Directed by Stephen Kessler
PAUL WILLIAMS STILL ALIVE will be released theatrically
in New York on June 8th at The Angelika and in Los Angeles on June 22nd at
the Nuart with a national rollout to follow.
*PAUL WILLIAMS STILL ALIVE premiered to acclaim at the
2011 Toronto International Film Festival and had its U.S. premiere at the 2012
SXSW Film Festival.*
Synopsis:
From the company that brought you ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL
comes PAUL WILLIAMS STILL ALIVE which critics are hailing as a "remarkable
achievement in a documentary" and a "stirring and sweet story of
survival."
He won Grammys and an Academy Award; wrote many #1 songs
from Barbara Streisand's "Evergreen" to the Carpenter's "We've
Only Just Begun" as well as Kermit the Frog's biggest hit, "The
Rainbow Connection"; starred in a Brian DePalma movie; put out his own hit
records and albums; was a guest on The Tonight Show fifty times; and is the
president of ASCAP... and you might not have heard of him. In the 1970's, Paul
Williams was the singer / actor / songwriter that emotional, alienated teenage
boys all over the world wanted to be, a sex symbol before MTV, when sex symbols
could be 5"2 and sing songs about loneliness with the Muppets. One of
those boys was Steve Kessler, a chubby kid from Queens. Thirty years later,
Kessler discovered something amazing: Paul Williams didn't die. And no one had
ever tried to make a documentary about him. A wistful musical journey
that will re-introduce a new generation to Williams' soulful classics, Paul
Williams: Still Alive is the charmingly self-narrated story of Stephen
Kessler's lifelong obsession with the former superstar-and what happens when
the nostalgic filmmaker finally catches up with him.
TRT: 84 minutes
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