Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (2011)

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• Project Phase: Completed
• Release Date: 2011-09-16 - NY and/or LA
• Distributor(s): Tribeca Film
• Film Genre(s): Documentary
• Country: Australia
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The most important recording in the 1990s grunge era wasn't made by some alternative rock star. It was a covert audio recording of two drunken men living in a small flat in San Francisco, who spent their available free time yelling, screaming, hitting and generally abusing each other. The phenomenon began in 1987 when Eddie and Mitch (two young punks from the midwest), moved next door to Peter Haskett (a flamboyant gay man), and Raymond Huffman (a raging homophobe). This ultimate odd-couple hated each other with raging abandon, and through the paper-thin walls their alcohol-fuelled rants terrorized Eddie and Mitch. Fearing for their lives they began to tape record evidence of the insane goings on from next door. In the process, the boys accidentally created one of the world’s first viral pop-culture sensations. Their tapes went on to inspire a cult following, spawning sell-out CDs, comics by Dan Clowes (Ghostworld), stage-plays, music from the likes of Devo, and a Hollywood feeding frenzy. For the newly famous Eddie and Mitchell, this would be a life-changing experience that would see them ingested into the belly and fired out the orifice of the pop culture beast.

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