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Dreams with Sharp Teeth
Directed by
Erik Nelson
2008
1h 36m
Not Rated
Documentary
,
Biography
7.7
100%
85%
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A documentary on speculative fiction writer and essayist Harlan Ellison.
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Where to Watch Dreams with Sharp Teeth
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Cast of Dreams with Sharp Teeth
Harlan Ellison
himself
Neil Gaiman
Himself
Edie Adams
Trina Yale in 'The Oscar' (archive footage)
Haskell Barkin
Himself
Robin Williams
Himself
Tony Bennett
Hymie Kelly in 'The Oscar'
Ronald D. Moore
sELF
Dreams with Sharp Teeth Reviews
AV Club
Noel Murray
All told, Ellison is a fascinating person to spend 96 minutes with. But you probably shouldn't risk that 97th.
PopMatters
Bill Gibron
As documentaries go, it's a brilliant distillation of a figure of almost impossible scope. Here's hoping it opens Ellison up to a whole new audience - and here's knowing that they won't be ready for him.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
It would seem no easy task conveying the essence of a bigger-than-life figure like Ellison in a 96-minute film. But Nelson, producer of Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man, makes it look easy.
New York Times
Nathan Lee
Directed by Erik Nelson, Dreams With Sharp Teeth recalls the career of Harlan Ellison, a runty young geek who evolved into a world-famous artist.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Snappy documentary on prolific writer Harlan Ellison.
Boxoffice Magazine
John P. McCarthy
Will inspire all writers, anyone concerned with intellectual property rights and every independent-minded grouch, whether or not he gives a fig for art or has a creative bone in his body.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Harlan Ellison is a mook, but he won't begrudge you for calling him that.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
A fascinating, if cautious, portrait of a great writer and a world-class crank who is never less than compelling and often completely justified in his rants.
Movie Metropolis
Christopher Long
(Ellison) does not suffer fools easily, and from his tight-rope walkers point of view there are an awful lot of fools down there.
indieWire
Leo Goldsmith
If there is a criticism to be lobbed at Nelson's judicious but otherwise highly entertaining tribute, it's that it too often plays the role of the fawning, autograph-hungry fanboy, willing to accept all of the abuse Ellison wishes to hurl at it.
Cinematical
Nick Schager
More content to hang out with Ellison ... than systematically pick him apart and put him back together like a jigsaw puzzle.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Michael Alan Connelly
What makes this bracing documentary, 27 years in the making, is Ellison's incredible personal history.
New York Press
Simon Abrams
Harlan Ellison is irresistibly snarky, persistently cynical and preternaturally intelligent, and so are his stories. Dreams with Sharp Teeth illustrates that well by training an eye on his larger-than-life personality and his considerable accomplishments.
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton
Documentarian Erik Nelson, overcautious of his subject, is content to let Ellison luxuriate in his legacy of infamy--as a lothario, and a litigious and pugilistic combatant.
Film Journal International
Ethan Alter
If Dreams with Sharp Teeth isn't as...well, sharp as it could be, it's still enormously enjoyable, particularly for sci-fi fans.
Filmcritic.com
Paul Brenner
that rare documentary profile -- it not only makes you want to rush out and reread Ellison but, if you are a writer yourself, makes you feel good again about putting words together in a sentence.
Cinematical
Jette Kernion
Like dinner with Harlan Ellison: if you already know him, a chance to get to know him better, and if you don't, an evening with an unusual and interesting personality.
eFilmCritic.com
Erik Childress
Ellison's lasting contributions to science-fiction and the medium in general are well-documented in-between interludes where Ellison himself reads passages from his work and reminds us how beautiful the written word can be when put into the hands of a tru
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