Review of Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011) by Roni A — 03 Feb 2012

Well done documentary about a voice that seems to have been all too overlooked in retrospectives about folk music and the protest movements of the 60s.

This review of Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011) was written by Roni A on 03 Feb 2012.

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Norman L (12) on 14 Mar 2011

Broke my heart. A must see for those of you who should know…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 20 Jan 2011

At once an unsentimental portrait of the ambitious singer who thought himself bound for glory, and an affecting elegy for a time when song…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 Mar 2011

Beautiful and melodic as well as pointedly political…

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By Rick N (47) on 27 Jul 2011

The synopsis below on A 1989 compilation is about just that, an album, not the excellent documentary released in Jan. 2011…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 05 Jan 2011

The story told by Mr. Bowser's film is complicated and tragic…

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By Jeanette R (27) on 21 Dec 2011

The story of a man that needed to find a purpose to live and in the process put an era into great focus…

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By Michael H (3,299) on 01 Jan 2012

A solid, if unexceptional, documentary about a very interesting and exceptional man…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 04 Aug 2011

Top-notch documentary on edgy protest singer-songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s Phil Ochs…

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By Brucenelson (6) on 04 Mar 2011

Did a good job of his protest years, but didn't really delve much into his change of style or what really caused the break down…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 06 Jan 2011

If you're new to Phil Ochs, it will reveal a voice silenced too early and, just maybe, send you scurrying to iTunes for a sampling of his work…

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