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Music Films
Paul Williams Still Alive
DIRECTED BY STEPHEN KESSLER
USA, 2011, 84 MIN
FLORIDA PREMIERE
Paul Williams was one of the biggest stars of the ’70s. He wrote hit songs for The Carpenters, Three Dog Night, Helen Reddy, and Barbara Streisand. He also wrote “The Rainbow Connection” for The Muppet Movie and the theme song to Love Boat. In addition to his songwriting, Williams acted in dozens of films and TV shows, and he appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show over 50 times. And then, sometime between the ’80s and the ’90s, Williams vanished. Did he die of a drug overdose, or did he become a recluse living off his royalty checks? Filmmaker Stephen Kessler’s dogged determination to get Williams to participate in his documentary eventually leads Williams to tolerate Kessler’s intrusive camera and open up about his career and drug abuse. PAUL WILLIAMS STILL ALIVE joyfully shatters the boundary between filmmaker and subject, giving way to an onscreen friendship that is fun to watch.
