THE WANTEDS: THE PART OF ROCK AND ROLL THEY NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT

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THE WANTEDS: THE PART OF ROCK AND ROLL THEY NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT
DIRECTOR: STEPHANIE SMITH
US, 2011

VISITING ARTIST—Portland front woman (Kleveland) and filmmaker Stephanie Smith’s first documentary feature charts the fortunes of Portland bartender/rocker Tommy Harrington as he sets out on a solo, mid-career bid for stardom. With only the vaguest itinerary, few hard bookings, and a just-revealed pregnant ex-girlfriend, Harrington sets out to live the life. As we follow him from town to town, sleeping in his truck and waiting on doorsteps in hope of a gig, we learn of his troubled upbringing and struggles with drugs. “While the shows lived up to the wacky hype imagined—with Tommy playing in cowboy bars, storage lockers, even a party for Mormon missionaries—a different story began to unfold that was becoming more Shakespeare than SPINAL TAP. It became a story about family, identity, and what happens when you really go for your dream.”—Stephanie Smith. (87 mins.)

Director Stephanie Smith will introduce the film.