![]() The story recounts Tiny Tim’s early years growing up in a dysfunctional family in New York, and his early career playing dive bars and lesbian cabaret on the Greenwich Village scene.Īfter a recording contract with Frank Sinatra’s Reprise label and an appearance on NBC’s Laugh-In catapaulted him to fame and fortune, Tiny Tim’s life came crashing down until he met his third wife, Miss Sue.įor the first time Miss Sue talks about Tiny Tim, who died in 1996, and the film includes testimony from friends such as Wavy Gravy and Jonas Mekas. ![]() ![]() Inspired by Justin Martell’s biography Eternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life Of Tiny Tim, the film recreates Tiny Tim’s life as read by “Weird Al” Yankovic from the subject’s diaries. Johan von Sydow’s film charts the career of the fortysomething vaudeville entertainer with the ukulele and falsetto voice who rose to brief fame in the late 1960s before it all came crashing down. Juno Films has announced its second acquisition of a Fantasia selection, pouncing on all North America rights to Stockholm-based Momento Film’s documentary Tiny Tim – King For A Day. ![]()
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