Harmontown, a documentary that follows Dan Harmon's cross-country podcasting after being fired from Community, now has a distributor.
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said that there are no second acts in American life. Even if that’s true, he said nothing about peculiarly intense documentaries fixated on celebrated failure.
Much like Conan O’Brien became the subject and obsession of Rodman Flender’s documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop during his post-Tonight Show cross-country tour, so too has Dan Harmon received a celebratory camera with Harmontown. A new documentary made by Neil Berkeley (Beauty is Embarrassing) directly after Dan Harmon was released from the position of showrunner on Community—leading to the now infamous “gas leak year” that was season four—it follows Harmon taking his rejected act on the road to cities filled with Greendale-believing fans. Named after the “Harmontown Podcast,” which facilitated the vaudeville tour, it included friends and colleagues attending the events including Community star Joel McHale, Jack Black, Sarah Silverman, and more.
The documentary also now has a distributor. As revealed at Deadline, The Orchard, an MSN distribution company, has picked up the rights for Harmontown and is eyeing a theatrical and digital release for the doc later this year.
Harmon in his typical sardonic tone welcomed the news via a press release. “Harmontown is a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a man that would quote himself saying that a movie about him is fascinating. It’s more than a documentary. It’s your chance to figure out what’s wrong with me while cutting me in on the profit.”
Does this technically count as a third way to get to six seasons and a movie?
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