Dig!

Dig! is a 2004 documentary film directed by Ondi Timoner, and produced by Timoner, Vasco Nunes, and David Timoner. Compiled from seven years of footage, it contrasts the developing careers of the bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre and the bands' respective frontmen Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Anton Newcombe. It won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.

Reaction from Newcombe

Newcombe argues that the documentary was unfair in its portrayal of him.^[1] On the band's official website, he publicly denounced the film as reducing several years of hard work to "at best a series of punch-ups and mishaps taken out of context, and at worst bold faced lies and misrepresentation of fact." The story also leaves one with the impression, by using Courtney as a voice over, that Anton and his band were no longer a band. There was no update regarding Anton at the time of release.^[2]

Cast

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

• Anton Newcombe – lead singer
• Joel Gion – percussion
• Matt Hollywood – bass, vocals
• Jeffrey Davies – guitar
• Peter Hayes – guitar
• Dean Taylor – guitar

The Dandy Warhols

• Courtney Taylor-Taylor – vocals, guitar
• Peter Holmstrom – guitar
• Zia McCabe – percussion, keyboard, bass
• Brent DeBoer – drummer
• Eric Hedford – drummer

Additional cast

• Genesis P-Orridge – commentator
• Adam Shore – commentator

References

External links

• Dig! at the Internet Movie Database
• Dig! at Rotten Tomatoes