Kurt and Courtney
Synopsis
Three years later, British filmmaker Nick Broomfield set out to make the first feature film about Cobain's tumultuous life, tragic death and very public romance with wife Courtney Love.
But Broomfield never got to make the film he wanted to make - due to restraint and interference by Love, her various media companies, agents and representatives. So, instead he made Kurt and Courtney - the story of how he tried to make a movie about Generation X's most famous lovers, the people he met and the powers that tried to stop him along the way.
Kurt and Courtney is not a rockumentary. In fact, Courtney Love prevented Broomfield from licensing all but one of Nirvana's songs. Instead, the film is a human mystery - an inquiry into how Cobain lived and more importantly, why it is that he died so young and so sorrowfully. But it is also an inquiry into the treacherous nature of fame, ambition and media control - and the role they played and continue to play in the legacies of Kurt and Courtney. Finally, the film has elements of a chase, as Broomfield and his kamikaze video crew attempt to find the elusive Courtney Love and get her to answer the questions they hoped she would volunteer to answer in the beginning.
Details
- Year
- 1999
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 99 mins
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
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Nick Broomfield
- Producer
- Nick Fraser
- Executive Producer
- Nick Fraser
- Director of Photography
- Joan Burchill, Alex Vendor
- Principal cast
- Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Strength Limited c/o Capitol Films 23 Queensdale Place London W11 4SQ Tel: 020 7471 6000 Fax: 020 7471 6012 Capfilms@aol.com
Sales Company
Capitol Films as Production Company
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