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Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

8.2 102 mins Documentary   Music   2003
Plexifilm   Cowboy Pictures  
Director(s): AJ Schnack

John Flansburgh & John Linnell met in the 1970s as junior high students in Lincoln, Massachusetts. A decade later, their band—They Might Be Giants—would stand at the forefront of a burgeoning East Village NYC performance art scene as well as the college music revolution of the late 1980s. Filmed in 2001, ‘Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)’ is the acclaimed true story, tracing their independent and sometimes hilarious path through two decades in the pop music wilderness. From their legendary Dial-a-Song answering machine, to their Grammy Award-winning theme song for ‘Malcolm in the Middle’, fans and friends gather to tell the oral history of Brooklyn's finest alternative rock band.

Casts of Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

John Flansburgh

as Self

John Linnell

as Self

Frank Black

as Self

Joe Franklin

as Self

Ira Glass

as Self

Mark Hoppus

as Self

Michael McKean

as Self

Conan O'Brien

as Self

Andy Richter

as Self

Harry Shearer

as Self

Sarah Vowell

as Self

Dave Eggers

as Self

Robert Krulwich

as Self

Syd Straw

as Self

Linwood Boomer

as Self

Jon Stewart

as self (archival)

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