This is a chance to let your clients know what actually makes a legal Will valid. You can’t just drive a psychedelic hearse up to the air cargo office anymore. American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, December 20, 2011 by Gail Rubin Leave a Comment. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 7, 2016, Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. It begins as Gram Parsons is found dead and follows his friend Phil Kaufman's attempts to steal the body with the intention of burning it in the desert as per Gram's wishes. Let me put it this way; if you loved Anchorman, you probably won't like this. [6] The Daily Mirror wrote, "It's a mark of this movie's tremendous charm that, as the flames rise towards the sky, the ending seems gloriously happy". In fact, those who want to do their own home death care for a family member may have a difficult time getting a body released to next-of-kin. Gail Rubin is the author of the award-winning book, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die (http://AGoodGoodbye.com), and The Family Plot Blog, http://TheFamilyPlot.wordpress.com. Retrouvez infos & avis sur une large sélection de DVD & Blu-ray neufs ou d'occasion. Christina Applegate, (Barbara) does not want the body to be burned, because she wants a death certificate in order to obtain Parson's entire estate. It seems life truly is stranger than fiction. It can be rented on DVD through Netflix and purchased through Amazon.com. Parsons’ body goes to the Los Angeles International Airport for shipment to New Orleans for burial. And the highlight of this film is an inspired performance from Michael Shannon as the burn-out hippie Larry Oster-Berg. The film itself is very well made and the acting is better than you might think it would be. Plus, most of it, told in a way that is just confusing. He played with Emmylou Harris, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and The International Submarine Band. I met the star of the film Phil Kaufman and he struck me as being true to his character as portrayed in the film, a good guy. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Bought this as I am a fan of Gram Parsons and I've always been intrigued by the events after his death. The film Grand Theft Parsons (2003) is based on the true story of what happened to Parsons’ body after he died. The note says: “To whom it may concern: I would like it to be known that it is my wish to leave Barbara Mansfield my assets and belongings in the event of my death. Great performance by an up-and-coming Michael Shannon. A psychedelic road-trip black comedy starring Johnny Knoxville, Christina Applegate and Michael Shannon, "Grand Theft Parsons" is based on the true story of country rock star Gram Parsons (Gabriel Macht), who died of an overdose in 1973 and made his road manager Phil Kaufman (Knoxville) promise to trek his remains across southern California to the Joshua Tree National Monument. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2013. The movie illustrates certain issues that can be helpful for estate planning attorneys to start conversations with their clients. Once at Joshua Tree, Kaufman attempts to cremate Parsons by pouring five gallons of gasoline into the open coffin and throwing a lit cigarette inside – resulting in an enormous fireball. I loved this movie, and thought it was both very sweet and very funny, which is an unusual combination. Knoxville and Shannon make a good pair for a yin and yang duo. Okay it's not a Hollywood classic of yesteryear but, it's thought provoking and often amusing too. In the end, it is the story itself – the kind of story you could not make up – which carries this film, but it is a pity that 'Grand Theft Parsons' downgrades its status from legend to so-so indie comedy. When he’d finished, this big duck-tail-sportin’ dungarees-rockin’ “good ol’ Boy (Lucky Strikes securely rolled-up into his white tee-shirt sleeve) came right up in Grams’face and said: “Me and my buddies was gonna kick your ass () Hippie Boy...but you sang real good sooo...we gonna buy ya a beer instead”. [2] Kimberley Jones, in her review for the Austin Chronicle, wrote, "Black comedy can be a beautiful thing, but Grand Theft Parsons consistently misses that mark for a more bottom-feeding tasteless and broad, with the occasional ham-handed, soulless stab at sober reflection". We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. It is actually the opposite. Only “Known Shippers” can now handle dead bodies when it comes to air cargo. I wish people would look at his life, more then his death. As a film it has some good/funny scenes, but it seems to never quite get going. Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2018. The nurse declines to give Kaufman the body, because he was neither a physician nor a close relative. If you're an uber-Gram-fan, you probably will hate this. The death of singer Gram Parsons prompts Phil Kaufman to fulfill his promise and a subtle black comedy unwinds, with Kaufman bribing mortuary personnel, renting a psychedelic hearse from Larry Oster-Berg, and trekking across the southern California desert, pursued all the while by Parsons' ex-girlfriend with Kaufman's girlfriend and Parsons’ stepfather. It's Got: A big yellow hearse called Bernice, a certain authenticity (Johnny Knoxville wears the actual Sin City denim jacket that Kaufman wore during the bodysnatching, and some scenes are filmed in the actual motel room where Parsons died), and the real Phil Kaufman in a cameo as a handcuffed felon. "Grand Theft Parsons" is the story of the kidnapping of Gram Parsons' body by Phil Kaufman, his friend and road manager, to fulfill the country music legend's wish to be cremated in the California desert. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Unfortunately, without the budget for studio voice-overs, the audio fades in some crucial dialog points. This is a straight thin plotted movie with a simple angle and has funny comedic moments in the middle of the drama. When so many big budget Hollywood shells get voted 8 or better here, I am amazed that so many can hate a film just because it doesn't take itself seriously, or according to one film-school dropout "failed to explore anything". Two men, a hearse, a dead rock star, five gallons of petrol, and a promise. In the film, Kaufman hires a hippie with a psychedelic hearse to retrieve the body from the airport and bribes the air cargo office clerk to obtain Parson’s body. Parsons and his road manager, Phil Kaufman (Johnny Knoxville), made a pact in life that whoever died first would be cremated by the other in what was then the Joshua Tree National Monument, an area of desert they both loved and cherished. Quickly browse titles in our catalog based on the ones you have picked. I met Gram at an “Open Mic Nite” at The Palomino Club (a hundred years ago) and he was the sweetest prettiest and bravest boy I think I ever met. OK I'm not a Gram Parsons Fan, in fact until last night I had hardly heard of him but I did enjoy the film. Two men, a … Enjoy. This was a really decent film. The scenes shared by Kaufman's girlfriend Susie (Marley Shelton) and Parsons' gold-digging ex-girlfriend Barbara (Christina Applegate) make for excruciatingly pointless padding with next to no humour, which is inexcusable given that the character of Barbara has been entirely invented merely to appear in these scenes. They know some details were altered, some were created, etc. The only major flaws are Christina Appelgate, who hinders enjoyment every moment she's on screen but she far from ruins the film, and the thin, slightly saccharine character of Gram's father who nevertheless is instrumental in the film's best scene. Outside of the questionable legality of setting a body on fire in a national monument, Grand Theft Parsons opens the door for attorneys to discuss the following points: By the way, in the true story, police chased Kaufman and his friend after setting the body on fire, but the pair got away.
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