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A Man Named Pearl (2006)

Director: Scott Galloway, Brent Pierson

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From Time Out New York

Overlong by half and upbeat to a fault, this profile of topiarist Pearl Fryar doesn’t know the meaning of too much of a good thing. It’s not Fryar’s fault; the proud, self-taught South Carolinian, whose tree-and-shrub sculptures evoke the alienscapes of pulp sci-fi illustrator Richard M. Powers by way of Dr. Seuss, is a worthy subject. But filmmakers Scott Galloway and Brent Pierson doggedly avoid any hint of friction in Fryar’s life, thus flattening their tale into plodding, dimensionless hagiography.

Author: Mark Holcomb 2008-07-15 18:56:30

Time Out New York Issue 668: July 17 - 23, 2008

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A Man Named Pearl

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Director: Scott Galloway, Brent Pierson

Rated: G

Duration: 78 mins

US Release: Jul 18 2008


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