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 Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:49 pm Post subject: Toronto fest to screen docs about Cohen, Chong |
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Toronto fest to screen docs about Cohen, Chong
Last Updated Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:16:58 EDT
CBC Arts
Documentaries about subjects as different as Leonard Cohen and Tommy Chong will be screened at next month's Toronto International Film Festival.
Directed by Lian Lunson, I'm Your Man is being billed as an intimate look at Cohen's life.
The Montreal native has earned worldwide renown as a poet and songwriter. I'm Your Man, which takes its name from Cohen's 1988 album, also features footage of the singer in concert.
AKA Tommy Chong, meanwhile, looks at the Edmonton-born Chong, who gained fame in the 1970s as one half of the comedy duo Cheech and Chong.
The film is a look at how the one-time stoner was sent to prison for selling bongs as a result of the U.S. government's Operation Pipe Dreams.
After he was released, Chong said he did the nine-month jail stint to protect his son, who ran the drug-paraphernalia business.
Festival organizers did not indicate on Thursday if either Cohen or Chong would attend the event, which kicks off Sept. 8.
http://sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/08/11/Arts/fest050811.html |
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