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2006 American film
Kurt Cobain: About a Son
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
AJ Schnack Produced by Ravi Anne Starring
Kurt Cobain Narrated by Kurt Cobain Cinematography Wyatt Troll Edited by AJ Schnack Music by Distributed by Balcony Releasing Release dates
September 10, 2006 (2006-09-10 ) (
Toronto )
October 3, 2007 (2007-10-03 )
Running time
97 minutes Country
United States Language
English
Kurt Cobain: About a Son is a 2006 American
documentary film about American rock musician
Kurt Cobain , directed by
AJ Schnack
[1] and produced by Sidetrack Films. It consists of excerpts from the audio recordings journalist
Michael Azerrad made of the interviews he conducted with Cobain for the book
Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana , set over ambient
cinematography of the places in
Washington where Cobain lived, played and worked:
Aberdeen ,
Olympia , and
Seattle .
[1]
[2]
The film debuted at the
2006 Toronto International Film Festival and played at numerous other film festivals, and it was nominated for the Truer Than Fiction Award at the
22nd Independent Spirit Awards . The
DVD release of the film, which was released by
Shout! Factory in February 2008, includes interviews with and commentary by Azerrad and Schnack.
[3] Shout! Factory also released the film on
Blu-ray on October 6, 2009.
[4]
Soundtrack
Steve Fisk & Benjamin Gibbard – Overture
"Motorcycle Song" –
Arlo Guthrie
"
It's Late " –
Queen
"Downed" –
Cheap Trick
"Eye Flys" –
Melvins
Audio: Punk Rock
"My Family's a Little Weird" –
MDC
"Banned in D.C." –
Bad Brains
"
Up Around the Bend " –
Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Kerosene" –
Big Black
"Put Some Sugar on It" –
Half Japanese
"Include Me Out" –
Young Marble Giants
"Round Two" –
Pasties
"
Son of a Gun " –
The Vaselines
"Graveyard" –
Butthole Surfers
Audio: Hardcore Was Dead
"Owner's Lament" –
Scratch Acid
"
Iris " –
The Breeders
"
Touch Me I'm Sick " –
Mudhoney
Audio: Car Radio
"
The Passenger " –
Iggy Pop
"Star Sign" –
Teenage Fanclub
"The Bourgeois Blues" –
Lead Belly
"
New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 " –
R.E.M.
Audio: The Limelight
"
The Man Who Sold the World " –
David Bowie
"Museum" –
Mark Lanegan
"Indian Summer" –
Ben Gibbard
Accolades
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