The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
2010 Directed by Julien Nitzberg
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A documentary about the White family of Boone County, West Virginia. The 1991 documentary The Dancing Outlaw focused on Jesco White, a famous mountain dancer. This film focuses on the other members of his family.
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I was told this documentary was about the craziest, law-ignorning hillbillies I'd ever see. However, I grew up in a council town in Fife. I saw a lot worse on a daily basis. Sure, none of the families I knew ever went on a gun-rampage, but other than one blacksheep in the White's they seemed relatively tame compared to some of the neds I used to know. The craziest thing the majority seem to do is tap-dance to some bad-ass mountain music. Oh, and keep a tattoo needle in the house to misspell the latest illegitimate's childs name to a family members skin while high on xanax.
Still highly entertaining, especially when they start stealing each others boyfriends, downing litres of vodka and flashing their pendulous titties at a bemused Knoxville. Uncle Jesco is a true star, an artists and a street philosopher, but as his nephew points out, that need to entertain will kill him.
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If you've ever had the experience of driving through West Virginia, this movie gives you some flashbacks of some of the horrors you see roaming the streets. Not really worth a watch.
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Pretty bizarre documentary about some skanky rednecks.
I'm not in the least bit surprised that it's a Dickhouse Production.My life may be pretty far away from 'ideal', but at least I'm not these people.
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March Movie Madness-March 23rd-The letter "W".
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia is a documentary about a large family "The Whites" and all the trouble and craziness they get into. The family is very large and most of all them are on drugs, in and out of jail and/or committing crimes.
Honestly, I knew nothing about this film prior to watching it. I assumed it was a group of White Supremacist from the south. These people are crazy! They do drugs on camera; everything from smoking weed, snorting prescription drugs and anything else you can imagine. Some of them are just getting released from jail, some of them are on their way to jail and some of them are entering rehab. They are a very interesting group of people and they are all family. I highly recommend for anyone who loves to see fucked up people.
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The computers and the drugs is gonna take the world over.
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Note to self: Always have a full tank of gas if driving through West Virginia. A look at the redneckiest of rednecks who do nothing but fight, talk shit, swear, commit crimes of varying degrees, go to jail, do a variety of drugs, not work and party. The good life indeed.
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If you've ever had the experience of driving through West Virginia, this movie gives you some flashbacks of some of the horrors you see roaming the streets. Not really worth a watch.
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What a delightful group of people.
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While not quite as funny or entertaining as the original 2 "Dancing Outlaw" documentaries, this one definitely gives a better overall look at the mentality and circumstances of the White family.
It suffers from a lack of screen time from Jesco, who gave more of the philosophizing, rambling flashes of insight and insanity to the previous films. Instead, as Jesco has toned things down in the intervening years, this documentary focuses on the dynamics of the rest of the family and especially the families of two of his sisters.
The continued inability of anybody in this family to understand impulse control or consequences is really fascinating and horrifying. I've seen it described as watching a train wreck, but in this…
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Pretty bizarre documentary about some skanky rednecks.
I'm not in the least bit surprised that it's a Dickhouse Production.My life may be pretty far away from 'ideal', but at least I'm not these people.
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March Movie Madness-March 23rd-The letter "W".
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia is a documentary about a large family "The Whites" and all the trouble and craziness they get into. The family is very large and most of all them are on drugs, in and out of jail and/or committing crimes.
Honestly, I knew nothing about this film prior to watching it. I assumed it was a group of White Supremacist from the south. These people are crazy! They do drugs on camera; everything from smoking weed, snorting prescription drugs and anything else you can imagine. Some of them are just getting released from jail, some of them are on their way to jail and some of them are entering rehab. They are a very interesting group of people and they are all family. I highly recommend for anyone who loves to see fucked up people.
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Documentary about the dysfunctional family of "The Dancing Outlaw" Jesco White. A family that lives to party, raise hell and engage in criminal activity. Like a bad car crash you can't take your eyes off it.
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Hickumentary following Jesco Whites Hillbilly family over a year. Sadly the family isn't as interesting as Jesco, so the large sections of film without him are boring as hell.
Viewed as part of my Beware the Docs of March Marathon 1
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After viewing this film I wondered why I wake up in the morning to go to work or school....I guess the film did it's job.
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"You gotta venture outside of beer sometime." - Doug Bakker, March 3rd (1:00 am), 2013
Doug pours me my first glass of wine since John Baker's graduation party (no relation to Brittany or Doug-- notice the lack of the double K). After much deliberation of what film to watch next, Douglas is persistant on The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. This film is literally like watching a train wreck. It's a Dickhouse production, so it shared a lot of the editing techniques from Jackass. It reminded me of a reality tv show version of Jackass (as in all drama and rarely any stunts). I would recommend this movie to those who want to watch a redneck rumpus which makes you feel thankful you aren't a redneck.
Things I forgot to mention:I'm slightly drunk. How appropriate.