Tuesday, December
19 at 10:00pm
VANCOUVER, Dec. 1, 2017 /CNW/ - Network Media Group
Inc. (TSX: NTE.V) and Network Entertainment Inc. ("Network"
or "the Company") is pleased to announce that "I Am Sam
Kinison", its documentary celebrating the life of the
audacious, charismatic, bawdy, fearless, raw and immense talent who
changed the face of comedy, will make its debut on Spike TV
on Tuesday, December 19 at
10:00 pm
ET/PT. Spike will air the uncensored
version one time only directly following at 12:00
am midnight, the earliest it could air due to the mature
content.
The film is the latest from critically-acclaimed filmmaker and
Network C.E.O. Derik Murray, who has previously brought to the
screen the lives of such iconic figures as Heath Ledger, JFK Jr., Chris Farley, Steve
McQueen, Johnny Cash,
Bruce Lee and Evel Knievel.
"Our mission was to delve deep into the complicated life of a
man who commanded the stage like no other," stated Producer Derik
Murray, "Sam's life ranged from the restrained to the excessive,
the comedic to the tragic, and from the sublime to the ridiculous.
It is quite the ride."
Told by the people who knew him best, including close friends
and family, and with unforgettable and rarely-seen clips from Sam's
most iconic performances, viewers will experience Kinison's
meteoric rise featuring his signature barrage of shrieking and
misanthropic riffing on some of his favorite topics including
marriage, women, religion, and world hunger.
From his humble beginning as Pentecostal preacher to drawing
80,000 rabid fans in Giants Stadium, Kinison enjoyed a steep
trajectory to fame, excess, drugs, despair, and an untimely death
when his car was hit by a drunk driver in 1992.
Director Adrian Buitenhuis
interviewed a stellar cast including Jay Leno, Corey
Feldman, Bob Saget,
Joe Rogan, Bill Burr, Tommy
Chong, Rudy Sarzo,
Ron Jeremy, Charlie Sheen, Argus Hamilton, Jimmy Shubert, Dan
Barton, Felicia Michaels,
Joey Gaynor, Judy Tenuta, Steve
Epstein, Lue Deck, Bill
Kinison, and Sherry Kinison.
Thunderbird Entertainment is distributing "I Am Sam Kinison" in
Canada, and FremantleMedia will be
distributing internationally in all media.
Along with Murray, "I Am Sam Kinison" is Executive Produced by
Paul Gertz, Kent Wingerak and Robert
Pirooz and Spike's Kevin Kay,
Jon Slusser, Jaimee Kosanke also serve as Executive
Producers.
About Network Media Group/Network Entertainment
Inc.
Network is focused on becoming one of the world's
leading developers and producers of entertainment properties for
the global marketplace and its worldwide audience. It is the parent
company of Network Entertainment Inc., an established television
and film production company with an award-winning international
reputation. Its productions include the Academy Award shortlisted
feature documentary Facing Ali, as well as
documentaries on the lives of Bruce
Lee, Steve McQueen,
Evel Knievel, Johnny Cash, Chris
Farley (which set all time ratings records for Spike), JFK
Jr. and, most recently, Heath
Ledger. The Company recently received the prestigious
Realscreen Award in 2017 for Non-Fiction – History/Biographical
Series for its documentary
series Facing. Network's past projects and current
productions can be viewed
at www.networkentertainment.ca.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
NETWORK
MEDIA GROUP INC.
"Derik A.
Murray"
Derik A. Murray
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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