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Troy Duffy
Harvey Weinstein
Mark Wahlberg
Willem Dafoe
Vincent D'Onofrio
John Goodman

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The both tragic and hilarious story of Troy Duffy, writer and director of The Boondock Saints, as told by his friends and Troy himself.

09/16/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

The Process of Film Making & Human Behavior

It is amazing that this footage was captured. Overnight documents the process of a man given the chance to be blessed with success and what can happen if you are undeserving of it.

It is almost like studying the behavior of another life form. That a human could be so bullishly arrogant, arrogant to the point of complete stupidity, is astounding.

Duffy is an ill-mannered man enveloped in his own world in which he is the messiah, and no one else - loved ones, friends, seasoned professionals (in which ever medium he is trying to conquer at that time) can get a word in edgewise. He is unwilling to share credit, unwilling to compromise, makes no attempt to professionally or even courteously, arrange deals and do business. All of this is bad enough, but factor in his treatment of his fam...

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12/07/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Like Watching a Train Wreck....

Overnight is a documentary chronicling the rise and fall of Troy Duffy, writer and director of The Boondock Saints. I've been meaning to watch this one for awhile and I finally got around to it thanks to those Blockbuster Online in-store rentals. Basically Duffy was a bouncer and bartender at a pub in Hollywood who sold his script for Saints to Miramax. His deal included $300,000 for the script, a deal to direct with final cut, a soundtrack deal for his band, and Harvey Weinstein would buy the bar he worked in. The movie starts just after the deal is offered. We can already see that Duffy is a pretty big asshole, but it is absolutely shocking how much more of an asshole he becomes and the rate he descends into complete egomania. This film is like watching a train wreck or one of those bad...

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