The Compleat Al

The Compleat Al (1985)

The amazing and almost-true life story of a rock and roll legend!

Fact and fiction are mingled in this mockumentary about the career of music parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic. In retelling his life story, the film includes eight "Weird Al" music video classics: "Ricky", "I Love Rocky Road", the award-winning "Eat It", "I Lost on Jeopardy", "This Is the Life", "Like a Surgeon", "One More Minute", and "Dare to Be Stupid"!

Date of release
1985-08-07
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (15)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Comedy, Music
Director
Robert K. Weiss, Jay Levey

Casting

Interesting facts

The Compleat Al is a mockumentary about the life of "Weird Al" Yankovic, from his birth in 1959, to 1985. It was partially written by Yankovic and directed by Jay Levey. An abbreviated version premiered on August 7, 1985 on the Showtime network before the full film was released on video on September 25, 1985. The title of the film is a parody from the 1982 documentary The Compleat Beatles.

Production

The film came about when CBS Home Video approached Yankovic to make a long form music video. It was produced by Yankovic's manager Jay Levey, Levey's friend Hamilton Cloud, and Robert K. Weiss, who had previously produced Kentucky Fried Movie and The Blues Brothers. The production, which had a budget of $250,000, also included making videos for "Like a Surgeon", "Dare to Be Stupid", and "One More Minute", which were included in the film.

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