The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir (2014)

Original title

The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir

Directed by

Mike Fleiss

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

16

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about the guitarist and singer Bob Weir from the Grateful Dead. It covers his life and music career through new interviews with bandmates and friends.

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What happens

The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir is a documentary film about Bob Weir, who rose to fame as a guitarist and singer in the rock band the Grateful Dead. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 23, 2014. It was distributed through Netflix starting on May 22, 2015. The film runs for an hour and twenty-five minutes. The film was directed by Mike Fleiss. The film features newly conducted interviews with living band members and friends including Bob Weir and his wife Natascha, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and John Perry Barlow, along with other musicians such as Mike Gordon, Perry Farrell, Lee Ranaldo, Jorma Kaukonen, and Sammy Hagar. Speaking of the film, Mike stated: "We certainly unearthed a lot of buried treasure from the Grateful Dead archive while making this film," said filmmaker, Mike Fleiss. "With Netflix, we have found the perfect global partner to tell the fascinating life story of Bob Weir set against the backdrop of America's greatest rock band.". Fleiss also stated that: “I wanted to give Bob his moment to shine,” Fleiss says. “I wanted to shine a light on his contributions to culture and rock and roll.” The film won an Audience Award at the 2014 San Francisco International Film Festival for Best Documentary Feature. Talking about the film, Lisa Nishimura, Netflix VP of Original Documentary and Comedy, said: "Mike Fleiss was given unprecedented access to create an intimate and compelling film about one of the most prolific, respected and beloved musicians of our time" and also stated that "We are proud to bring Bob's story to his fans around the world on the eve of the Dead's final shows at Soldier Field in Chicago." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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