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Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

  • 20122012
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 53m
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7.1/10
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Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2012)
A feature-length documentary film about the dismal commercial failure, subsequent massive critical acclaim, and enduring legacy of pop music's greatest cult phenomenon: Big Star.
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Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a feature-length documentary film about the dismal commercial failure, subsequent massive critical acclaim, and enduring legacy of pop music's greatest cult ... Read allBig Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a feature-length documentary film about the dismal commercial failure, subsequent massive critical acclaim, and enduring legacy of pop music's greatest cult phenomenon, Big Star.Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a feature-length documentary film about the dismal commercial failure, subsequent massive critical acclaim, and enduring legacy of pop music's greatest cult phenomenon, Big Star.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1.3K
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    • Drew DeNicola
    • Olivia Mori(co-director)
    • Drew DeNicola
  • Stars
    • Billy Altman
    • Jon Auer
    • Lester Bangs(archive footage)
    • Drew DeNicola
    • Olivia Mori(co-director)
    • Drew DeNicola
  • Stars
    • Billy Altman
    • Jon Auer
    • Lester Bangs(archive footage)
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    • 15User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
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    Alex Chilton in Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2012)
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    Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens in Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2012)
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    Billy Altman
    • Self - Writer
    Jon Auer
    • Self
    Lester Bangs
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Chris Bell
    Chris Bell
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    David Bell
    • Self - Chris Bell's Brother
    Norman Blake
    • Self
    The Box Tops
    • Themselves
    • (archive footage)
    Panther Burns
    • Themselves
    • (archive footage)
    Cheap Trick
    Cheap Trick
    • Themselves
    Stephanie Chernikowski
    • Self - Photographer
    Alex Chilton
    Alex Chilton
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Rick Clark
    Rick Clark
    • Self - Writer and Musician
    Stephen Ira Cohen
    • Self - U.S. Congressman
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Steve Cohen)
    The Cramps
    The Cramps
    • Themselves
    • (archive footage)
    John Dando
    • Self - Band Manager, Ardent Studios 1972-1975
    Luther Dickinson
    Luther Dickinson
    • Self
    Mary Lindsay Dickinson
    • Self
    Steven Drozd
    Steven Drozd
    • Self
      • Drew DeNicola
      • Olivia Mori(co-director)
      • Drew DeNicola
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      When listing current artists that were influenced by Big Star, Elliott Smith is seen introducing a Big Star cover song on the Jon Brion Show with the date 1996. The show was not recorded until 2000.

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    10/10
    Clear as a Bell
    Lovely, poignant and beautiful the story of Big Star is fraught with the inescapable trappings of life that both manage to bind and also free us. There is already a wonderful review by David Ferguson. His review sums up much of what you'd actually expect to find on the liner notes of a DVD compilation release of this movie. And he's spot on. My review won't add or be any better. In the end my review will only add a bit of the haunting beauty and power that was Big Star and that lingers with us. A black diamond glimpse into the souls of not only Big Star but each and every one of us. A cautionary song/tale that sums up much of what I think the movie offers: "Take care not to hurt yourself Beware of the need for help You might need too much And people are such Take care, please, take care Some people read idea books And some people have pretty looks But if your eyes are wide And all words aside Take care, please, take care. This sounds a bit like goodbye In a way it is I guess. As I leave your side. I've taken the air. Take care, please, take care. Take care, please, take care." Wm Alexander Chilton
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    • Jan 9, 2014

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      • August 1, 2014 (United Kingdom)
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      • Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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      • September Gurls Productions
      • Ardent Studios
      • The Group Entertainment
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