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Ramin Barhani’s 2nd Chance, the feature-length documentary that Showtime Documentary Films landed after its Sundance Film Festival premiere earlier this year, is now headed for theaters ahead of its TV debut next spring.

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Andrew Davis’ ‘Stony Island’ Sets Digital Debut and Screening in November in Honor of 45th Anniversary (EXCLUSIVE)

Caroline Brew editor Celebrating its 45th anniversary, director Andrew Davis‘ first film “Stony Island” will make its digital debut on major VOD platforms and DVD on Nov. 17. That same day, there will be a theatrical screening of the film at the Gene Siskel Center in Chicago.

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Richard Davis, bassist on Van Morrison’s ‘Astral Weeks’, has died

Van Morrison‘s 1968 album ‘Astral Weeks’. Other non-jazz albums that featured Davis’ playing include Bruce Springsteen‘s ‘Born to Run’ (on the track ‘Meeting Across the River’), Paul Simon‘s ‘There Goes Rhymin’ Simon’ (on ‘Something So Right’) and Bo Diddley‘s ‘Where It All Began’.Davis often served as bandleader within ensembles he performed in, which includes the band put together to record ‘Astral Weeks’ with Morrison. It is believed that Davis had over 3,000 album credits across his decades as a working musician.

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‘2nd Chance’ Trailer: Ramin Bahrani’s First Documentary Centers On A Man Chasing The American Dream

How far would you go for the American dream? Richard Davis was one man intent on having his own American dream at any cost; Davis’ story is told in the new documentary “2nd Chance.” He would become famous for his contribution to the bulletproof vest and a dramatic demonstration of its reliability — shooting himself 192 times. What followed was far from what the inventor thought would happen and ultimately saw a downfall of epic proportions.

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‘2nd Chance’ Review: Ramin Bahrani’s First Documentary Muddles Its Metaphor [True/False Film Festival]

Lest there be any lingering doubt, director Ramin Bahrani intones in narration over his first documentary feature “2nd Chance” that this is a metaphor for America. This isn’t particularly surprising given that his subject Richard Davis, a pioneer of the concealable bulletproof vest, straddles the country’s dark fascinations with violence and capitalism.

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‘2nd Chance’ Review: Ramin Bahrani’s Weirdly Arresting Documentary About the Dark Geek Pioneer of the Bulletproof Vest

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic“2nd Chance” may be the best Errol Morris movie that Errol Morris never made. It’s the first documentary feature directed by Ramin Bahrani, who has often brought a real-world edge to his dramas (“The White Tiger,” “Chop Shop”), and the figure at the film’s center could be a true-life character out of Morris land — one of those rational-on-the-surface, only-in-America compartmentalized crackpot geeks whose hidden dark depths just about scream, “Look out, I‘m a walking nonfiction metaphor!”In “2nd Chance,” that character is one Richard Davis, who invented the bulletproof vest as we know it.

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Sundance: Showtime Documentary Films Acquires Ramin Bahrani’s ‘2nd Chance’

Angelique Jackson Showtime Documentary Films has acquired “2nd Chance,” about the life and legacy of Richard Davis, from director and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Ramin Bahrani (“The White Tiger,” “99 Homes,” “Chop Shop”).The feature length-documentary centers on Davis, the charming and brash inventor of the modern-day bulletproof vest, who shot himself 192 times to prove his product worked.Written, directed, and produced by Bahrani, “2nd Chance” is produced by Daniel Turcan & Johnny Galvin of Vespucci, Charles Dorfman and Jacob Grodnik. The film is executive produced by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer (“The Act of Killing,” “The Look of Silence”), Myles Estey, Bahareh Azimi and Marlon Vogelgesang.

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Showtime Takes Documentary ‘2nd Chance’ – Sundance

Showtime Documentary Films today announced that it has acquired North American rights to the Sundance Film Festival documentary 2nd Chance, from director and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Ramin Bahrani (The White Tiger, 99 Homes, Chop Shop). 2ND CHANCE, Bahrani’s feature-length documentary debut, is an exploration of the life and legacy of Richard Davis, the charming and brash inventor of the modern-day bulletproof vest who shot himself 192 times to prove his product worked. SHOWTIME is planning a theatrical release ahead of a network premiere later his year, leading into awards season. The announcement was made by Vinnie Malhotra, Executive Vice President, Nonfiction Programming, Showtime Networks Inc.

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Unseen photos of one of Nirvana’s first ever UK gigs have been shared

Nirvana‘s first ever UK gigs.Richard Davis attended the band’s show at Manchester Polytechnic Students Union on Tuesday, October 24, 1989.

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The never-before-seen photos of Nirvana's first ever Manchester gig

Sign up for our What's On newsletter - for all the latest whether you're staying in or heading out and aboutNever-before-seen images of Nirvana's first Manchester gig - and just the band's second ever UK show - have been released for the first time.Richard Davis photographed the then pretty much unknown band when they played Manchester Polytechnic Students Union on Oxford Road on Tuesday, October 24, 1989.It was the second date on Nirvana's first UK tour alongside Sub Pop labelmates Tad.Nirvana's debut album Bleach had been released just a few months earlier and the band played with drummer Chad Channing, as Dave Grohl wouldn't join until the following year.Richard reviewed the gig for the Manchester Polytechnic photography magazine

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Andrew Davis’ ‘Stony Island’ Sets Digital Debut and Screening in November in Honor of 45th Anniversary (EXCLUSIVE)

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