Tommy Avallone talks The Bill Murray Stories

Tommy Avallone spoke to Solzy at the Movies ahead of the Cinepocalypse screening of The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From A Mythical Man.  The film premiered at SXSW in March and will be holding the Midwest premiere on Saturday afternoon at the historic Music Box Theatre in Chicago. Thanks for joining us today.  How are things treating you? Tommy Avallone:  I’m doing good.  It’s 10 AM here.  I’m a little late starting my day but…

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SXSW 2018: The Bill Murray Stories

The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From A Mythical Man offers a glimpse into the many stranger-than-life stories about comedian Bill Murray. This is a film that took director Tommy Avallone across the country and even to the United Kingdom in order to collect all these crazy-but-true Bill Murray stories.  He heard his first Bill Murray story over a decade ago–it was the one about Murray covering someone’s eyes and telling them that their friends…

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SXSW 2018: A Few Films I Want To See

When the initial lineup for the 2018 SXSW Film Festival was released this week, there were a number of films and documentaries that drew my interest.  Some of these were no-brainers like Blockers and The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From A Mythical Man. Blockers is the feature directorial debut of Pitch Perfect screenwriter Kay Cannon.  The premise is simple: three parents try to stop their daughters from having sex on prom night.  I’ve been…

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