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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1249
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57.0. "Movie about Hank Williams?" by 8421::ARCHULETA () Wed Mar 03 1993 21:46

	Around 1983 a film about Hank Williams and what he did the night 
	before he died was played on one of the cable channels.
	The first name of the actor that played him was named Shorty.  
	I never got the last name.  Unfortunately I never got the
	title either.

	Does this ring a bell for anybody?

    
    	Thanks,
    
    	Dennis
    
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57.1Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave58378::S_BURRIDGEThu Mar 04 1993 11:205
    Sounds like "Hank Williams:  The Show He Never Gave", which starred
    Ottawa performer Sneezy Waters.  Waters revived the show last year and
    I saw it here at the National Arts Centre.  It is rather moving.
    
    -Stephen
57.2That sounds like the correct answer!8421::ARCHULETAFri Mar 05 1993 10:5814
    
    That sounds like it!  It was very interesting and as you say moving.
    My brother and I are big fans of Hank Williams music and have been doing
    a bit of "what was the name of the film?" for the last couple of years.
    Neither one of us were close to the correct title.  I appreciate the
    reply as I now have the upper-hand in future discussions.
    
    What do you mean Waters revived the show?
    Where is the National Arts Centre?  
    Has Sneezy Waters done any other work?
    
    Thankyou,
    
    Dennis
57.358378::S_BURRIDGEFri Mar 05 1993 13:0114
    The movie was based on a stage show that Waters toured with years ago
    and revived last year.  He's older now, so it's a little harder to see
    him as a 29-year-old Williams, but still did a very good job.  An
    interesting tyhing about the live performance was that many of the
    audience were real country music fans, of whom there are many in the
    Ottawa valley.  The reactions of the crowd as "Hank" got more and more
    drunk and pathetic on stage were unsettling -- many laughed, as at a
    comic drunk act.
    
    Waters occasionally performs around Ottawa.  I don't know his work very
    well, but I think he's a singer/songwriter who performs with a band.
    The National Arts Centre is in Ottawa.
    
    -Stephen
57.4thanks again8421::ARCHULETASun Mar 07 1993 14:271
    thanks again for the information
57.5Canadian Film Board?29572::THOMPSON_ATue May 11 1993 19:524
    I believe this film is available from the Canadian Film Board. I've
    been intending to call them myself and order it. The guy sounds
    remarkably like Hank, and even looks like him to a degree. I too saw it
    back in '82 on Showtime and again last year on PBS.
57.6how to get?29067::J_KUHNj_kuhn@csc32.enet.dec.comTue Nov 23 1993 15:225
    How can I contact the Canadian film board if I want to order the film
    or do you know a video place that has it?
    
    Thank you,
    Jay Kuhn
57.7Try this number58633::MCRAMMarshall Cram DTN 631-7162Tue Nov 23 1993 20:177
    
    They have a distribution office in Toronto, at 150 John Street.
    
    Try them at (416)973-9110.
    
    
    
57.8Correct name is the NFB58633::MCRAMMarshall Cram DTN 631-7162Tue Nov 23 1993 20:2112
    
    Opps, the correct name is the National Film Board of Canada (the
    "NFB").
    
    I'll bet that they jump at the chance to sell something.  I've never
    seen *any* of their videos in a Canadian Video store.  They usually
    show up in libraries only.
    
    
    Marshall
    
    
57.929067::J_KUHNj_kuhn@csc32.enet.dec.comWed Nov 24 1993 21:001
    thanks!