Kurt & Courtney (1998) on Netflix
R19981h 35mBiographyCrimeDocumentary
After Kurt Cobain's death is ruled a suicide, a film crew travels to Seattle to interview people who knew him. Allegations of murder circulate, and Courtney Love is among the subjects.
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Kurt Cobain, a rock musician, died and his death was legally ruled a suicide. Theories that he was murdered appeared afterward, with some allegations directed at Courtney Love. A documentary crew travels to Seattle to investigate the circumstances and interviews people who knew Cobain, among them an aunt who encouraged his early interest in music, along with friends and schoolteachers from his youth. The accounts describe a shy man weary of touring and embarrassed by fame, and a dramatic, controlling Courtney Love.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Kurt & Courtney (1998)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Courtney Love refused to license any Nirvana music for Kurt & Courtney, so director Nick Broomfield was forced to score the film with Pacific Northwest bands, among them Zeke, the Dwarves, Rozz Rezabek and the Theater of Sheep, and Earth.
- According to the 2000 second edition of Ian Halperin and Max Wallace's book Who Killed Kurt Cobain?, Courtney Love tried to stop both the book's original 1998 publication and the release of the 1998 documentary Kurt & Courtney.
