Night of the Shock Therapy

Now that we've mentioned Amy Talkington's The Night of the White Pants this morning, it's as good a time as any to show the trailer for her brother's debut film. We've brought it up a few times before, but now that former Met music editor Keven McAlester's Roky Erickson doc,...

By Robert Wilonsky

April 6, 2007

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Now that we've mentioned Amy Talkington's The Night of the White Pants this morning, it's as good a time as any to show the trailer for her brother's debut film. We've brought it up a few times before, but now that former Met music editor Keven McAlester's Roky Erickson doc, You're Gonna Miss Me, has fancy-pants distribution, it also has an official trailer, courtesy Palm Pictures. The film should be in theaters here in June; by July, you can own the DVD. But here's what you can git today. --Robert Wilonsky

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