Xlrator Screens Duff McKagan's "It's So Easy and Other Lies"

XLrator Media will release Guns N’ Roses founding member and bass player Duff McKagan’s autobiographical music documentary IT’S SO EASY AND OTHER LIES: LIVE AT THE MOORE, based on his New York Times best-selling memoir, in 50 cities beginning May 26, prior to its LA theatrical release on June 3. Fans can go to itssoeasymovie.com for theater information and to purchase tickets.

Featuring exclusive archival footage, this authorized documentary chronicles Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inductee McKagan’s meteoric rise to fame and fortune, his near-fatal struggles with alcohol and drug addiction, and his remarkable life transformation. The film features interviews with many of the people who took this wild ride, including a constellation of rock stars that rose to fame alongside him, and the people who inspired him to overcome his addictions.  In a voice that is as honest as it is indelibly his own, Duff takes audiences on a harrowing journey through the dark heart of rock ‘n’ roll and out the other side.

IT’S SO EASY AND OTHER LIES: LIVE AT THE MOORE was directed and produced by Christopher Duddy, produced by Daniel Zirilli and Steven G. Kaplan, and executive produced by Vision Films’ Lise Romanoff, Gato Scatena, Jordan Rosner, Hans Stangl, Birgit Stein and Kati Thomson. Evan Saxon did the theatrical booking.

Here is the complete list of theatrical screenings:

Date	Theater	City	State
May 26	ArcLight Hollywood	Los Angeles	CA
May 26	Reading Valley Plaza	Bakersfield	CA
May 26	Landmark Shattuck	Berkeley	CA
May 26	Reading Rohnert Park	Rohnert Park	CA
May 26	Angelika Carmel Mountain	San Diego	CA
May 26	Landmark Embarcadero	San Francisco	CA
May 26	Landmark Chez	Denver	CO
May 26	Landmark Atlantic Plumbing	Washington	DC
May 26	Landmark Midtown	Atlanta	GA
May 26	Consolidated Ward	Honolulu	HI
May 26	Landmark Century	Chicago	IL
May 26	Landmark Keystone	Indianapolis	IN
May 26	Landmark Kendall Square	Boston	MA
May 26	Landmark Harbor East	Baltimore	MD
May 26	Landmark Main Art	Detroit	MI
May 26	Landmark Tivoli	St. Louis	MO
May 26	Reading Manville	Manville	NJ
May 26	Landmark Sunshine	New York	NY
May 26	Landmark Ritz East	Philadelphia	PA
May 26	Landmark Magnolia	Dallas	TX
May 26	Landmark River Oaks	Houston	TX
May 26	Angelika Mosaic	Fairfax	VA
May 26	Landmark Guild	Seattle	WA
May 30 & June 6	UltraStar Mission Valley	San Diego	CA
May 31	Hollywood Theatre	Portland	OR
June 1	Showcase Cinemas Bridgeport	Bridgeport	CT
June 1	Showcase Cinema de Lux Lowell	Lowell	MA
June 1	Showcase Cinema de Lux Revere	Revere	MA
June 1	Arts Quest	Bethlehem	PA
June 1	Island 16:  Cinema de Lux	Holtsville	NY
June 1	Springdale 18:  Cinema de Lux	Springdale	OH
June 1	Marcus Addison Cinema	Addison	IL
June 1	Marcus Bay Park Cinema	Ashwaubenon	WI
June 1	Marcus Point Cinema	Madison	WI
June 1	Marcus Lincoln Grand	Lincoln	NE
June 1	Marcus Duluth Cinema	Duluth	MN
June 1	Marucs Elgin Cinema	Elgin	IL
June 1	Marcus Gurnee Mills	Gurnee	IL
June 1	Marcus Oakdale Cinema	Oakdale	MN
June 1	Marcus West Acres Cinema	Fargo	ND
June 1	Marcus Twin Creek Cinema	Bellevue	NE
June 1	Marcus Crosswoods Cinema	Columbus	OH
June 1	Marcus Ridge Cinema	New Belin	WI
June 1	Marcus Valley Grand	Appleton	WI
June 1	Providence Place Cinemas 16	Providence	RI
June 2	Alamo Drafthouse Cinema	Winchester	VA
June 3-9	Arena Cinema	Hollywood	CA
June 16	Capitol Theatre	Cleveland	OH
June 16	Southside Work	Pittsburgh	PA
June 24-25	Pickford Film Center	Bellingham	WA

 

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About XLrator Media, LLC

One of the fastest-growing independent film distribution companies in North America since its creation in 2010, XLrator Media, LLC (XLratorMedia.com) will release 25 films in 2016. Its recent releases include Academy Award-winner John Ridley’s Jimi: All is by My Side starring Andre Benjamin as rock legend Jimi Hendrix and SXSW hits Housebound, The Mule and The Diabolical. XLrator Media is also the home of the acclaimed MACABRE and TURBO genre film labels and the PACE multicultural film label. The company launched its first OTT channel with the MACABRE Collection on Hulu and co-produced 400 Days which was released by Syfy Films. The company previously released such diverse films as The Machine, CBGB, American Mary, Storm Surfers 3D, Banshee Chapter, Ironclad: Battle for Blood and Five Star.

About Duff McKagan

A founding member of Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver—and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee—Duff McKagan shares the story of his rise to the pinnacle of fame and fortune, his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, his personal crash and burn, and his phoenix-like transformation.

In 1984, at the age of twenty, Duff McKagan left his native Seattle—partly to pursue music but mainly to get away from a host of heroin overdoses then decimating his closest group of friends in the local punk scene. In L.A. only a few weeks and still living in his car, he answered a want ad for a bass player placed by someone who identified himself only as “Slash.” In a few years, Guns N’ Roses went on to sell more than 100 million albums worldwide.

In his best-selling autobiography It’s So Easy and Other Lies, Duff recounts the band’s unlikely trajectory to a string of multiplatinum albums, sold-out stadium concerts, and global acclaim. But that kind of glory can take its toll, and it did—ultimately—on Duff, as well as on the band itself. As the group began to splinter, Duff felt that he himself was done, too. But his near death as a direct result of alcoholism proved to be his watershed, the turning point that sent him on a unique path to sobriety and the unexpected choices he has made for himself since.

Xlrator Screens Duff McKagan's "It's So Easy and Other Lies"