The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man

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The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man
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Directed byTommy Avallone
Written by Tommy Avallone
Max Paolucci
Produced byRaymond Esposito
Max Paolucci
Derrick Kunzer
Kevin Sisti Jr.
Starring
  • Tommy Avallone
  • John Barnhardt
  • Christopher Beaumont
CinematographyDerrick Kunzer
Edited byTommy Avallone
Music byJohn Avarese
Production
companies
Double Windsor Films
Old Lime Productions
Release date
Running time
70 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man is a 2018 American documentary film written, edited and directed by Tommy Avallone.

Contents

Plot

The film explores and investigates several "urban legends" surrounding American actor and comedian Bill Murray.

Cast

Release

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 95% approval rating based on 21 reviews. [1] Peter Howell from the Canadian daily newspaper Toronto Star gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, stating: "The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From a Mythical Man addresses the very real title star’s amusingly bizarre habit of casually barging into regular lives." [2] Richard Roeper writing for the Chicago Sun-Times gave "The Bill Murray Stories" 3.5 out of 4 stars. [3] John DeFore from The Hollywood Reporter liked the movie but called it "an enjoyable but hardly essential pop-culture exploration". [4]

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References

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  2. Howell, Peter (8 November 2018). "In documentary The Bill Murray Stories, the star seems happy to do just about anything to make an event happier". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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