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Hey Bartender

  • 20132013
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 32m
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6.4/10
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Hey Bartender (2013)
 Two bartenders try to achieve their dreams through bartending. An injured Marine turns his goals to becoming a principal bartender at the best cocktail bar in the world. A young man leaves his white-collar job to buy the corner bar in his hometown years later he struggles to keep afloat. The bar is three deep and the bartenders are in the weeds at the greatest cocktail party since before Prohibition. Hey Bartender is the story of the rebirth of the bartender and the comeback of the cocktail. Featuring the world's most renowned bartenders and access to the most exclusive bars in New York with commentary from Graydon Carter, Danny Meyer and Amy Sacco.
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Two bartenders try to achieve their dreams through bartending. An injured Marine turns his goals to becoming a principal bartender at the best cocktail bar in the world. A young man leaves h... Read allTwo bartenders try to achieve their dreams through bartending. An injured Marine turns his goals to becoming a principal bartender at the best cocktail bar in the world. A young man leaves his white-collar job to buy the corner bar in his hometown years later he struggles to keep... Read allTwo bartenders try to achieve their dreams through bartending. An injured Marine turns his goals to becoming a principal bartender at the best cocktail bar in the world. A young man leaves his white-collar job to buy the corner bar in his hometown years later he struggles to keep afloat. The bar is three deep and the bartenders are in the weeds at the greatest cocktai... Read all

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  • Director
    • Douglas Tirola
  • Writer
    • Douglas Tirola
  • Stars
    • Tony Abou-Ganim
    • Eric Alperin
    • Jeff Bell
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    • Douglas Tirola
  • Writer
    • Douglas Tirola
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    • Tony Abou-Ganim
    • Eric Alperin
    • Jeff Bell
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    • 5User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
    • 44Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Bartenders Steve Schneider and Steve 'Carpi' Carpentieri, director Douglas Tirola and bartender Dushan Zaric attend the screening of "Hey Bartender" during the 2013 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Stateside Theater on March 9, 2013 in Austin, Texas.
    Bartenders Dushan Zaric and Steve 'Carpi' Carpentieri, director Douglas Tirola and bartender Steve Schneider pose in the greenroom at the screening of "Hey Bartender" during the 2013 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Stateside Theater on March 9, 2013 in Austin, Texas.
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    Tony Abou-Ganim
    Eric Alperin
    Eric Alperin
    Jeff Bell
    John Besh
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    Matt Biancanello
    Jason Bran
    Jacob Briars
    Jackson Cannon
    Steve 'Carpi' Carpentieri
    Graydon Carter
    Graydon Carter
    Toby Cecchini
    Dale Degroff
    Philip Duff
    Simon Ford
    Heywood Gould
    Heywood Gould
    A.R. Gurney
    Dev Johnson
    Dev Johnson
    Misty Kalkofen
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    Two bartenders try to achieve their dreams through bartending. An injured Marine turns his goals to becoming a principal bartender at the best cocktail bar in the world. A young man leaves his white-collar job to buy the corner bar in his hometown years later he struggles to keep afloat. The bar is three deep and the bartenders are in the weeds at the greatest cocktail party since before Prohibition. Hey Bartender is the story of the rebirth of the bartender and the comeback of the cocktail. Featuring the world's most renowned bartenders and access to the most exclusive bars in New York with commentary from Graydon Carter, Danny Meyer and Amy Sacco. —4th Row Films
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    7/10
    A Well-made Documentary about the Emerging World of Cocktail Bartending, but kind of Elitist
    I certainly enjoyed seeing the world premiere of Hey, Bartender at the SXSW Film Festival, but at the same time the film left me a little uninspired. The film is undoubtedly well-made and well-edited from a technical perspective. Many of bartenders seemed to have interesting personal stories and ideas about their profession. I also enjoyed the history of how the culture of bars has evolved in the United States. The images of some of the bartenders practicing their craft are quite impressive.

    But somehow with all that the film has going for it the idea that bar tending should be viewed as a profession or even a culinary art form seemed like an uninteresting topic if you don't generally patronize expensive Manhattan bars that seem to cater to an extremely wealthy clientèle. I found myself much more intrigued by the one bartender – Carpi - who ran a corner bar in a small town in Connecticut. However, the movie seemed to be suggesting that his good old-fashioned neighborhood bar was now antiquated and that in order to survive he should modernize and become a fancy Manhattan-style bar with expensive craft cocktails. The whole premise of the film seemed very classist and arrogant. I'd much rather get a beer at a neighborhood bar than at a fancy cocktail lounge. Also, the film completely ignored all of the damage that the alcohol does to so many lives. As a whole, the film is too elitist for my taste.
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    • Mar 9, 2013

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    • Release date
      • June 7, 2013 (United States)
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      • United States
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      • English
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      • 4th Row Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
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      • 1.33 : 1

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