Derailroaded now available on DVD in the UK!!!

[jeremy_lubin]

Hey everyone,
 

We are excited to announce that Derailroaded: Inside the Mind of Larry 
"Wild Man" Fischer is now available on DVD in the UK on the PLEXIFILM
LABEL!!

 

To purchase, please go to our website at http://www.derailroaded.com, 
and click on "Buy the DVD."
 

The DVD is NTSC/REGION FREE so if you live in the USA and don't want
to wait for it to be released domestically, you can still purchase it
as an import and it WILL work on your DVD player.

 

The DVD contains 2 Full audio commentary tracks plus 49 minutes of 
deleted scenes including: Weird Al sings Wild Man, Interview with Rudy
Ray Moore aka Dolemite & more!!

Please pass this email along to any and all who might appreciate our
film. 

Enjoy!!

 -The Ubin Twinz

p.s. Check out our brand new MySpace page at
www.myspace.com/derailroaded and pass on the good word to your friends
on myspace.

 
 

"Equal parts hilarity and heartbreak...the fine line between madness
and genius has rarely been so acutely drawn. 5/5 STARS" - David
Sheppard, MOJO Magazine

 
"Stunning document of an outsider's life unraveling. 5/5 STARS"- Rob
Young, UNCUT Magazine


"Derailroaded is a funhouse mirror of a movie that brilliantly
reflects the warped, fractured chapters of Fischer's unique life
story. 5/5 STARS" -KJ Doughton, Film Threat


"As discomfortingly fascinating as listening to a couple's heated 
argument at a table near yours in a restaurant" -Joe Leydon, Variety

 
"Josh Rubin's fascinating documentary disects the life of Larry "Wild 
Man" Fischer, juggling the question: lunatic or musical genius?"-
Austin Chronicle

 
"Demons and genius make strange bedfellows. And we're complicit in the 
relationship." -Dallas Morning News

 
"Filmmakers Josh Rubin and Jeremy Lubin present a humourous and tragic 
portrait of Fischer who continues to battle his demons even today" 
-moviehole.net

 
"Derailroaded proves haunting and suggestively epic" -Seattle Times

 
"Strangely fascinating, a devistating portrait of delusion and 
fathomless despair." -Seattle's The Stranger

 
"The Wild Man cometh! 3/4 STARS" - Vince Musetto, NY Post

 
"Fascinating!" - New York Magazine

 
"Like the man himself, Derailroaded is heartbreaking, funny and 
fascinating at the same time."- Laura Marrich, The Alibi

 
"While some scenes are undeniably funny, the film is a sensitive and 
haunting portrait of a man who can't cope with the rigors of show 
business, yet repeatedly throws himself into its trenches."-Ronit
Feldman, Detroit Metro Times

 
"This sensitive, informed and ultimately melancholic bio-doc sums it
up very eloquently indeed" 4/5 STARS- Time Out London

 
"For sheer jaw-dropng pleasure, the kind derived from re-learning that 
truth is stranger than fiction, Derailroaded is unbeatable!"- David 
Pellfrey, Black and White

 
"A hilarious/tragic/bizarre/unforgettable documentary!"-Matt Silvie, 
Seattlest

 
 

DERAILROADED: Inside the Mind of Larry "Wild Man" Fischer
An Ubin Twinz Film

 

de*rail*road*ed (di rāl'rōd ed) 1. pt.; a neologism; one man's 
psycholinguistic and schizo-musical metaphor for derailed, to have
caused a train, mind or life to go off the tracks. 2. proper noun; an
86 minute documentary feature

 
In this shocking and sensitive musical journey through the
thunderstorms of the mind of manic-depressive and
paranoid-schizophrenic Larry "Wild Man" Fischer, we follow his
discordant encounters in the music business. Institutionalized at 16
after attacking his mother with a knife, Fischer wandered the mean
streets of L.A. singing his unique brand of songs for 10¢ each to 
passersby.  He was discovered by Frank Zappa, with whom he cut his
first record album, including the enduring dada rock classic 'Merry Go 
Round'. A precursor to punk, Fischer became an underground club and
concert favourite, earning him the title of "godfather of outsider
music." Over the course of his 40 year career, Fischer has performed
constantly, is the first artist ever recorded on Rhino Records, was
featured on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, had a top hit in the UK Pop
Charts with 'Go To Rhino Records', which featured in John Peel's
Festive Fifty 1976, was the subject of his own comic book, was a
mainstay on The Dr Demento Show, and even sang a duet with the late
Rosemary Clooney.  

Extensive archival footage from Fischer's early days, including his TV 
and club performances, trace his life from neglected child to tortured 
genius. We visit him at home, follow him on the streets, and speak
with those who over the years witnessed - and survived - his erratic 
behavior: his family, his doctor, and industry professionals including
Frank and Gail Zappa, Weird Al Yankovic, Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo,
Solomon Burke, Dr. Demento, and Barnes and Barnes. You will be moved,
amazed, repelled, and ultimately come to know what it is like to be
profoundly DERAILROADED.

 

www.derailroaded.com