The Conan O' Brien Documentary

[Catman]

AUSTIN, Texas – Conan O'Brien attended the premiere Sunday of the documentary that captured the turmoil he faced in the days following his departure from the Tonight Show. But he did it grudgingly.

"I personally have trouble watching it because it's a time in my life that I don't like to go back to," O'Brien said from the red carpet, shortly before the South by Southwest film festival premiere of Conan O'Brien Can't Stop. "I'm happy where I am now. I don't really need to go back to it. But I made a commitment" to director Rodman Flender.

O'Brien allowed camera crews to follow him during the "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television" tour, 32-city music-and-comedy show he embarked on last year following his unceremonious departure as the host of NBC's "Tonight Show."

It was a tumultuous time for the comedian, who said he didn't sleep much and lost 15 pounds.

"It's a swirly cone of crazy emotions," he said. "It was anxious, depressing but also euphoric and exciting. It was not just one emotion, it was a lot of emotion. I was confused but also really excited by new possibilities and I think you see almost every emotion in the movie. You see pretty much everything."

Flender, the director who has been friends with Conan since they were classmates at Harvard in the 1980s, said he didn't want the film to be a career retrospective or a marketing tool.

"This seemed like Conan in a specific position and how he was going to handle that and it was happening right then and there," Flender said.

Conan has moved on with a new late-night talk show, "Conan" on TBS and says he had had even forgotten that the film was in the works.

Can't wait to see this.

 

[Homer J. Fong]

Yeah, it's a must-see for fans. I hope a distributor picks it up soon.

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

well, thew conan movie already has a teaser trailer out... oh wait

 

[Fanticon]

i would love to see this!

 

[venom892]

I have to watch this.

 

[Catman]

I hope a distributor picks it up soon.

I assume WB will do it since Conan is working with them now.

 

[Homer J. Fong]

I assume WB will do it since Conan is working with them now.

It's possible. Does Warner still own any indie distribution companies? I know Warner Independent and Picturehouse have long since gone, and I can't think of any others off the top of my head. It could be released by WB proper, I guess, but obviously this isn't one that we'll see in wide release.

 

[Catman]

HBO Films?

 

[Catman]

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, the Rodman Flender-directed documentary about the chat host's 32 city music and comedy tour undertaken after he took a $30 million payout to leave The Tonight Show, has wrapped a distribution deal in a multi-platform acquisition and distribution deal. AT&T is in as a P&A and distribution and marketing partner. Abramorama, the consulting company headed by indie distribution vet Richard Abramowitz, will steer theatrical distribution. Magnolia Home Entertainment acquired VOD and home entertainment rights in a deal brokered by WME Global right after the film made its debut at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas.

 

[SuperHeroHype]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=75257

 

[Catman]

Trailer:

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[mongoose-mania]

I can't wait for this movie, I think it looks great. Hopefully it plays somewhere close to me; I'd love to see this in a theatre rather than just on-demand.

 

[Hush]

I'm so excited for this film.

 

[Catman]

Yeah, hopefully it gets a wide release.

 

[Bunker]

He's really milking this whole NBC thing, huh?

 

[dark_b]

he would be milking it if this was done last month.

 

[Catman]

Exactly. This documentary was shot during his summer comedy tour. It's just being released NOW.

 

[Bunker]

The comedy tour was milking it.