Jul 31, 2016 each episode, dame helen mirren acts as host to introduce the faux docs. Season premiere took on the war room ahead of the season 2 premiere, series creators and directors rhys thomas and. Each episode adopts a different style of nonfiction filmmaking to honor the most important stories that didnt actually happen. Fred armisens documentary now starring fred armisen, bill hader and helen mirren is back in its next season. This episode sends up the documentary smash wild wild country and the notion of a sex cult hiding in plain sight. The war room introduced us to the concept of corruptingtheprocess campaign consultants as imagemakers, and in its comic, halfhour way, documentary now. Starring fred armisen and bill hader, documentary now. Ifc mockumentary genre anthology series, which debuted in 2015, created by seth meyers, bill hader and fred armisen, starring the latter two. Ifc, bless them, quickly renewed the series for two more seasons, and now our first look at documentary now. The bunker a different and interesting look at the 1992 ohio gubernatorial campaign. Aug 01, 2016 ifc, bless them, quickly renewed the series for two more seasons, and now our first look at documentary now.
Jul 31, 2016 starring fred armisen and bill hader, produced by seth meyers among others, and hosted by helen mirren, the series returns sept. Ranking every episode of documentary now paste magazine. Season 2 kicks off with the bunker, a spoof of the political documentary the war room, and starring bill hader and fred armisen as driven campaign managers. A different and interesting look at the 1992 ohio gubernatorial campaign. Season 2 kicks off with the bunker, a spoof of the political documentary the war room, and starring bill hader and fred armisen as driven campaign managers involved in the 1992 ohio. Season premiere took on the war room ahead of the season 2 premiere, series creators and directors rhys thomas and alex buono talk about the bunker and going one. Each episode is presented as part of an anniversary special of a real documentary show, presented by helen mirren, and parodies a famous documentary or style thereof with armisen and hader busy working on other shows, season 3, which began on february. Deadpan spoof of talking heads famous concert film stop making sense 1984.
Starring fred armisen and bill hader, each episode is shot in a. Parody of the war room 1993 about two fictional political rivals and their campaign staffs during the 1992 us presidential election. Bill hader, fred armisen, seth meyers first air date. Helen mirren presents a scene from the bunker, an upcoming film on documentary now. Sep 14, 2016 one of tvs most clever series, documentary now. Doc now dream team seth meyers, fred armisen, and bill hader all insisted earlier this summer at the television critics association press tour that the bunkerthe shows sendup of 1993s the war roomhas nothing to do with today.
Armisen and hader star in many episodes, and thomas and alex buono codirect most episodes. Watch doomsday bunkers episodes online season 1 2012. Theres a moment in an upcoming episode of the ifc series documentary now. Ifc reveals documentary now season 2 details, new development slate upfronts 2016. Episode 1 latest news ifc has officially renewed the cultfavorite, lovingly crafted spoof documentary now. If youre into awkward and quirky comedy this show will not disappoint. Doc now dream team seth meyers, fred armisen, and bill hader all insisted earlier this summer at the television critics association press tour that the bunker the shows sendup of 1993s the war roomhas nothing to do with today. Both fred armison and bill hader are hilarious the whole way through. The bunker takes aim at one of the most famous political documentaries of all time, the. The bunker takes aim at one of the most famous political documentaries of all time, the war room, and skewers the 1992 presidential campaign. The show also splices in clips from an interview with the band. Hosted by helen mirren, the series spoofs celebrated documentary films by parodying the style of each documentary with a similar. Each episode really takes on its own documentary style which keeps it fresh throughout the whole season. Season two consists six distinctive stories and stylistic approaches paying homage to the doc format.
In 1987, a new wave band called test pattern plays their final concert. Official order season 2 episode 1 home series documentary now. The story of the blue jean committee part 1 gentle and soft. Runner up is inspired by the kid stays in the picture, the 2002 documentary that. Season 2 kicks off with the bunker, a spoof of the political documentary the war room, and starring bill hader and fred armisen as driven campaign. Season 2 has arrived with a clip from the premiere episode the bunker. Shrinking the size of the canvas is a trick documentary now.
A fascinating fly on the wall look at the 1992 ohio gubernatorial campaign. Returning for its secondahem, 51stseason, documentary now. In season 1, the comic filmmakers spoof such classic documentaries as grey gardens, nanook of the north. Etpt with the bunker, a spoof of the 1993 political. Season 3 of the satirical documentary series continues with takes on wild wild country, original cast album. The bunker in the premiere episode, the classic political doc gets a local focus remix. Parody of the war room 1993 about two fictional political rivals and their. Projects from bryan cranston, steven weber, allison anders and sharon horgan among new comedies in. Starring fred armisen and bill hader, each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didnt actually happen. With fred armisen, bill hader, helen mirren, van epperson. Each episode, dame helen mirren acts as host to introduce the faux docs. Alex buono, the series directors, display exceptional ability every episode.
Pennabakers the war room, about the insandouts of the 1992 bill clinton presidential campaign, was a fresh piece of work in the way that it provided. Sep 14, 2016 directed by alexander buono, rhys thomas. Starring fred armisen and bill hader, produced by seth meyers among others, and hosted by helen mirren, the series returns sept. Scott tests a prototype by dropping a car on it and setting it. Dame helen mirren serves as host of this six part series, lending the gravitas that documentaries of this caliber so rightly deserve. Its a passionate tribute to one of the greatest campaign documentaries ever made. This narrates the current worship with documentaries.
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