MY DINNER WITH JIMI
Reviews & Articles
Last year I took a trip to Canada and I bumped into some yuppie up there who owned a distribution company who had seen My Dinner With Jimi at a film festival and asked me how he could acquire the rights. And I put him in touch with Harold Bronson. We made a deal for a Canadian theatrical release. I went up to Toronto and to Winnipeg to open the film there.
- musoscribe.com
The line between an obscure flop and a cult favorite may be thin, but it's real, and few films have walked it as patiently as My Dinner with Jimi.
- WorldMag.com
By its very goofball nature, My Dinner succeeds ...pointing out that one of the best things about rock & roll is that it’s a milieu where misfi ts, for once, rule.” “By its very goofball nature, My Dinner succeeds ...pointing out that one of the best things about rock & roll is that it’s a milieu where misfi ts, for once, rule.”
- Los Angeles Weekly
“It’s not good, it’s great. It’s absolute magic because Howard Kaylan
understands the way people spoke.”“It’s not good, it’s great. It’s absolute magic because Howard Kaylan understands the way people spoke.”“It’s not good, it’s great.
- Andrew Loog Oldham, Self Service Magazine
Howard Kaylan -- lead singer of the '60s pop group the Turtles, later a member of the group best known as the Mothers of Invention, and then half of the duo Flo & Eddie -- penned this memoir of his early career and his encounters with (among others) the Beatles, Graham Nash, Donovan, Brian Jones, and, most importantly, Jimi Hendrix. On a minuscule budget, director Bill Fishman ("Tapeheads") and his enthusiastic cast recreate the exciting, topsy-turvy world of 1966-67. The overall energy more than compensates for budgetary constraints, and with proper handling, the film should attract an audience of nostalgic boomers, and might even cross over to younger audiences with a curiosity about the era.
- Andy Klein, Variety
Reviews & Articles
Last year I took a trip to Canada and I bumped into some yuppie up there who owned a distribution company who had seen My Dinner With Jimi at a film festival and asked me how he could acquire the rights. And I put him in touch with Harold Bronson. We made a deal for a Canadian theatrical release. I went up to Toronto and to Winnipeg to open the film there.
- musoscribe.com
The line between an obscure flop and a cult favorite may be thin, but it's real, and few films have walked it as patiently as My Dinner with Jimi.
- WorldMag.com
By its very goofball nature, My Dinner succeeds ...pointing out that one of the best things about rock & roll is that it’s a milieu where misfi ts, for once, rule.” “By its very goofball nature, My Dinner succeeds ...pointing out that one of the best things about rock & roll is that it’s a milieu where misfi ts, for once, rule.”
- Los Angeles Weekly
“It’s not good, it’s great. It’s absolute magic because Howard Kaylan
understands the way people spoke.”“It’s not good, it’s great. It’s absolute magic because Howard Kaylan understands the way people spoke.”“It’s not good, it’s great.
- Andrew Loog Oldham, Self Service Magazine
Howard Kaylan -- lead singer of the '60s pop group the Turtles, later a member of the group best known as the Mothers of Invention, and then half of the duo Flo & Eddie -- penned this memoir of his early career and his encounters with (among others) the Beatles, Graham Nash, Donovan, Brian Jones, and, most importantly, Jimi Hendrix. On a minuscule budget, director Bill Fishman ("Tapeheads") and his enthusiastic cast recreate the exciting, topsy-turvy world of 1966-67. The overall energy more than compensates for budgetary constraints, and with proper handling, the film should attract an audience of nostalgic boomers, and might even cross over to younger audiences with a curiosity about the era.
- Andy Klein, Variety