[Movie] WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story

Okay.

 

Love me some weird AL but this just seems, well weird. Radcliffe? Isn't he like 5'2"?

 

There's only one Al. I'd watch an actual documentary about him, with scenes from his career and various interviews.

But this is going to be like casting Dr. J in that Lakers show.

 

They should make it a parody. Wait ...

 

I hope they include the part where he throws the accordion into the volcano.

 

are all these biopics making money? i would rather watch uhf 2 even if it was made on a shoestring budget.

 

Weird Al is great. Will they bring how Coolio was pissed he won a grammy spoofing his song

 

The weird thing about that is Gangsta's Paradise is effectively a very serious take on the "Weird Al"-ification of Pastime Paradise by Stevie Wonder. The three seem like three equidistant points in a continuum.







Maybe Weird Al should have just said he was sampling Coolio, instead of making a parody.


Just Googling a bit, the two writers are Weird Al, and a guy named Eric Appel, who writes and directs for TV comedies like Brooklyn 99 and Silicon Valley. I don't think there's going to be too many deep moments, or Brando in "On The Waterfront" 'I coulda been a contender..." moments of deep pathos.

Radcliffe makes more sense if you don't think of it as a hard hitting biopic (autobiopic?), but rather a silly comedy built loosely around a Weird Al framework.

 

I’m so happy it’s gonna be on the roku channel. It’s got that cult film vibe going for it.

 

when i think weird al, i immediately think harry potter. excellent choice!

tho i would prefer a more woke actor to play mr. weird, maybe someone like someone like john boyega or henry golding

 

Daniel Radcliffe is a pretty weird dude himself. If you look at some of his film choices post-Harry Potter, you definitely see where he has a weird sense of humor. Swiss Army Man was one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen in my life...and I kind of loved it. Guns Akimbo was gloriously ridiculous. So having said all that, I think he might have the weird mentality to pull this off.

I read in an article about this movie that it was going to get into Weird Al's "famous depraved lifestyle". What depraved lifestyle? I feel like I've never heard anything off about that guy and I always kind of assumed he was pretty straight laced, just goofy.

 

This movie is actually a parody of biopics. It's not a factual biopic. It's basically like a long-form version of this old funny-or-die video

 

That's awesome. I will love it even more, then.

 

A story that need not be told.

 

rip weird al. breh was a legend (i heard, way before my time)

 

I could google but was the Madonna and Weird Al thing, a thing?
Canseco, Weird Al, Sam Cassell. Gotta love a white girl with that much range.

 

You're just gonna ignore Rodman? That, by itself, is range.

 

Weird Al and Madonna in her prime?