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Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
The madcap story of the charming, intelligent, and iconoclastic singer-songwriter Ben Lee.

Charming, intelligent and iconoclastic, Ben Lee is an Australian singer-songwriter whose creative growth since his early adolescence has undergone almost relentless media scrutiny. This is a playful yet deeply intimate portrait of Lee, exploring his meteoric rise to pop stardom and the issues of celebrity and spirituality that arise when launched into the spotlight. Ex-girlfriend Claire Danes and long-time friends Jason Schwartzman, Michelle Williams, Mike D, Thurston Moore, Zooey Deschanel, and Winona Ryder give insight into Lee's almost impenetrable public persona, as well as to his private hopes and insecurities.

CAST
Ben Lee
Claire Danes
Michelle Williams
Zooey Deschanel
Jason Schwartzman
Winona Ryder
Mike D (Beastie Boys)
Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)

PRESS
"A fun, frenzied, colorful doc." --San Francisco Bay Guardian

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Products

Miami International Film Festival
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Runtime:
86 minutes

Producer(s):
Richard Lowenstein, Andrew de Groot, Phillipa Campey, Amiel Courtin-Wilson

Director(s):
Amiel Courtin-Wilson

Writer(s):
Amiel Courtin-Wilson

Production Year
2012

Type
Feature

Genre
Documentary

Stage
Distribution