'Weird Al' Yankovic
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Budget. $8 million [1] Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is a 2022 American biographical musical parody film directed by Eric Appel, in his feature directorial debut, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Al Yankovic. [2] The film is a satire on musical biopics and is loosely based on Yankovic's life and career as an accordionist and parody songwriter ...
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story: Directed by Eric Appel. With Diedrich Bader, Daniel Radcliffe, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Richard Aaron Anderson. Explores every facet of Yankovic's life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like 'Eat It' and 'Like a Surgeon' to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle.
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- Biography, Comedy, Crime
- Eric Appel
- 2022-11-04
- TRUE: A door-to-door salesman did come to Al's house and sparked his interest in the accordion.
- FALSE: His parents didn't support his music, and Al had to practice the accordion in secret. In reality, Mr. and Mrs. Yankovic were perfectly supportive of their son.
- TRUE: "My Bologna" was recorded in a public restroom, just not at a bus stop.
- FALSE: "My Bologna" was Weird Al's first hit.
- Weird Al's First Accordion Came from A Traveling Salesman
- Dr. Demento Was A Key Figure in Weird Al's Life Early on
- That Breakthrough Hit "My Bologna" Was Recorded in A Bathroom
- Many Musicians Did Get The "Yankovic Bump"
- Al Yankovic's Stage Name Came from Being Weird Growing Up
- Does Honesty Matter in A Music Biopic?
In one of the early scenes in the film, described by the narrator as "the day that changed his life," a traveling salesman arrives, offering to sell Yankovic an accordion. The salesman gets beaten up by Yankovic's father (Toby Huss) for pedaling such smut but sells the accordion when Yankovic's mom (Julianne Nicholson) buys it in secret. While this...
Radio DJ Dr. Demento (Rainn Wilson), famed for playing comedy songs, serves as Al's mentor in the film (and later the friend he doesn't heed the advice of because he thinks he knows better). As it stands, Dr. Demento was crucial in Al's early career. As Yankovic says, "If it hadn't been for the Dr. Demento Show, my life would have taken a dramatica...
One of the more comedic set pieces in the filmis when Yankovic and his college cohorts record "My Bologna" in the bathroom. The characters state that the bathroom has great acoustics which would make the tape sound even better. While this may seem like a parody of a down-on-their-luck musician finding the only means they can to record their song, t...
In Weird,: The Al Yankovic Story it's mentioned that thanks to the success of "Weird Al," many of the original artists received a bump from listeners checking out the songs that the parody was based on. In the film, this even goes as far as Madonna tracking down Weird Al to produce a parody of her music (and forming the aforementioned relationship)...
Much of Weird is about embracing weirdness. In the film, Yankovic's parents worry about him being weird, he himself worries about being weird in front of his friends, and he fears that his passion for parody songs is weird. While in real life his parents did support him, he still was a bit of an outcast. Yankovic has talked about skipping grades, s...
Movie biographies centered around musicians have been around for decades, but have seen a resurgence in recent years. The success of Straight Outta Compton (NWA) and Bohemian Rhapsody (focused on Freddie Mercury and Queen)has given way to a boom of followers including: Rocketman (Elton John), Respect (Aretha Franklin), Elvis, Priscilla, I Wanna Dan...
Mar 2, 2023. TOP CRITIC. A goofy made-up plot about Al’s relationship with Madonna (Evan Rachel Wood) sends the film off on an unfunny tangent from which it never returns. Rated: 2.5/5 • Dec ...
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- Daniel Radcliffe
- Eric Appel
- Biography, Comedy, Music
Nov 4, 2022 · But “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” has many of its own ideas, breaking from the true story with zeal. This fracture happens right about the time Yankovic is given guacamole laced with LSD by his real-life mentor Dr. Demento (Rainn Wilson) and during an animated acid trip writes a song called “Eat It,” which the real Yankovic and Will Forte (as smarmy executives) then confirm is “100% ...
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Sep 11, 2022 · The cast is rounded out by Spencer Treat Clark as Steve Jay, Dot-Marie Jones as Mama Bear, and James Preston Rogers as Hulk Hogan, among others. ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Review: Daniel ...
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