Tag: 20 Feet From Stardom
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How Morgan Neville Turned a Friendship With Baseball Promoter Mike Veeck Into a Boundary-Stretching Tribeca Doc Starring Charlie Day
In Netflix’s “The Saint of Second Chances,” Academy Award winner Morgan Neville (“20 Feet From Stardom”) and Jeff Malmberg (“Marwencol”) tell the story of Mike Veeck, the hard-not-to-love son of late Major League Baseball owner Bill Veeck, who gained infamy for his role cooking up the disastrous Disco Demolition Night promotion at Chicago’s Comiskey Park…
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Nantucket Film Festival to Fete Noah Baumbach, Morgan Neville
The Nantucket Film Festival will honor filmmakers Noah Baumbach and Morgan Neville during the 23rd edition of the island festival that runs June 20-25.Organizers also unveiled plans for Thomas Middleditch, Ben Schwartz and Ben Stiller to join the fest’s annual comedy night, with a focus on improv this year.Baumbach is known for his intimate character…