Overnight
There's more than one way to shoot yourself
There's more than one way to shoot yourself
Documentary
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2003
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Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches story as Troy Duffy, a Boston-bred bartender, sells his first screenplay for The Boondock Saints.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
82 min
Release date:
12 Jun 2003
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$550
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Tony Montana and Mark Brian Smith's acidic, vitriolic takedown of Duffy boasts the abrasive intensity of a migraine headache and the depth and scope of a bona fide American tragedy.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
10 May 2008
fresh:
A portrait of Hollywood hubris extraordinaire.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
16 Aug 2007
fresh:
[An] unflinching depiction of a would-be Tarantino turning himself into chopped liver.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug 2007
fresh:
A compulsive, cautionary tale about a man whose self-trumpeted 'deep cesspool of creativity' seems destined to remain undredged.
– Ben Walters,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
The story of the neither late nor great Troy Duffy would make the perfect film-school graduation gift.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Jan 2005