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By Jason M (2,623) on 30 Apr 2011

Fantastic, long-overdue documentary about the life and music of Phil Ochs, one of the greatest voices and songwriters of the 60's folk music…

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Review of Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011)

By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 27 Apr 2011

It's a bit too worshipful, but certainly fills in the gaps in our knowledge of the life and times of the late 1960s singer-songwriter…

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By Biff_Loman (1) on 16 Apr 2011

The film captures the grimness of that era, the struggles of the civil rights era, the shock of the Kennedy and MLK assassinations, and the…

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By Cassandra T (25) on 21 Mar 2011

A somber, heartbreaking film that renders the artist, his stinging lyrics, and his talent in helpful historical context…

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By Emily S. Mendel (53) for culturevulture.net (793) on 19 Mar 2011

a must see for those who lived through the turbulent 1960s, and those who today question our country's continuing engagement in foreign wars…

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By Ian D (259) on 17 Mar 2011

Finely crafted documentary about an incredibly important American man and songwriter. Beautifully edited from tons of vintage footage…

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By Leba Hertz (37) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Mar 2011

Not only is a good look at a man who carved a small but important niche into the folk world but a good record of the turbulent 1960s and what…

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Review of Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011)

By Generoso F (106) on 14 Mar 2011

Solid bio doc on the late legendary 60s folk singer, Phil Ochs which shines during the moments that feature Ochs' live performances, interviews…

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Review of Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011)

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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Review of Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011)

By Gerald Peary (163) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 10 Mar 2011

Ken Bowser's film biography of a seminal American protest singer of the '60s and '70s is conventionally told but also informative and moving…

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By Courtney S (554) on 10 Mar 2011

Wonderful tribute to a man of his times, a man of talent, absolutely shaped by the movements of the 1960s…

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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 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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Review of Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011)

By Jane Stevenson (47) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 18 Feb 2011

First-time filmmakers Wes Orshoski and Greg Olliver trained their cameras on Lemmy for three years and the results paid off…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 18 Feb 2011

A compassionate but not uncritical portrait of an artist whose creativity and vulnerability were inseparable from the political distemper of his era…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 18 Feb 2011

More than just a biopic of the famed troubadour, Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune is also a brief, brisk, brilliant history of social turmoil…

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By Neil Rosen (146) for NY1-TV (146) on 06 Feb 2011

This film, which shows Ochs' life -- flaws and all -- offers up a history lesson to those who are not that familiar with his musical work and…

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Review of Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011)

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 Joseph Jon Lanthier (108) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 10 Jan 2011

The reading of Ochs's inner pain through the uncomfortable transitions his era underwent would likely satisfy a man who released a record entitled…

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Review of Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 07 Jan 2011

Many of the interviews in the film – conducted with everyone from family members to Christopher Hitchens and Tom Hayden – look to be 10,…

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