ENTER TO WIN HERESeattle Weekly Presents: SIFF Supermensch: The Legend of Shep
Published 7:19 pm Friday, May 9, 2014
ENTER TO WIN HERE
Seattle Weekly Presents: SIFF Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Saturday | May 17
9 pm | AMC Pacific Place 11
Mike Myers’ directorial debut tells the life story of talent manager Hollywood insider Shep Gordon with a playful use of archival footage, new interviews, and his own personal stories about the man himself. Shep Gordon may not be a household name, but after a chance encounter with Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, his career in Hollywood quickly became infamous. Gordon, primarily known for managing the career of Alice Cooper, as well as Blondie, Luther Vandross, and Raquel Welch, among many others, effortlessly shifted gears after stepping away the music industry. He started traveling, and in speaking with all of the great chefs around the world was appalled to discover how poorly they were treated and how little they were paid. Shep Gordon saw a perfect way to monetize the culinary world, and as a result invented the “celebrity chef.” Mike Myers met Gordon while shooting Wayne’s World—they initially butted heads over which Alice Cooper song to use in the film—and 22 years later Myers gets to tell his story alongside some of Gordon’s best pals, including Cooper, Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone, Willie Nelson, Anne Murray, and more.
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