| Goodnight Cleveland | |
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| Directed by | Jim Heneghan |
| Produced by | Urban Eriksson |
| Starring | The Hellacopters |
| Music by | The Hellacopters |
| Cinematography | Jim Heneghan |
| Editing by | Jim Heneghan |
| Distributed by | MVD |
| Release date(s) | 2003 |
| Running time | 114 min |
| Country | United States & Sweden |
| Language | English & Swedish |
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Goodnight Cleveland is a documentary film directed by Jim Heneghan for 8th Grade Films chronicling The Hellacopters North American tour in 2002 in support of their album High Visibility. The Hellacopters are a Swedish rock band that was formed in 1994 and have released six full length albums of their own material a cover album two compilations The Hellacopters are a Swedish rock band that was formed in 1994 and have released six full length albums of their own material a cover album two compilations The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality The Hellacopters are a Swedish rock band that was formed in 1994 and have released six full length albums of their own material a cover album two compilations High Visibility is an album released by the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters, released under the Polar (record label / Universal
The film was shot with one camera and a sound person using the techniques of Direct Cinema and Cinéma vérité. Direct Cinema is a documentary genre that originated between 1958 and 1962 in North America chiefly in Canada ( Quebec) and in the United States Cinéma Vérité is the first Album by an Alternative rock group Dramarama, released in November 1985 Goodnight Cleveland is noted for it's lack of dramatic arc which captures the boredom & tediousness of touring life in a very realistic way. [1]
The title Goodnight Cleveland is heard in the film when Hellacopters lead singer Nicke Andersson yells "goodnight Cleveland" to the audience at the end of the Agora Ballroom show, an inverted reference to the mockumentary film This Is Spınal Tap, in which bass player Derek Smalls yells, "Hello Cleveland" to an unseen audience as the band attempts to find their way to the stage, while lost in the boiler room of the theater before a concert. Nicke Andersson (also known as Nicke Royale) born August 1 1972 is a Singer, Guitarist, Drummer, Songwriter and Composer Mockumentary (also known as a pseudo-documentary) a Portmanteau of Mock and documentary, is a film and TV Genre, or a single work This Is Spın̈al Tap (officially spelled with a non-functional umlaut over the letter 'n' and dotless 'i' is a 1984 mock Rockumentary Derek Albion Smalls (born 1941 is a Fictional character played by Harry Shearer.