Hating Breitbart

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Hating Breitbart
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Directed byAndrew Marcus
Written byAndrew Marcus
Produced byMaura Flynn
Gary Hewson
James Hoft
Evan Coyne Maloney
Starring Andrew Breitbart
Edited byMichael Kadela
Music byChris Loesch
Production
company
Pixel & Verse
Distributed by Rocky Mountain Pictures
Release date
  • October 19, 2012 (2012-10-19)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$81,432 [1]

Hating Breitbart is a 2012 political documentary about conservative media critic and alternative media icon Andrew Breitbart. The documentary was released on October 19, 2012, just seven months after Breitbart's sudden death. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Contents

The film was released by Rocky Mountain Pictures.

Release

The film had a limited theatrical run on October 19, 2012, and received an early video-on-demand release on May 17, 2013.

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