Kurt Cobain: About a Son

2006 American film

Kurt Cobain: About a Son

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| AJ Schnack
Produced by| Ravi Anne
Starring| Kurt Cobain
Narrated by| Kurt Cobain
Cinematography| Wyatt Troll
Edited by| AJ Schnack
Music by|

* Steve Fisk
* Ben Gibbard

Distributed by| Balcony Releasing

Release dates

* September 10, 2006 (2006-09-10) (Toronto)
* October 3, 2007 (2007-10-03)

Running time

| 97 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Kurt Cobain: About a Son is a 2006 American documentary film about American rock musician Kurt Cobain, directed by AJ Schnack[1] and produced by Sidetrack Films. It consists of excerpts from the audio recordings journalist Michael Azerrad made of the interviews he conducted with Cobain for the book Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, set over ambient cinematography of the places in Washington where Cobain lived, played and worked: Aberdeen, Olympia, and Seattle.[1][2]

The film debuted at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and played at numerous other film festivals, and it was nominated for the Truer Than Fiction Award at the 22nd Independent Spirit Awards. The DVD release of the film, which was released by Shout! Factory in February 2008, includes interviews with and commentary by Azerrad and Schnack.[3] Shout! Factory also released the film on Blu-ray on October 6, 2009.[4]

## Soundtrack

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1. Steve Fisk & Benjamin Gibbard – Overture
2. "Motorcycle Song" – Arlo Guthrie
3. "It's Late" – Queen
4. "Downed" – Cheap Trick
5. "Eye Flys" – Melvins
6. Audio: Punk Rock
7. "My Family's a Little Weird" – MDC
8. "Banned in D.C." – Bad Brains
9. "Up Around the Bend" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
10. "Kerosene" – Big Black
11. "Put Some Sugar on It" – Half Japanese
12. "Include Me Out" – Young Marble Giants
13. "Round Two" – Pasties
14. "Son of a Gun" – The Vaselines
15. "Graveyard" – Butthole Surfers
16. Audio: Hardcore Was Dead
17. "Owner's Lament" – Scratch Acid
18. "Iris" – The Breeders
19. "Touch Me I'm Sick" – Mudhoney
20. Audio: Car Radio
21. "The Passenger" – Iggy Pop
22. "Star Sign" – Teenage Fanclub
23. "The Bourgeois Blues" – Lead Belly
24. "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" – R.E.M.
25. Audio: The Limelight
26. "The Man Who Sold the World" – David Bowie
27. "Museum" – Mark Lanegan
28. "Indian Summer" – Ben Gibbard

## Accolades

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* Best Documentary – 2007 San Diego Film Festival[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine allmusic.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
2. ^ "Kurt Cobain: About A Son": Behind the Movie That's Moving Audiences to Tears rollingstone.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
3. ^ Kurt Cobain - About a Son amazon.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
4. ^ Kurt Cobain: About A Son [Blu-ray] amazon.com. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
5. ^ "Award Winners". August 28, 2010. Archived from the original on August 28, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2019.

## External links

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* Official website
* Kurt Cobain About a Son at AllMovie
* Kurt Cobain About a Son at IMDb
* Kurt Cobain: About a Son at Rotten Tomatoes

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* Bleach
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* "Love Buzz"
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* "Come as You Are"
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* "Candy" / "Molly's Lips"
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* "On a Plain"
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* "Been a Son"
* "Blew"
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* "I Hate Myself and Want to Die"
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* "Spank Thru"
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Books|

* Nirvana: Flower Sniffin', Kitty Pettin', Baby Kissin' Corporate Rock Whores
* Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana
* Teen Spirit: The Stories Behind Every Nirvana Song
* Who Killed Kurt Cobain?
* Heavier Than Heaven
* Journals
* Love and Death
* Nirvana: The Chosen Rejects
* Dirty Blonde
* Cobain Unseen
* Taking Punk to the Masses
* Letters to Kurt
* Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989
* I Found My Friends
* Cobain on Cobain
* Serving the Servant

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* Nevermind It's an Interview
* The "Priest" They Called Him
* Verse Chorus Verse
* The Songs of Kurt Cobain
* Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings

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* Smells Like Bleach: A Punk Tribute to Nirvana
* Newermind: A Tribute to Nirvana
* Nevermind Tribute
* In Utero, in Tribute, in Entirety
* Whatever Nevermind
* Doused in Mud, Soaked in Bleach

Films and
documentaries|

* 1991: The Year Punk Broke
* A Tribute to Kurt Cobain
* Teen Spirit: The Tribute to Kurt Cobain
* Hype!
* The Vigil
* Kurt & Courtney
* Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind
* Last Days
* All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
* Nirvana – A Classic Album Under Review – In Utero
* The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain
* Kurt Cobain: About a Son
* Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
* Soaked in Bleach
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