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Kurt & Courtney
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R,1hr 40min
Released:
February 27, 1998
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Roxie Releasing
Synopsis: British documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield (Fetishes, Heidi Fleiss, Hollywood Madam) made this portrait of the late rock-star Kurt Cobain and his widow, musician and actress Courtney Love. Beginning with the 27-year-old Cobain's April 1994 suicide, Broomfield traces Cobain's Aberdeen, Washington, childhood and rise to fame, and the 1992 marriage of Cobain and Love, outlining the drug habits the two shared and exploring various "conspiracy" theories surrounding Cobain's death. Legal complications ... Full Synopsis
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Perry Seibert
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This engrossing documentary introduces the viewer to some of the scariest, saddest, and just plain old-fashioned weirdest people ever put on celluloid. These people, and their relationship to Cobain and Love, are the heart of the film. We meet Kurt's strung-out best friend, whose drug haze might have hastened Kurt's death; Courtney's first rock star boyfriend, who still harbors bitter resentment toward ... Full Review
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