Category Archive: Biography

All marijuana movies that are a Biography.

Aug 31

Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)

Movie: Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) “The deranged adventures of Gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson and his attorney Oscar Acosta, referred to in the movie as “Laslow”. Thompson attempts to cover the Super Bowl and the 1972 Presidential election in his typical drug-crazed state, but it continually and comically sidetracked by his even more twisted friend …

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Aug 31

Steal This Movie (2000)

Movie: Steal This Movie (2000) “Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI’s covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left. The skeptical reporter interview’s Anita, Hoffman’s wife, a single mom …

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Aug 31

Sid and Nancy (1986)

Movie: Sid and Nancy (1986) “Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death …

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Aug 31

Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)

Movie: Rise of the Footsoldier (2007) “Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties. It is …

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Aug 31

Ray (2004/I)

Movie: Ray (2004/I) “Ray Charles has the distinction of being both a national treasure and an international phenomenon. By the early 1960′s Ray Charles had accomplished his dream. He’d come of age musically. He’d made it to Carnegie Hall. The hit records “Georgia,” “Born to Lose” successively kept climbing to the top of the charts. …

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