So I just noticed something very strange in Blockbuster...

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While browsing with m'lady, I came upon an interesting looking movie starring Johnny Knoxville called Grand Theft Parsons. I like Johnny, so I checked out the back - wouldn't you know, it's a movie based on the famous story of Gram Parsons' body getting kidnapped by a pal to comply with Gram's wishes of being buried at Joshua Tree! This is surprising because a) I'm a Gram Parsons fan and have never heard of this film, and b) it seems strange that a movie like this could be made at all and fall so far below the radar, not to mention be rent-able at shitty Blockbuster.

Even weirder, it was out, so I couldn't even rent it. Can anyone speculate on this?

― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Saturday, 15 January 2005 05:40 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338075/

― svend (svend), Saturday, 15 January 2005 05:47 (twenty-one years ago)

i thought this would be about Blockbuster dropping their late fee policy (trying to compete with Netflix?).

― contribute, Saturday, 15 January 2005 05:48 (twenty-one years ago)

It's better than one would expect but has a tendency to drag out every scene to the point of absolute tedium. The finale is almost worth it though, and the cute female love interest (though underused) is nice. The soundtrack is exactly what you would imagine.

― Slim Pickens (Slim Pickens), Saturday, 15 January 2005 05:49 (twenty-one years ago)

>So I just noticed something very strange in Blockbuster...

>I came upon an interesting looking movie

Yep, that's pretty strange for a Blockbuster.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 15 January 2005 05:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Very lukewarm NYT review, which suggests this was actually in theaters last summer. I don't remember hearing a thing about it.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 15 January 2005 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)

It is the SHITTEST film I have ever seen. This is no lie.

― Awesome Welles (nordicskilla), Saturday, 15 January 2005 06:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyway, I once started a thread on it. Enjoy:

Come anticipate "Grand Theft Parsons" with me

― Awesome Welles (nordicskilla), Saturday, 15 January 2005 06:28 (twenty-one years ago)

No love for Adamrl.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 15 January 2005 06:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Not from Gram Parsons, anyway. Because he's dead.

― Awesome Welles (nordicskilla), Saturday, 15 January 2005 06:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Antinecrophilism. You bigot.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 15 January 2005 06:34 (twenty-one years ago)

It is the SHITTEST film I have ever seen. This is no lie.

Check out Armageddon. No, really.

― martin m. (mushrush), Saturday, 15 January 2005 06:43 (twenty-one years ago)