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Overnight
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R,1hr 21min
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November 10, 2004
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ThinkFilm
Synopsis: The megalomaniacal rise and fall of filmmaker Troy Duffy is chronicled by one-time friends and colleagues in director Mark Smith's documentary. The film takes its title from the "overnight success" that befell Duffy in 1996, when the then-bartender was signed by Miramax president Harvey Weinstein to direct his killers-on-a-mission-from-God script The Boondock Saints. Smith's cameras follow Duffy from pre-production -- when he battled with executives over casting and financing decisions -- on through ... Full Synopsis
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Rarely has a case of comeuppance been so satisfying. Troy Duffy's death by hubris, as captured in the documentary Overnight, is not just for sadists, nor for jaded industry types eager to see a colleague taken down a peg. In fact, Duffy's behavior is so unforgivably poisonous, it will assault the sensibilities of even the most unflappable viewer. Conceived as a celebration of Duffy's simultaneous breakthrough ... Full Review
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