The following contains spoilers from Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, currently streaming on the Roku Channel.
"Weird" Al Yankovic shared the one prop he held on to from the set of his biopic, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story -- and it's a macabre one.
Yankovic shared photos of himself with his own gravestone, which reads "Alfred Matthew Yankovic; Born 1959, Ate It 1985." "SPOILER ALERT (but c'mon, you should've seen the movie by now!)," Yankovic wrote. "This is the only prop that I got to keep from the shoot. I took it home from the set and planted it in my backyard, and my wife didn't discover it until two weeks later." The gravestone appears in the final scenes of the movie, after Al (Daniel Radcliffe) is assassinated under the orders of his vengeful ex-girlfriend, Madonna (Evan Rachel Wood), once she takes over Pablo Escobar's drug empire.
As evidenced, Weird takes some creative liberties with the life story of its subject. Indeed, the whole film is a spoof of melodramatic music biopics, which is only fitting for a movie about music's premier parodist. CBR's own Josh Bell said in his review, "Even if it's not as bold as it could have been, Weird is still endearing and fun to watch, full of classic Weird Al songs -- with Yankovic himself providing the vocals -- and tons of celebrity cameos... Weird closes with a new song from Yankovic, 'Now You Know,' riffing on biopics and fame and everything that the audience has just seen. It demonstrates that Yankovic's musical comedy chops are as sharp as ever, with decades of his career left to explore -- and mock. Bring on Weird 2."
How Can You Watch the "Weird" Al Movie?
The film is currently streaming on the Roku Channel for free but isn't available in territories outside the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Yankovic has responded by slyly encouraging fans to pirate the "Weird" Al movie if they can't watch it legally, saying, "In the meantime, there's VPN (Very Probably No) way to watch it legally. I'm sure you have a TORRENT of other questions, but I have to move along, sorry." He added that Roku is working on a way to bring the film to a wider audience.
In addition to Radcliffe and Wood, Weird stars Rainn Wilson as Dr. Demento, Toby Huss and Julianne Nicholson as Al's parents, Nick and Mary Yankovic, and Spencer Treat Clark, Jack Lancaster and Tommy O'Brien as Al's best friends and eventual backing band.
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is available to stream on the Roku Channel. The soundtrack is available from Legacy Recordings.
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