
Weatherman '69
Comedy · Drama
Overview
Featuring a cast that includes Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Mike Watt of the legendary hardcore band Minutemen, and Pettibon himself, this deadpan narrative pays dubious homage to the 1960's radical underground. In this crudely rendered home video of a commune of stoned revolutionaries, the cameras are hand-held, the edits in-camera, and the dialogue is wryly on-target. Pettibon's band of outsiders reenacts a countercultural moment defined by rock music, drugs, and ideological paradox — and in so doing, captures their own late-80's West Coast grunge milieu as well.
Top Cast


Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon
Bernadine Dohrn
Kim Gordon
Bernadine Dohrn


Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore
Jeff Jones
Thurston Moore
Jeff Jones


Mike Watt
Mike Watt
Gabe Nemisch
Mike Watt
Gabe Nemisch
Abby Travis
Abby Travis
Jane Fonda
Abby Travis
Jane Fonda


Joe Cole
Joe Cole
Joe Cole


David Markey
David Markey
Allen Ginsberg/Yoko Ono
David Markey
Allen Ginsberg/Yoko Ono
Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon
Serge Soulberg
Raymond Pettibon
Serge Soulberg
Bob Balhatchet
Bob Balhatchet
El Kahane
Bob Balhatchet
El Kahane
Davo Claassen
Davo Claassen
Wayne Kahane
Davo Claassen
Wayne Kahane
Daniel V. Adams
Daniel V. Adams
Catnip Goldbug
Daniel V. Adams
Catnip Goldbug
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