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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • GathrFilms
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • GathrFilms
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary On June 12, 1970, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter on LSD. While he was often embroiled in controversy on and off the field, Dock was an outspoken leader who lived the expression “Black is Beautiful!” His fearlessness enabled him to become one of the most intimidating pitchers of the 70s and a trailblazer for a new...

Directed By: Jeffrey Radice

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • GathrFilms
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • GathrFilms
  • 1 h 40 m

No No: A Dockumentary

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary On June 12, 1970, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter on LSD. While he was often embroiled in controversy on and off the field, Dock was an outspoken leader who lived the expression “Black is Beautiful!” His fearlessness enabled him to become one of the most intimidating pitchers of the 70s and a trailblazer for a new...

Directed By: Jeffrey Radice

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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0% Negative
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83
Aug 15, 2014
“No No” is a jazzy, joyful exploration of a man that, if he wasn’t able to actually change the system, was at least happy with giving it the middle finger.
By Drew Taylor FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 5, 2014
The film is fine in depicting Ellis' times, but it's mostly how he came to realize that he had a serious problem and turned his life around to become a drug-abuse counselor. He died in 2008 at age 63.
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75
Sep 2, 2014
Radice has delivered an engaging portrait of a loose cannon back when professional sports still produced such unfiltered creatures, a man who lived by his own rules, said what he thought and wore curlers to practice when he felt like it.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 4, 2014
[An] engaging portrait of a complicated but vivid sports figure.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 3, 2014
Despite the abbreviated ending, No No: A Dockumentary is nevertheless a compelling, deeply moving, fun look at the highs and lows of a bygone era.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 4, 2014
The idea that documentarian Jeffrey Radice would make the episode both the hook and the opener for his film is to be expected — it’s an attention-grabbing story. But a hook is all it is.
By Tom Russo FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 11, 2014
“No No” performs the valuable service of elevating Ellis’s legacy beyond one game, reminding viewers of a career during which he was almost always, as one observer notes, “a chapter ahead.”
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Arts+Labor, Baseball Iconoclasts, Steeltown Entertainment
Release Date Sep 5, 2014
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Just Say No No!
Website http://www.nonoadockumentary.com/
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Awards

Boulder International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Nomination

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