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He died on march 16, 2009 in parrotsville, tennessee, usa. Popcorn sutton shares a memory of christmas past, along with his views of christmas present. Popcorn sutton, moonshining hero america fun fact of the day. Fear nothulu just reupped their streaming offerings with great new shows and movies. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. The feds finally got popcorn and he was going to have to spend time in prison. As a result of the increase in illegal activities, the bootleggers were constantly wanted by the police. Legendary moonshiner popcorn sutton became a media sensation and inspired numerous documentaries, spinoff films and ongoing reality. Popcorn boxes,12 pcslot wedding birthday movie party tableware gold paper party popcorn boxes pop corn candysanck favor bags. A hell of a life 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Popcorn describes making moonshine with the legendary aletha hicks. Popcorn sutton the day before he died by andy armstrong duration. Marvin popcorn sutton october 5, 1946 march 16, 2009 was an american appalachian moonshiner originally from maggie valley, north carolina. The legendary appalachian moonshiner apparently took his own life monday by carbon monoxide poisoning a days before he was to report to prison.
Marvin popcorn sutton while the america fun fact of the day offices break numerous laws, regulations, and religious commandments on a daily basis hell, just to get into our lobby you have to punch the captured endangered condor that we have caged up as a door handle we tend to find it unnerving when our activities that we believe to be. A hell of a life profiles the infamous appalachian outlaw and bootlegger who became an. Marvin popcorn sutton exmoonshiner october 5, 1946 march 16, 2009 popcorn said fk. A hell of a life chronicles the modern folk hero in exclusive, never before seen footage. Well i jumped right on the band and sent for this dvd. The film is an allnew depiction of legendary east tennessee. Filmed in north carolina, tennessee and west virginia, from 2000 until suttons death in 2009, a hell of a life is an unforgettable portrait of the last great moonshiner. Neals latest documentary a hell of a life shows a true and unvarnished picture of popcorn sutton, outside the glossy, popular myth that popcorn and popular culture created about him in the last years of his life. Just hours after the ground closed over his body for a second time, my daddys spirit punched a mountain beside the main vein through appalachia on interstate highway i40. He faces three charges related to the manufacture and. The dvd can also be purchased online from the website. Sucker punch pictures independent documentary media.
He was the author of me and my likker, an autobiography and textbook on how to make moonshine. The film had the same title as his selfpenned book, me and my likker, and was rereleased by sutton in 2009 as popcorn sutton making likker a long time ago. He wrote a selfpublished autobiographical guide to moonshine production, and selfproduced a home video depicting his moonshining activities, and he was later the subject of a documentary that won a. Popcorn in a big bowl goes real good with popcorn on the screen. Popcorn sutton a hell of life, a new documentary about. Lunn tells me popcorn sutton will release an aged whiskey later this year. A film from the emmy award winning producer of the pbs special the last one and the cult classic the last.
Jan 11, 2016 a deleted scene from the documentary popcorn sutton a hell of a life. Marvin popcorn sutton rose from humble appalachian roots to become a famous american outlaw, moonshiner and folk hero. Aug 31, 2015 popcorn sutton a hell of a life explores suttons moonshine enterprise, rise to notoriety and fall into the legal and health troubles that led to his defiant suicide. The dvd will be available at area retailers a list of retailers is online at. A hell of a life 2014 legendary moonshiner popcorn sutton became a media sensation and inspired numerous documentaries, spinoff films and ongoing reality television projects before his untimely suicide in 2009. See more ideas about popcorn, moonshine still and how to make moonshine. In the 1960s or 1970s, sutton was given the nickname of popcorn after his frustrated attack on a bars faulty popcorn vending. Mar 17, 2008 legendary moonshiner marvin popcorn sutton, 61, of haywood county was arrested and charged with making moonshine in march 2008. This page is to honor the life and legend of moonshiner popcorn sutton. Details about marvin popcorn sutton wanted poster, moonshine, moonshiner in 2019 set of 5 moonshine posters, moonshiner, popcorn sutton, big haley, johnse rip to popcorn sutton. It had to assassinate popcorn sutton as a character. And if you have then you need to buy a hell of a life.
The muchanticipated, definitive biography of popcorn sutton, filled with color photography, exclusive interviews, historical background, and extensive accounts of his life and times. Chronicles the life and times of the worlds most famous moonshiner in privileged footage filmed in north carolina, tennessee and west virginia from 20002009website. Sutton said he considered moonshine production a legitimate part of his heritage, as he was a scotsirish american and descended from a long line of moonshiners. This was impossible before with popcorn time, because many torrents contain unstreamable video formats.
Legendary tennessee moonshiner popcorn sutton featured in new. Then, they hired john lunn, and suddenly, popcorns 50,000squarefoot facility rises to the top of my mustsee list. It didnt have to take popcorn sutton s life on its own. The grave of the last american outlaw sits off a dirt road in the backwoods of. Popcorn suttons whiskey this is the last dam run of likker. On march, 2009, popcorn ended his life, rather than go to a federal prison. Worldcat is the worlds largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online. Two of sutton s other documentaries, popcorn sutton. Popcorn sutton biography facts, childhood, family life. An all new documentary made with footage shot exclusively for it in 2000 2009 in north carolina, tennessee and west virginia. Popcorn time online is one of the first users of the revolutionary torrents time technology. Aug 25, 2015 popcorn sutton moved from nashville to newport, and i honestly thought they were going out of business.
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