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SFIFF Review: The Heavenly Kings
Filed under: Documentary », Music & Musicals », New Releases », Theatrical Reviews », San Francisco International Film Festival »
In 1984, Christopher Guest and company refined and co-opted the "mockumentary" genre, and for over 20 years others have tried and failed to copy it. Some forgettable examples include Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), The Big Tease (2000) and Confetti (2006). Last year Sacha Baron Cohen finally did it with Borat, but that's another story; if Guest's troupe stamped their handprints on the mockumentary, then that goes triple for the "mock-rockumentary." No one, not even Cohen, can crawl out from under the shadow of This Is Spinal Tap. At this point, it's like re-doing Citizen Kane.
For his directorial debut, American-born Hong Kong movie star Daniel Wu decided to make a documentary about a terrible boy band, but rather than tread upon sacred Spinal Tap territory, he and three friends actually formed a terrible boy band, recorded music and went on tour to conjure up material for this film. Of the four members, Wu, Conroy Chan, Andrew Lin and Terence Yin, none could dance and only one, Yin, could sing (he had a short-lived career as a pop star in Taiwan).
Actor Joe Pichler missing
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Joe Pichler, a relatively unknown
child actor who performed in the third and fourth installments of the Beethoven series and also appeared in the
films Varsity Blues and The Fan, is still missing after abandoning his car near his
family's home in Bremerton, Washington and leaving an alleged suicide note inside. Pichler, who is now eighteen, quit
acting in 2002 to return home and finish high school. Pichler has so far not been found, though over 150 people have
showed up to help search for him since he's gone missing.
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