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Highly Overrated But Still Good

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Troy Duffy is not worse than Osama Bin Laden. He didn't kill anybody. He did, however, create an enjoyable film, against all odds.He might be a little abrasive, but he was a fish out of water trying to hold on to the shot he was given. His band mates might be talented musicians, but it was Troy Duffy's drive that got them their shot. With respect to his premature exercise of Hollywood power, this was not his 6th film, it was his first. If it wasn't made right, there wouldn't be a second film. I can only imagine the pressure he was under, with everyone's futures in his hands.Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't he have to give up the DVD/VHS rights to get the film made.I am seeing Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day tomorrow and am sure it will be a hit. I wish everyone featured in Overnight the best of luck.

This documentary follows Troy Duffy from his job as a bartender almost overnight to a high-powered director and creator of his first film BOONDOCK SAINTS as well as a leader of his own band who is making the music for this film. What makes this interesting is that with this first taste of success, Duffy is seen on film believing his own talents are limitless and saying that established actors and Hollywood executives are idiots! The scene that amazed me was when the practically unknown Duffy lists a long list of famous actors who he degrades as well as Jerry Bruckheimer and Harvey Weinstein--who have been responsible for a HUGE number of hits and are MAJOR players in Hollywood!!! What an arrogant little toad! Thinking this is bad enough, but saying it on film is amazing! This isn't the end of it, however, as he begins making statements about how Miramax Films must "kiss his...." or else!!! Right and left, he threatens and makes ultimatums. He even goes so far as to say "I don't give a .... about making enemies with Miramax--in fact I look forward to it". In essence, as soon as he feels success, Duffy burns down the bridges all around him and wastes every bit of good will towards him. He simply comes off as a crude, arrogant jerk and problem drinker--and amazingly, Troy knew all this was going on film and didn't care!! By the time the film is completed, no matter how successful it was, his future was doomed in Hollywood--and from what this documentary shows, you sure couldn't feel sorry for him. Imagine what he would have said and done had he NOT been on film!! This MIGHT have been his best behavior! Most of the behaviors I described happened near the beginning of the film. Later, he even attacks his own best friends and band-mates--eventually finding himself very alone and broke. After a while, there's no room left for anyone in Troy's film but himself!! As a documentary, it achieves something very rare--people on film who are not inhibited and reveal their inner selves is a tough thing to find. It seems that Duffy's antisocial personality, paranoia and narcissism couldn't be contained for the documentary and as a result, the film makers (Tony Montana and Mark Brian Smith) hit pay-dirt--they get some incredibly compelling and hard to ignore footage. Then, they assembled it in a masterful way--creating a haunting and sad film.Sadly, there are a lot of very talented independent film makers who never get a golden opportunity like Duffy and I am sure they would have the maturity to handle it. Life truly doesn t seem fair when you see that such a horrible person who has been given so much. Plus, I feel sorry for the good and hard-working people who were pulled down with him--they didn't deserve this.By the way, if the documentary makers could only get David O. Russell AND Troy Duffy to make a film together--THAT would be an amazing documentary!WARNING TO PARENTS--Duffy is a horrible and gross person. His language is enough to make sailors blush and this is definitely NOT a film for kids, though it would make a great one for psychology class!!

Wow.It's stunning to see how success or more accurately, potential success, can turn someone into even more of a buffoon than they may already be. This documentary revolving around the explosive rise and equally explosive fall of director Troy Duffy ("Boondock Saints") who hit it big with the sale of the Boondock Saints screenplay to Miramax is easily one of the most stomach turning examples of vanity eating its host and rearing its head like some karmic Godzilla. It's really disgusting to see Duffy literally squander the opportunities that came his way, opportunities that many on this planet don't even come close to breathing on as they drive past. This fool had the kind of deal you read about in a fantasy story where devils are involved, except this guy didn't have to trade in his soul. I've met this kind of guy in film school, the type that believe that they're more creative than anyone else around them and it's just as enjoyable to watch this guy crash and burn just as it was with the big-talkers and egomaniacs back at school.Though the question remains as to whether or not this was really just a big smear piece by the film's co-directors (I mean let's face it, it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility when you take into considering the verbal lashings and mental abuse administered to them by Mr. Duffy himself), the fact that Troy Duffy is nothing but a complete jackass still lays bare for you on the screen for you to stare at in wonder. No matter how this film may have been cut, no matter what may have been left out as opposed to what was left in, the fact remains that Duffy sank his own ship with his caustic persona and idiotic decisions and didn't even bother to get out the life preservers for him or his crew. This was a very enjoyable and well done documentary even though it was kind of tough to watch in a way. It's a perfect cautionary tale for filmmakers and artists alike.RATING: ***1/2 out of *****.P.S. And in the end, Boondock Saints wasn't even worth all the fuss.

OVERNIGHT follows Hollywood urban legend Troy Duffy, a guy who went from bartender to the "next big thing" in the late 90s literally overnight with a prospective deal with Miramax for his cult script THE BOONDOCK SAINTS. Duffy was a member of a creative group who called themselves The Syndicate and two of the members were lucky (and smart) enough to document this period. They thought they were making a documentary about a unheard of rise to fame but instead chronicled the deranged dealings of an egomaniac unleashed. Some of the scenes in this movie are so cringe inducing (like nearly every frame Duffy is in). How a guy who has absolutely nothing to show for it can ramble on and on about how he is the impetus for all things positive happening and not to blame for anything negative is beyond me. How anyone listened to him after a series of self induced setbacks is even stranger. As the film progresses, the viewer is basically treated to a visual display of career suicide. Filmmakers Tony Montana and Mark Brian Smith are interviewed on the disc and asked why no one ever took Duffy aside and told him he was ruining his big break. They answer that about midway through their experience that they decided the only thing salvageable from this destructive situation would be this documentary. They were right and this is an amazingly candid peak into the world of show business.