Doc (2008)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:7
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.3/10
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release:Jan 23, 2008 Limited
Synopsis:
The amazing adventures of H.L. "Doc" Humes, the man who put the culture in counterculture. With Lord Buckley, the Hip Messiah; paper houses for the poor; Don Peyote, a lost Beat take on Cervantes;...
The amazing adventures of H.L. "Doc" Humes, the man who put the culture in counterculture. With Lord Buckley, the Hip Messiah; paper houses for the poor; Don Peyote, a lost Beat take on Cervantes; the CIA, FBI, marijuana, massage, utopia—and paranoia.
In the 1950s and early '60s, Doc co-founded The Paris Review, wrote two acclaimed novels, and was a gregarious fixture of the cultural scene in Paris, London and New York. Doc was a 1950s NYC intellectual, a 60s free speech militant, and a 70s visionary crazy genius. His story is the story of decades of cultural history, a poignant personal long-strange-trip, and a fount of ever-relevant ideas.
George Plimpton, Norman Mailer, William Styron, Peter Matthiessen, Paul Auster, Timothy Leary, Alan Cheuse, Jonas Mekas, and other luminaries, friends and family all appear in the film. --© Official Site
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Starring: George Plimpton, Norman Mailer, Jonas Mekas, Peter Matthiessen
Starring: George Plimpton, Norman Mailer, Jonas Mekas, Peter Matthiessen, William Styron, Paul Auster
Director: Immy Humes
Director: Immy Humes
Producer: Immy Humes
Composer: Zev Katz
Reviews for Doc
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An unsparingly personal though also warmly charitable portrait of an impossible man. Full Review |
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Pieces together Doc’s phenomenal, wayward life and pays him unsentimental tribute. Full Review |
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Absorbing Full Review |
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The inclusion of interviews with several cultural giants who are no longer with us -- Mailer, Plimpton, Leary -- make this engaging documentary an even more valuable snapshot of a rich cultural moment that has long passed us by. Full Review |
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As Doc observes, most crazy people are repellent, but H.L. Humes was magnetic. Full Review |
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Fascinating, wryly distanced docu[mentary]. Full Review |
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Harold L. 'Doc' Humes was an icon of the counter culture, even though in his prime he looked more like a CPA. But looks can be deceiving, as we discover in the lively and loving documentary Doc, directed by one of Humes' four daughters, Immy. Full Review |
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Pristine cinematic journalism. Full Review |
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Immy Humes no doubt needed to make this movie, and the PR set (Mailer, Matthiessen, Plimpton) obviously enjoy the trip down memory lane, but while Doc makes for a fascinating subject, Doc feels intended less for us than for them. Full Review |
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