Tiny Tim: King for a Day

Aug 20, 2020

1h 18m

★ 6.1

Overview

The story of Tiny Tim’s improbable rise to stardom is the ultimate fairytale - and so is that of his downfall. For a brief time, the shy and truly unusual outsider artist was the biggest star in the world.

Genres

Animation

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Momento Film

Sekvenca

Indie Film AS

Tiny Tim: King for a Day Trailers

Cast

Himself (Archival Footage)

Tiny Tim

Narrator

'Weird Al' Yankovic

Himself

Jonas Mekas

Himself

D. A. Pennebaker

Himself

Wavy Gravy

Himself

Justin A. Martell

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