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Weatherman '69
“The Whole World is Watching”
10.0 / 10• 1989• 2h 0m•NR• English
ComedyDrama
Storyline
Featuring a cast that includes Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Mike Watt of the legendary hardcore band Minutemen, and Pettibon himself, this deadpan narrative pays dubious homage to the 1960's radical underground. In this crudely rendered home video of a commune of stoned revolutionaries, the cameras are hand-held, the edits in-camera, and the dialogue is wryly on-target. Pettibon's band of outsiders reenacts a countercultural moment defined by rock music, drugs, and ideological paradox — and in so doing, captures their own late-80's West Coast grunge milieu as well.
Cast & Crew
Kim Gordon
Bernadine Dohrn
Lead
Thurston Moore
Jeff Jones
Mike Watt
Gabe Nemisch
AT
Abby Travis
Jane Fonda
Joe Cole
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David Markey
Allen Ginsberg/Yoko Ono
RP
Raymond Pettibon
Serge Soulberg
BB
Bob Balhatchet
El Kahane
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Raymond Pettibon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Weatherman '69 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
