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Tuesday
27Oct2009

Watch the 'Boondock Saints II' Opening Sequence

DateTuesday, October 27, 2009 at 12:35AM
On Friday, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day arrives in theaters, a decade afer the notorious first film. Troy Duffy may or may not have earned a reputation for...well, for being a prick back in the late 1990s, and the documentary Overnight explores his amazing rise to rookie filmmaker for Harvey Weinstein to his almost as immediate fall from grace based on, the documentary suggests, Duffy's abusive attitude towards others and his own vainglory.

There's probably something to it, based on how disgraceful the theatrical release was back in 1999 ($30,000 in ticket sales), and even for Harvey Weinstein, that's a bad result. The documentary indicates that Harvey was just one of the people Duffy pissed off (or pissed on, perhaps) during his brief ride, and as a result he had his career turned upside down.

Slashfilm has a great article on Duffy's response to the 2003 documentary, and that film's producer and directors response to Duffy's current stance. Worth a read. And worth a look: The opening sequence from All Saints Day, courtesy of IGN:

Apparition holds the distribution rights to All Saints Day, and a couple months ago, that seemed great, given the principals in that new company. However, Apparition also released Black Dynamite last week in a similar number of theaters (70 to Boondock's 65), but the blaxploitation spoof was immediately dropped to 27 theaters this past weeked. Well done.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment3 Comments |

Reader Comments (3)

"Demand It."
Go to eventful.com to demand All Saints Day be shown in your area.

Greenly's still an idiot.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterTrishfromOhio

Pretty absurd that it is being shown in so few theaters.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJohn

thank you for bringing up overnight. I've been going on about that one for a while...

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterfaulty logic

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