11) on iTunes and video-on-demand, as well as on DVD. If you missed it, the film is out today (Aug. Chris Farley’s life was simply too big for the small screen. The most memorable one was, of course, at the Orpheum Theatre in Farley’s hometown of Madison, where over 1,000 people gathered to watch the film and hear stories from Farley’s brothers John, Tom and Kevin. ” televised documentaries like “I Am Steve McQueen” and “I Am Evel Kneivel.” Not surprisingly, “I Am Chris Farley” broke loose from the original plan, as there was so much interest in Farley’s story that it ended up having 60 screenings around the country. I think directors Brent Hodge and Derik Murray and the Spike Network got a tiger by the tail when they commissioned a documentary about Farley for the cable channel, intending to make it another of its “I Am. His brother John tells the story of a fourth-grade Chris leading the school bus in a rendition of “Joy to the World” on the way to school.
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Eager to please, almost desperate for a laugh, and fearless about how to go about getting one, the through-line in “I Am Chris Farley” is of a kid who was driven to entertain.
In many ways, Farley never stopped doing cartwheels, right up until his tragic death of a drug overdose in December 1997. It’s his first appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” and it’s utterly delightful to see how Farley charms the pants off the normally reserved, arch host (Letterman is every bit Farley’s opposite) with his physical explosions of comedy and puppy-dog excitement at just being there. Here comes Chris Farley, entering his own documentary “I Am Chris Farley” doing cartwheels.
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