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Movieline Interview Flashback: Director Amir Bar-Lev On What You See (and What You Don’t) In The Tillman Story

Back at Sundance, I talked to director Amir Bar-Lev about his powerful documentary The Tillman Story, and now that the film is coming out in limited release, Movieline is republishing that very candid interview. Of particular note in this conversation? Bar-Lev’s excoriation of General Stanley McChrystal (a key figure involved with the Pat Tillman cover-up), who’s since been let go by President Obama following McChrystal’s unflattering comments about the administration in Rolling Stone.

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Movieline Interview Flashback: Director Amir Bar-Lev On What You See (and What You Don’t) In The Tillman Story

Jerry Garcia Musical Biopic Loses Rights to Jerry Garcia Music

Deadheads might call this a bad trip: The planned biopic about Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia has been Jackie Jormp-Jomp’d . Reps for Garcia’s estate announced it will not participate in the film, meaning filmmakers won’t have access to his music or his family. If director Amir Bar-Lev ( The Tillman Story ) needs any tips on how to navigate a musical biopic without the artist’s actual music, he should probably give Jack Donaghy a call. [ Variety via NYT /ArtsBeat ]

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