Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The Bill Hicks Birthday Comedy Night


The Well, Chorley Lane, Leeds, LS3 1AB, UK - 9pm16th December 2009

A Night to Celebrate Bill Hicks on what would have been his birthday. At The Well in Leeds. Free Car parking available at the venue. Drinks deals on the night and t-shirts and other items to be raffled off as donated by The Bill Hicks Foundation for Wildlife. Come down and join the party, bring your friends, make sure this is a night to remember at a proper rock and roll venue.

Show starts around 9pm till 11.30pm

There will be 12 comedians:
(there is a mix of established, up and coming, and new acts)

Rob Alexander
Jojo Georgiou
James Christopher
Mark Hayden
Kahn Johnson
Tony Basnett
Chris Taylor
Dave Baird
Pete Marshall
Sarah Profit
David McAndrew
Andy walton

The Well..

Chorley Lane
, Leeds, LS3 1AB
Tel: 0113 2440474

Tickets £4
NUS £3


Thursday, October 1, 2009

American: The Bill Hicks Story


"American: The Bill Hicks Story" is a groundbreaking new animated documentary that
will be released worldwide in 2010. For the first time, Bill’s unique story is told by the people that knew him best, using a stunning new animation technique that fully reveals the worlds that shaped his character and featuring the rare archive footage from Bill’s own collection...

“a deeply perceptive, fittingly honest tribute...” London Film Festival

“inventive and daring...one of the few great docs for 2010 that has balls.” SheffDocFest


• LONDON FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS

We are very excited that we have been invited to show the film at the London Film Festival...and Bill's family are coming over to join us for the event.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning to the general public at 9.30 am!
Call 020 7928 3232 or here's the link to our page:

http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/node/335

There are two screenings, but Monday Oct 26th at 2pm is the

• SPECIAL FAN SCREENING...

Why is it the special fan screening? Because after the screening:
- extended Q&A/meet and greet w Bill's family.
- exclusive memorabilia/gift for each attendee
- get first access to the 'Bill champion' initiative to help spread the word about Bill and the film in advance of the release next year.

We really need your help with this, so please come and get involved!

• NEW WEBSITE IS UP

Please check it out, subscribe, leave a comment - www.americanthemovie.com

Everything you need to know about the film, exclusive clips, video footage from the families archive, please subscribe to the news feed, leave a comment.

Hope to see you at the festival!

Team American