- Goodnight Cleveland
Infobox Film
name = Goodnight Cleveland
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director = Jim Heneghan
producer = Urban Eriksson
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starring =The Hellacopters
music =The Hellacopters
cinematography = Jim Heneghan
editing = Jim Heneghan
distributor = MVD
released = 2003
runtime = 114 min
country =United States &Sweden
language = English & Swedish
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amg_id = 1:291077
imdb_id = 0388997"Goodnight Cleveland" is a
documentary film directed by Jim Heneghan for 8th Grade Films chroniclingThe Hellacopters North American tour in 2002 in support of their album "High Visibility ".The film was shot with one camera and a sound person using the techniques of
Direct Cinema andCinéma vérité . "Goodnight Cleveland" is noted for it's lack of dramatic arc which captures the boredom & tediousness of touring life in a very realistic way. [cite web |url=http://www.sleazegrinder.com/garb_3-9hellacopters.htm |title=DVD Review |accessdate=2006-11-14 |work=Sleazegrinder.com]The title "Goodnight Cleveland" is heard in the film when Hellacopters lead singer
Nicke Andersson yells "goodnight Cleveland" to the audience at the end of the Agora Ballroom show, an inverted reference to themockumentary film "This Is Spınal Tap ", in which bass playerDerek Smalls yells, "Hello Cleveland" to an unseen audience as the band attempts to find their way to the stage, while lost in the boiler room of the theater before a concert.References
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* [http://8thgradefilms.com/site/hell/home.html Official website] at [http://8thgradefilms.com 8th Grade Films]
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