by Brian Brooks (March 15, 2006)
Actor
Charles Nelson Reilly was the focus of SXSW doc "
The Life of Reilly," which had its world premiere at the festival. The film takes a look at Reilly's critically acclaimed stage show that he performed over 400 times recounting his life with often dark hilarity. Unfortunately, Reilly was too ill to make the premiere, but the crew from the film threw a party for him in his absence. Left to right: rock band
L7's
Donita Sparks who did music for the film,
Bob Fagan (producer),
Carrie Heckman (executive producer),
Wrye Martin (producer),
Barry Poltermann (co-director),
Frank Anderson (co-director),
John Murphy (executive producer),
Jesse Trott (assoc. producer).