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Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon documentary

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Original title

Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

Year

2013

Running time

84 min.

Country

United States

Director

Mike Myers

Screenwriter

Mike Myers

Cast

Cinematography

Michael Pruitt-Bruun, Andreas von Scheele

Producer

A&E Indiefilms

Genre

Documentary. Comedy | Music Documentary

Synopsis

Mike Myers makes his directorial debut with this star-packed documentary about the fast-lane life of entertainment-industry legend Shep Gordon, who managed the careers of Alice Cooper, Blondie, Luther Vandross, and Raquel Welch — and still had time to invent the "celebrity chef".

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Awards: 2013: Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF): Nominated for Audience Award

2014: Razzie Awards: nominated to Razzie Redeemer Award.

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Critics' reviews

"While it's an entertaining documentary, audiences may not find the 68-year-old Gordon's trajectory quite as fascinating as Myers appears to"

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"Supermensch is very much a celebration. But Gordon comes across as a refreshingly candid man who feels no compulsion to varnish the truth"

David Rooney: The Hollywood Reporter
"Light, frenetic and anecdote-rich, it's the kind of back-patting Hollywood toast to the guy behind the guy that's breezy good fun if you don't examine it too hard"

Robert Abele: Los Angeles Times
"Myers brings energy to his first film the way he brought it to his early comedy – a little too much."

David D'Arcy: IndieWire
"Supermensch is a strong first outing from Myers that plays like that one round of drinks that gets everyone telling stories at the end of a boozy night."

Kevin Jagernauth: The Playlist
"The movie borders on hagiography, but Gordon is a charmingly voluble storyteller; he’s like Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Man in the World recast as a balding Jewish guy from Long Island."

Leah Greenblatt: Entertainment Weekly
"It’s a portrait that’s equal parts shtick and soul — in other words, exactly what 'The Love Guru' should have been."

Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out
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