Underplayed Gems

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021)

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain poster
Directed by
Morgan Neville
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 59m
Rated
R
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 89 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary covers the life and career of Anthony Bourdain, a chef and travel documentarian. It includes interviews with friends like David Chang and Éric Ripert, and traces the path from his early days to his later television work.

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What happens

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain is a 2021 American documentary film directed and produced by Morgan Neville. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 11, 2021, and was released in the United States on July 16, 2021, by Focus Features. The film grossed $5.5 million at the box office and received critical acclaim but also garnered controversy over its use of artificial intelligence technology to reproduce Bourdain's voice for some audio clips. The film follows the life and career of chef, author, and travel documentarian Anthony Bourdain, who died by suicide on June 8, 2018, at the age of 61 while on location in France for his CNN show Parts Unknown. The documentary features interviews with David Chang and Éric Ripert, as well as members of the production crew from Parts Unknown. The title alludes to "Roadrunner", a song by The Modern Lovers, that appears in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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