DiG! (2004)

Director:

Ondi Timoner

Writer:

Ondi Timoner (writer)

Release Date:

13 April 2005 (France)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Music Industry | Rock Band

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Anton Newcombe	...	Himself
Courtney Taylor-Taylor	...	Himself
Joel Gion	...	Himself
Matt Hollywood	...	Himself
Peter Holmstrom	...	Himself
Zia McCabe	...	Herself
Brent DeBoer
Eric Hedford	...	Himself
Dean Taylor	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
The Dandy Warhols	...	Themselves
Jeff Davies	...	Himself
Erik Gavriluk	...	Himself
Nic Harcourt	...	Himself
Kristen Kerr	...	Herself
Genesis P-Orridge	...	Himself (Interviewee) (as Genesis P'Orridge)
Miranda Lee Richards	...	Herself
Adam Shore	...	Himself

MPAA:

Rated R for language and drug use.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:18A (Ontario) | UK:15 | USA:R | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Ireland:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Interloper

Quotes:

Courtney Taylor-Taylor: [narrating] Under the local Communist Party's headquarters the band played for an audience of ten, and performed for almost as many hours.

Soundtrack:

Free and Easy, Take 2

i'm diggin' too

Rock n' roll is a messy business and DiG! demonstrates this masterfully. A project of serious ambition, and perhaps foolhardiness, the filmmaker is able to mend together seven tumultuous years of following around two unwieldy rock groups. With that said, the abundance of quality material ensures the film's ability to captivate the audience. If you've ever been interested in any realm of the music industry, this movie will undoubtedly be an arresting viewing. the music in the film, although it suffers minimally from requisite cutting and pasting, is worth the price of admission alone. the morning after i saw DiG! i went straight to the record store to pick up a Brian Jonestown Massacre album (i was already initiated to the Dandy Warhols' sounds). Primarily defined by its exploration of rock music, the film succeeds at other profound levels. DiG! is a sincere, and sufficiently objective, glance into the destructive and volatile nature of the creative process and the people that try to wrangle those forces.