop for awards campaigns, made the announcement Wednesday, two days after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences postponed the 93rd Academy Awards telecast by two months to April 25, 2021. The Sbiff had previously been set for Jan. 27 – Feb. 6, 2021.
“Like so many other prestigious ceremonies and events, we’ve had to adjust our plans in this extremely unprecedented era,” said Sbiff Executive Director Roger Durling. “There has never been a more critical...
Film Festival
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has shifted its dates backwards for its 36th annual event, which will now take place from March 31 to April 10, 2021.
The festival, which typically occurs in January and is a key stop for awards campaigns, made the announcement Wednesday, two days after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences postponed the 93rd Academy Awards telecast by two months to April 25, 2021. The Sbiff had previously been set for Jan. 27 – Feb. 6, 2021.
“Like so many other prestigious ceremonies and events, we’ve had to adjust our plans in this extremely unprecedented era,” said Sbiff Executive Director Roger Durling. “There has never been a more critical...
- 6/18/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Projects include The Distant Barking of Dogs, from The Act of Killing production company Final Cut For Real.
The Nordisk Panorama Forum for Co-financing of Documentaries, to be held in Malmo, Sweden from Sept 18-20, has selected 24 documentary projects to be pitched to industry professionals.
They include Johan Von Sydow’s Swedish documentary about American musician Tiny Tim; Lea Glob’s Danish documentary about a female painter’s coming of age in Paris; Emil Trier’s feature debut about Norwegian con man Waleed Ahmed; and The Act of Killing production company Final Cut For Real’s new Ukraine-set project The Distant Barking of Dogs [pictured], directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont.
The full list of projects being pitched16, dir Kenneth Elvebaak, Fuglene (Norway)Adil and the Spy, dirs Randi Mossige-Norheim & Johan Palmgren, Mantaray Film (Sweden)Apolonia, Apolonia, dir Lea Glob, Danish Documentary (Denmark)Confessions of a Military Dictatorship, dir Karen Stokkendal Poulsen, Bullitt Film (Denmark...
The Nordisk Panorama Forum for Co-financing of Documentaries, to be held in Malmo, Sweden from Sept 18-20, has selected 24 documentary projects to be pitched to industry professionals.
They include Johan Von Sydow’s Swedish documentary about American musician Tiny Tim; Lea Glob’s Danish documentary about a female painter’s coming of age in Paris; Emil Trier’s feature debut about Norwegian con man Waleed Ahmed; and The Act of Killing production company Final Cut For Real’s new Ukraine-set project The Distant Barking of Dogs [pictured], directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont.
The full list of projects being pitched16, dir Kenneth Elvebaak, Fuglene (Norway)Adil and the Spy, dirs Randi Mossige-Norheim & Johan Palmgren, Mantaray Film (Sweden)Apolonia, Apolonia, dir Lea Glob, Danish Documentary (Denmark)Confessions of a Military Dictatorship, dir Karen Stokkendal Poulsen, Bullitt Film (Denmark...
- 7/29/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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