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2004

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A documentary on the once-promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols, and the friendship/rivalry between their respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor. Read more

Starring	Anton Newcombe, Joel Gion, Matt Hollywood, The Dandy Warhols
Director	Ondi Timoner
Genres	Documentary, Music/Musical

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- Director Ondi Timoner got more than she bargained for in her legendary rock documentary following sometime musical associates, sometime fierce rivals The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. read more »
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  Great rock and roll documentary
  
  ilarious documentary about the rivalry between The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. I'd heard of both bands, but only heard music by the ... read more »
  
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  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 01 Mar 2006 at 08:49
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  Dig ! - My Review
  
  A great documentary about indie rock and 'the business'. I can't stand either band but I watched it for the fist fights and trbulations. The most ... read more »
  
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- - DaddyTank
  - 160 reviews
  - Ulan Bator
  - 04 Apr 2012 at 14:24
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  Great Documentary, watch it!
  
  Dig is bloody excellent! Raw, real, unreasonable, this is a great examination of people thrown together by music, sex, drugs and rock n roll. I loved it! ... read more »
  
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- - Matrisse
  - 18 reviews
  - London
  - 07 Jul 2011 at 22:28
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  Dig your own hole....
  
  Brilliant documentary charting the rise and fall of two bands starting out on the same, often hard musical circuit at exactly the same time. The spiralling drug... read more »
  
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- - Karen931
  - 212 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 15 Jun 2011 at 20:00
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  if you like indie music, just watch
  
  don't read any details just watch it and be amazed it is like a vision of where Syd Barrett may have reached if he hadn't withdrawn
  
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- - itstinks
  - 573 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 04 May 2010 at 21:48
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  Can u dig it?
  
  Was hard work to get through but finally started enjoying it when the bands went on thier seprate journeys. Bodes the question...What is success?
  
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  - Bushey
  - 21 Apr 2010 at 20:43
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  Bon kers!
  
  This was quality viewing. It's a documentary about two bands, The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols and it follows both of them as they start ... read more »
  
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- - Mosco
  - 201 reviews
  - London
  - 09 Mar 2010 at 13:44
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  Poor
  
  Very poor-seen it all before!!!
  
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- - Ell1981
  - 169 reviews
  - London
  - 23 Oct 2009 at 12:58
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  more to it than just a music doco
  
  I really love the Dandy's music so was really pleased to find that watching this documentary made me like the band even more. The duel side of this ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 09 Oct 2009 at 08:12
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  Dig
  
  Very funny - the world of music neither enhanced or denied by there existence. But very funny
  
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- - bbarkley
  - 2 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 06 Oct 2009 at 19:39
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  Best Rock Biog
  
  This is the best rock band biopic I've ever seen. It is amateurish in camera and production which adds to the overall believability. Very funny and sad. ... read more »
  
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- - MattD
  - 2 reviews
  - Hersham
  - 30 Aug 2009 at 10:13
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  Great rock and roll documentary
  
  ilarious documentary about the rivalry between The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. I'd heard of both bands, but only heard music by the ... read more »
  
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- 212809
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  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 01 Mar 2006 at 08:49
- - 6
  - 0
  You can't invent better stuff than this!
  
  Another docu-film that proves the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction. You couldn't make this stuff up - it's THAT off the wall.
  
  ... read more »
  
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- - RockAndRollMachine
  - Cheshire
  - 08 May 2006 at 13:32
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  Compelling viewing
  
  Essential viewing for any fan of 'rock n roll'!
  
  It shows the friendship of 2 bands and how they grow apart.
  
  Extremely ... read more »
  
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- - Justin
  - Wiltshire
  - 15 Nov 2005 at 16:50
- - 4
  - 1
  Tap, for real, with great music
  
  DIG!
  
  Is a documentary, like Spinal Tap for real, about two upcoming bands
  
  who are big friends, the super talented Brian Jonestown Massacre... read more »
  
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- - Horseflesh
  - devon
  - 10 Feb 2006 at 08:54
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  Watching someone who thinks he is a genuis
  
  best sums up this film. Whilst refreshing to see a rock documentary done well it is almost like watching Spinal Tap without the humour. What fundamentally lets ... read more »
  
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- - SamFromMaidenhead
  - 256 reviews
  - Maidenhead
  - 22 Aug 2006 at 10:42
- - 3
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  Great Film!
  
  When you start to watch this film you can't help but think how extremely stupid and ugly the whole rock n roll industry is and the bands hunger for fame can... read more »
  
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  - Leeds, Leeds, Dirty Leeds
  - 25 Nov 2005 at 09:03
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  Dig!
  
  As far as 'rockumentaries' go this is not... too bad. The plot is all over the place in a rather haphazard way but somehow it works. The cinematography ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 02 Apr 2009 at 11:52
- - 4
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  Thank Goodness It Wasn't the 5 Hour Version
  
  I was intrigued by this largely due to the reviews on cinema release but for me it was disappointing. Yes, I suspect that The Brian Jonestown Massacre are the ... read more »
  
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- - Kevin Lloyd
  - London
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 12:00
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  Essential
  
  One of the the best Rockumentaries ever made.
  
  If you don't like The Dandy Warhols don't let it put you off...the messiah complex of Anton ... read more »
  
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  - Hull
  - 26 Jul 2006 at 12:21
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  thought it was a joke
  
  seriously than anton has to the campest person ever lol. I'll admit he does have abit of talent but to say they're gonna start revoloutions or anything ... read more »
  
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- - tomg91
  - 1 review
  - Oldham
  - 18 Feb 2009 at 15:07

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