American: The Bill Hicks Story

stay off the fags.

This animated documentary (I found the after effects animation somewhat creepy, old photos of Bill re coloured and inserted into other scenes) tells the story of his comedic beginnings in Houston as a teenager, his love of mushrooms and music, his popularity overseas and his untimely death from cancer at 32.

Bill was smart, charismatic and caring and so were his 90s style black comedy existential rants about Waco, the Persian Gulf war, advertising, abortion, drugs and meeting aliens - he inspired and offended many.

This features his friends and family and also various scenes of his stand up throughout the years.

YES - if you're not familiar with his work this is excellent, if you are it's like looking at an old photo album.