list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Agile, Mobile, Hostile: A Year With Andre Williams on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Agile_Mobile_Hostile_A_Year_With_Andre_Williams/365122/default.aspx Title: Agile, Mobile, Hostile: A Year With Andre Williams
Year: 2008
Director: Eric Matthies
Plot: Born in Chicago in 1936, Andre Williams spent much of his youth in rural Alabama, and after serving a hitch in the military he ended up in Detroit, where after winning a talent show he was offered on contract with a local record label, Fortune Records. Williams' first single, 1956's "Bacon Fat", was a lascivious dance number that became a top-ten R&B hit, but while he cut a number of equally wild follow-up tunes, none of them enjoyed the same success. However, Williams stayed in the music business, working as a songwriter (he wrote the R&B classic "Shake A Tail Feather") and producer (his clients included Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, Bobby Blue Bland and the Contours) when he wasn't cutting his own material. Working with Ike Turner in the Seventies proved to be Williams's downfall -- through Turner he developed an addiction to cocaine, and in the Eighties he was a homeless crackhead for several years. In the Nineties, Williams cleaned up and made a comeback, recording a series of wild, raunchy albums with a variety of punk and indie rock musicians backing him up (including members of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Dirtbombs and the Demolition Doll Rods). However, while Williams had a new and loyal following, money and sobriety were still problems for him, and when filmmakers Eric Matthies and Trisha Todd decided to make a documentary about him, they ended up recording one of the most tumultuous periods of his life. In Agile, Mobile, Hostile: A Year With Andre Williams, the seventy-year-old musician makes new albums and tours the United States and Europe, but is also evicted from his apartment for non-payment of rent, falls back into drug use, suffers several health scares and ends up in the hospital with a serious case of pneumonia that leads him to the brink of death. Agile, Mobile, Hostile received its world premiere at the 2008 South by Southwest Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 13 May 2008 03:54:59 GMTAgile, Mobile, Hostile: A Year With Andre Williams2008Eric MatthiesBorn in Chicago in 1936, Andre Williams spent much of his youth in rural Alabama, and after serving a hitch in the military he ended up in Detroit, where after winning a talent show he was offered on contract with a local record label, Fortune Records. Williams' first single, 1956's "Bacon Fat", was a lascivious dance number that became a top-ten R&B hit, but while he cut a number of equally wild follow-up tunes, none of them enjoyed the same success. However, Williams stayed in the music business, working as a songwriter (he wrote the R&B classic "Shake A Tail Feather") and producer (his clients included Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, Bobby Blue Bland and the Contours) when he wasn't cutting his own material. Working with <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___114750/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ike Turner</a> in the Seventies proved to be Williams's downfall -- through Turner he developed an addiction to cocaine, and in the Eighties he was a homeless crackhead for several years. In the Nineties, Williams cleaned up and made a comeback, recording a series of wild, raunchy albums with a variety of punk and indie rock musicians backing him up (including members of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Dirtbombs and the Demolition Doll Rods). However, while Williams had a new and loyal following, money and sobriety were still problems for him, and when filmmakers Eric Matthies and Trisha Todd decided to make a documentary about him, they ended up recording one of the most tumultuous periods of his life. In Agile, Mobile, Hostile: A Year With Andre Williams, the seventy-year-old musician makes new albums and tours the United States and Europe, but is also evicted from his apartment for non-payment of rent, falls back into drug use, suffers several health scares and ends up in the hospital with a serious case of pneumonia that leads him to the brink of death. Agile, Mobile, Hostile received its world premiere at the 2008 South by Southwest Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide13Tag Target (>10)24http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s365122.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Agile_Mobile_Hostile_A_Year_With_Andre_Williams/365122/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/3/20/26447.aspx Post By: Karina
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Body: Click to play We told you we were done with our SXSW coverage. We lied. Here’s one more treat: an interview with Andre Williams and Eric Matthies, subject and co-director of the documentary Agile, Mobile, Hostile. Watch the interview above, and for more on the film, check out its MySpace page. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina
]]>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:00:41 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog3/20/2008 6:00:41 PM Click to play We told you we were done with our SXSW coverage. We lied. Here’s one more treat: an interview with Andre Williams and Eric Matthies, subject and co-director of the documentary Agile, Mobile, Hostile. Watch the interview above, and for more on the film, check out its MySpace page. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/20/26445.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Click to play We told you we were done with our SXSW coverage. We lied. Here’s one more treat: an interview with Andre Williams and Eric Matthies, subject and co-director of the documentary Agile, Mobile, Hostile. Watch the interview above, and for more on the film, check out its MySpace page. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:00:32 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/20/2008 6:00:32 PM Click to play We told you we were done with our SXSW coverage. We lied. Here’s one more treat: an interview with Andre Williams and Eric Matthies, subject and co-director of the documentary Agile, Mobile, Hostile. Watch the interview above, and for more on the film, check out its MySpace page. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/14/26207.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 3/14/2008 11:00:40 AM
Body: FilmCouch is coming from the exotic Austin, TX. Guess what we talk about. That’s right. Movies at SXSW. To name a few: Yeast, Medicine for Melancholy, One Minute to Nine, Wellness, The Promotion and the unforgettable Andre Williams (Agile, Mobile, Hostile). Note: After we recorded this podcast, Wellness won the SXSW Grand Jury Award. FilmCouch 61 SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:00:40 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/14/2008 11:00:40 AM FilmCouch is coming from the exotic Austin, TX. Guess what we talk about. That’s right. Movies at SXSW. To name a few: Yeast, Medicine for Melancholy, One Minute to Nine, Wellness, The Promotion and the unforgettable Andre Williams (Agile, Mobile, Hostile). Note: After we recorded this podcast, Wellness won the SXSW Grand Jury Award. FilmCouch 61 SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/3/14/26206.aspx Post By: paul
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Post Date: 3/14/2008 11:00:30 AM
Body: FilmCouch is coming from the exotic Austin, TX. Guess what we talk about. That’s right. Movies at SXSW. To name a few: Yeast, Medicine for Melancholy, One Minute to Nine, Wellness, The Promotion and the unforgettable Andre Williams (Agile, Mobile, Hostile). Note: After we recorded this podcast, Wellness won the SXSW Grand Jury Award. FilmCouch 61 SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul
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