Beastie Boys Story

Beastie Boys Story
Directed bySpike Jonze
Written by
Based onBeastie Boys Book
by Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz
Produced by
  • Spike Jonze
  • Jason Baum
  • Amanda Adelson
Starring
  • Michael Diamond
  • Adam Horovitz
  • Adam Yauch
CinematographyAutumn Durald
Edited by
  • Jeff Buchanan
  • Zoe Schack
Production
companies
Distributed byApple TV+
Release date
  • April 24, 2020 (2020-04-24) (United States)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Beastie Boys Story is a 2020 American live documentary film, directed, produced, and written by Spike Jonze, alongside Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz. It was filmed at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York and adapted from Beastie Boys Book, a memoir of the Beastie Boys. Jonze reunited with Diamond and Horovitz for the project after directing several music videos including "Sabotage" in 1994.[2]

It was scheduled to be released in a limited cinema release on April 3, 2020, followed by digital streaming on April 24, 2020, by Apple TV+. The limited cinema release was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  1. ^ "The Beastie Boys Story". South by Southwest. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Beastie Boys Story review – Spike Jonze and the boys are back in town". the Guardian. 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2021-02-06.