

And of course I had all of his books that he had written. Watch the trailer for the documentary in the video below.And when it was determined that I would, in fact, continue the book without him, I had access to all of the transcripts from all of the shows that he made over almost 20 years of making travel television. I’m thrilled to be re-teaming with Focus Features after our journey on ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?'”įocus Features will release “Roadrunner” in theaters on July 16. CNN is in the DNA of Tony’s work, and the perfect partners in this journey.

To have the opportunity to tell his story is humbling. “He connected with people not in spite of his flaws, but because of them. “Anthony Bourdain did more to help us understand each other than just about anyone in the history of television,” Neville said in a statement back when the documentary was first announced. Among the chef and television personality’s many accomplishments was the best-selling 2000 book “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly” and television series such as Food Network’s “A Cook’s Tour,” Travel Channel’s “No Reservations,” and CNN’s “Parts Unknown.” Bourdain’s cause of death was later confirmed to be suicide. Bourdain was found dead in a French hotel room at age 61 in June 2018. “Roadrunner” is having its world premiere June 11 at the Tribeca Film Festival. How ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Creator Nida Manzoor Blew Up the Action-Comedy for Her ‘Bonkers’ Film Debut From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville, this unflinching look at Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him” ‘Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain’ is an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. Chef, writer, adventurer, and provocateur Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly.

The official “Roadrunner” synopsis from Focus Features reads: “It’s not where you go. Neville is best known as the director of Best Documentary Feature Oscar winner “20 Feet from Stardom,” “Best of Enemies,” and the Fred Rogers documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Backed by Focus Features and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville, “Roadrunner” promises an intimate exploration of Bourdain’s personal life and professional career. This month marks the three year anniversary of Anthony Bourdain’s death, which makes the trailer premiere for “ Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” all the more poignant.
