Nilsson documentary due early next year
Reuters, Dec 16, 2005 6:02 am PSTA documentary focusing on the life
and career of late singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson will be
released next year.
"Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)" features interviews with Yoko Ono, Randy Newman, Micky Dolenz, Eric Idle, the Smothers Brothers, Brian Wilson and Robin Williams, as well as home videos, portions of Nilsson's recently discovered oral autobiography, and more than 60 songs.
Set to premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival on February 4, the film is directed by John Scheinfeld. His LSL Prods banner is in post-production on the documentary "U.S. vs. John Lennon," also due in 2006. Details regarding domestic distribution for "Nilsson" have yet to be nailed down.
Nilsson is perhaps best known for his 1969 hit "Everybody's Talkin'," which served as the theme song for the film "Midnight Cowboy." He also wrote Three Dog Night's classic "One" and scored a No. 1 pop hit in 1971 with "Without You," written by Badfinger's Pete Ham and Tom Evans.
But after years of hard partying in Los Angeles (including a famous incident when he and John Lennon were ejected from a club for heckling the Smothers Brothers), Nilsson damaged his voice and was never subsequently able to match his earlier achievements. He died of a heart attack in 1994, aged 52.
Reuters/Billboard
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