Troma Entertainment hails Story of a Junkie as one of the company's best films it's one of the most well known outside of the films directed by Troma founders Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. His final moments are chronicled in yet another Lech Kowalski film, 'Born to Lose: The Last Rock & Roll Movie', a documentary about deceased former New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders. Lead actor Spacely died in the early 1990s, reportedly from AIDS, which he contracted through intravenous drug use. Perhaps even more notable than the cinéma vérité structure is the almost total lack of moralizing on the part of the producers or its characters.

The numerous shooting-up sequences are reportedly entirely real, as are many of the drug dens and their denizens. Many of the cast members, including leading man John Spaceley, are actual junkies. The movie has amassed quite a reputation in certain circles for its depictions of hard drug usage in New York City's East Village area. Film Junkies Guide to North CarolinaFloyd Harris, Dark Black: A C-port Based. 22 He died on May 29 at his home in Arlington, Texas, at the age of 78. Johnson, The story of the American legionGeorge Seay Wheat. Filmed in documentary-style, the film follows the character of Gringo, a young man looking for fortune in New York City, only to fall into heroin addiction. On March 23, 2021, Thomas announced on his official Facebook page that he had stage IV lung cancer and was being treated in Texas. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. Henry Cejudo – for bantamweight titleįor more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 288.Story of a Junkie is a 1987 drama film directed by Lech Kowalski and starring John Spacely. We found 15 records for George C Richardson in Denver, NC. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.īelow is the lineup of fights included in the watch-along:Ĭhamp Aljamain Sterling vs. UFC 288 takes place Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Plus, former women’s strawweight champ Jessica Andrade (24-10 MMA, 15-8 UFC) meets Yan Xiaonan (16-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC). In the co-feature, Gilbert Burns (22-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) fights for the third time so far in 2023, and second time in five weeks, when he takes on Belal Muhammad (22-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) in a key welterweight bout.

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