Special Report: The Butthole Surfers Movie

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Mike speaks with producer Noa Durban and director Tom Stern about their upcoming feature documentary, The Butthole Surfers Movie. The film looks at the groundbreaking alternative art band The Butthole Surfers.

The film is still in the funding stages. Donate at the film's official website, https://buttholesurfersmovie.com/

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0:00.0	Hey, Alexa.
0:01.7	Play songs by The Butthole Surfers.
0:06.3	Here's some music by
0:07.6	Surfers on Amazon Music.
0:10.4	In the 1980s, the Reagan Revolution made America square again.
0:14.7	The freaky 60s were out.
0:17.0	The conformist 50s were in.
0:18.7	You wanted a law and order in this town.
0:20.4	You've got it.
0:21.6	If you were tempted to get out of line, all you had to do was...
0:25.9	Just say no.
0:26.9	But deep in the heart of Texas, something weird.
0:30.7	Satan!
0:34.3	Butthole surfers created a brain-melting art-punk spectacle that broke all the rules and became a cult phenomenon,
0:41.1	a haven for the misfits, queers, and weirdos who didn't fit the Reagan mold.
0:45.2	Their shows were psychedelic explosions of beautiful, ugly chaos.
0:49.3	And people were scared.
0:51.4	They influenced a generation of bands that became multi-platinum superstars, in part because
0:56.4	they weren't named the Butthole Surfers.
0:58.5	Why the fuck would you want to name your band The Butthole Surfers?
1:02.0	They gave America the cultural enema it needed.
1:05.7	And America said thank you, with a major label deal and a record produced by Led Zeppelin's
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