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Grand Theft Parsons
There are times when it's right and proper to simply bury the dead. This is not one of those times... Gram Parsons was one of the most influential musicians of his time; a bitter, brilliant, genius who knew Elvis, tripped with the Stones and fatally overdosed on morphine and tequila in 1973. And from his dying came a story. A story from deep within folklore; a story of friendship, honour and adventure; a story so extraordinary that if it didn't really happen, no one would believe it. Two men, a hearse, a dead rock star, five gallons of petrol, and a promise. And the most extraordinary chase of modern times.
2004 · Directed by David Caffrey · 88 min · Comedy · Drama · Adventure · Screenplay in the scene database · 5 frames
Tagline
It's better to burn out than to fade away.
Plot
The death of singer Gram Parsons prompts Phil Kaufman to fulfill his promise and a black comedy unwinds, with Kaufman bribing mortuary personnel, renting a psychedelic hearse from Larry Oster-Berg, and trekking across the southern California desert, pursued all the while by Parsons' ex-girlfriend with Kaufman's girlfriend and Parsons’ stepfather.
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Crew
- Written by: Jeremy Drysdale
- Cinematography: Robert Hayes
- Edited by: Alan Roberts, Mary Finlay
- Music: Richard G. Mitchell
- Production design: Bryce Holtshousen
- Produced by: Frank Mannion
Cast
- Johnny Knoxville as Phil Kaufman
- Christina Applegate as Barbara
- Michael Shannon as Larry Oster-Berg
- Marley Shelton as Susie
- Robert Forster as Stanley Parsons
- Jamie McShane as Radio Announcer
- Danielle Sapia as Girl at Joshua Tree Inn
- Gabriel Macht as Gram Parsons
- Robert Alan Beuth as Reporter
- Sara Arrington as Crying Girl
Production
- Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Swipe Films
- Box office: $6,876
- Themes: hippie, chase, musician, rock star, 1970s, oath, hearse, wish fulfillment, corpse in coffin, death wish
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