Icarus - Seeking Great Heights (the rise and fall of an independent film maker)

 Not everyone can become an overnight success, and some of those overnight successes burn to brightly too soon and as they reach a peak burn themselves out. a perfect example of this would have to be Troy Duffy. The Boondock Saints was, for all it's flaws, a great "independent film". I use Independent loosely as Harvey Weinstein had some involvement. The Boondock Saints was the recipient of a lot of online promotion before it's release and, to this day, a cult following.

 Granted there was a budget here and some very well-known stars and backing were involved, but Troy seeming read into his own hype and was the subject of the documentary, which is worth checking out and available on DVD, Overnight. Troy has since started to collect himself and try again. But the, not so great, sequel to his 1999 film only saw the light of day in 2009. These films watched in order: Boondock Saints, Overnight, Boondock Saints II, tell and trace a perfect story of failure.



Watching The Boondock Saints will fill you with a feeling of potential and possibility.

Overnight will see you watching the first film the next time around in a very different light.

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 And finally The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day establishes a better budget however a 'play-it-safe' finished product with a sense of failed potential and an inability to recapture the feel of the original, it just didn't work.

 There are a few documentaries which also feature Troy plus online discussions on the rise and fall of Troy Duffy, and they are a perfect example of how not to behave should you have the opportunity to "make it" one day, if we are to believe the tainted light he is painted in, this is how not to act.