Universal, HBO Team Up On Kurt Cobain Documentary

Kurt Cobain On Film

Punk-rock icon and former NIRVANA lead singer/guitarist KURT COBAIN will be the subject of a feature-length documentary produced by HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS and UNIVERSAL PICTURES.

For the first time, his story will be told in "KURT COBAIN: Montage of Heck," a fully-authorized feature documentary, slated for international release in 2015, will debut exclusively on HBO in the U.S.

BRETT MORGEN, the OSCAR-nominated filmmaker behind acclaimed documentaries such as the HBO presentations “Crossfire Hurricane,” which celebrated the 50th anniversary of THE ROLLNG STONES, and “The Kid Stays in the Picture,” is the writer, director and producer. Visual artist FRANCES BEAN COBAIN, COBAIN’s daughter, is executive producer.

The first documentary to be made with the cooperation of KURT COBAIN’s family, the film is a raw and visceral journey through COBAIN’s life and provides no-holds-barred access to KURT COBAIN’s archives, home to his never-before-seen home movies, recordings, artwork, photography, journals, demos, personal archives, family archives and songbooks. The film features dozens of NIRVANA songs and performances as well as previously unheard COBAIN originals.

“I started work on this project eight years ago,” says MORGEN. “Like most people, when I started, I figured there would be limited amounts of fresh material to unearth. However, once I stepped into KURT’s archive, I discovered over 200 hours of unreleased music and audio, a vast array of art projects (oil paintings, sculptures), countless hours of never-before-seen home movies, and over 4000 pages of writings that together help paint an intimate portrait of an artist who rarely revealed himself to the media.”

He adds, “I could not be happier with our partners at HBO and UNIVERSAL. We look forward to sharing this film with audiences around the world.”

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