Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

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Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2010)

Director: John Scheinfeld

Writer: John Scheinfeld

Keywords: Music Documentary, Rock and Roll, Biography

Musical documentary attempts to answer long-standing questions about the life and times of one of music's more enigmatic figures.

ABSTRACT
Successful, mysterious, and the victim of an untimely death at the hands of heart failure, singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson's life and times are documented in Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?), a feature combining interviews with archive footage and never-before-seen home movies to answer once-murky questions about his career and existence.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Gerry Beckley Musician 12-Sep-1952 One-third of America

Micky Dolenz Actor 8-Mar-1945 Drummer for The Monkees

Terry Gilliam Film Director 22-Nov-1940 Monty Python alumnus, Brazil

Dustin Hoffman Actor 8-Aug-1937 The Graduate

Danny Hutton Singer 10-Sep-1942 Singer Three Dog Night

Eric Idle Comic 29-Mar-1943 Monty Python

Al Kooper Musician 5-Feb-1944 Blood, Sweat and Tears

Randy Newman Songwriter 28-Nov-1943 I Love L.A., Short People

Yoko Ono Artist 18-Feb-1933 Impenetrable musician, wife of John Lennon

Dick Smothers Comic 20-Nov-1939 A Smothers Brother

Tommy Smothers Comic 2-Feb-1937 A Smothers Brother

Ringo Starr Drummer 7-Jul-1940 Beatle

Jon Voight Actor 29-Dec-1938 Midnight Cowboy

Jimmy Webb Songwriter 15-Aug-1946 Up, Up, and Away!

Paul Williams Singer/Songwriter 19-Sep-1940 Just an Old Fashioned Love Song

Robin Williams Comic 21-Jul-1951 11-Aug-2014 Mork from Ork

Brian Wilson Singer/Songwriter 20-Jun-1942 Troubled Beach Boy

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