Henry Rollins Narrates The Turbulent Story of

Punk Legend Marian Anderson
Featuring Interviews with Rancid’s Tim Armstrong

LAST FAST RIDE
The Life, Love, and Death of a Punk Goddess

On DVD Feb 21st With Special Bonus Features

New York City (January 10, 2012) -   On stage, people knew her as a wild-child who fell into a life of drugs, prostitution, mental illness, and arrests. Behind the controversy, provocative acts, and addiction, lay a visionary artist who found comfort only in music. There was much more to Marian Anderson than sex, drugs, and punk rock.  Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love, and Death of a Punk Goddess is a cautionary tale of a beautiful soul born into a life of torment and tragedy.  Blended with interviews, photos, and archival footage, the absorbing documentary features pop culture icon Henry Rollins, Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, Daniel deLeon, Danielle Santos Bernal, and more.

Marian Anderson penetrated the San Francisco’s underground punk scene in the early 90’s where she pushed the limits with tawdry acts on stage.  After fronting various punk bands, Marian and Daniel deLeon formed an all girl hard core punk band, ‘The Insaints’ - and so began the demise of her intense tumultuous path.

The film, which premiered at the 2011 Slamdance Film Festival, Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love, and Death of a Punk Goddess, will make its nationwide premiere on DVD, February 21, 2012 by Virgil Films & Entertainment.  The disc is accompanied with bonus features including: deleted scenes; making of; and extended scenes.

Working closely with Anderson’s partner, Danielle Santos Bernal, filmmaker Lilly Scourtis Ayers presents a carefully constructed tribute to the legendary punk rocker.  ”Marian lived each moment fearlessly, as though it were her last.” said Ayers. ”She was extremely well loved by her friends. She was described as generous, sweet and kind. I hope I have shed light on a very complicated person.”

Generated by an abusive childhood, Marian channeled her pain while writing songs that encompassed feminism, and female empowerment. The stage was her only escape and it provided a sense of freedom, thereby causing more dilemma, as she often performed topless and indulged in lewd sexual acts leading to headlines, arrests, and court cases. Although she is best known as a provocateur, Marian Anderson’s brief moment in music history helped paved the way for female rockers to come.  Last Fast Ride is her story.

Last Fast Ride – Synopsis

LAST FAST RIDE - The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess, is the first and only feature-length documentary film about the infamous bay-area punk rock performer Marian Anderson. Singer, model, prostitute, bisexual, drug addict, insane, beautiful, talented, selfless, violent… all words used to describe Marian Anderson. Plagued by sexual abuse, mental illness and self-destruction, Marian’s story is a cautionary tale of hope, broken dreams, and shattered endings.

Through a combination of concert footage, photographs, and interviews with key people in Marian’s life, director Lilly Ayers pieces together the portrait of a fragmented and damaged girl who was left to fend for herself in a world of danger and exploitation. Narrated by punk rock legend and actor Henry Rollins, this riveting film covers Marian’s idyllic youth, her tormented adolescence, and her tragic adult life, climaxing in an unforgettable ending.

VIRGIL FILMS & ENTERTAINMENT

Virgil Films & Entertainment, formerly Arts Alliance America, was founded in 2003 as Hart Sharp Video by Joe Amodei to develop, acquire, market and distribute DVD product in the theatrical feature film, documentaries, special interest and sports categories.  The company has built partnerships with Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, National Geographic Cinema Ventures, ESPN, MLB Productions, Bombo Sports and Entertainment, Morgan Spurlock’s Warrior Poets and other high-profile entertainment brands since their inception. Recent releases from Virgil Films & Entertainment include the documentary,

My Run; the Sci-fi thriller Lunopolis; The Wildest Dream, narrated by Liam Neeson; the hit film, Forks Over Knives; Michael Imperioli’s directorial debut The Hungry Ghosts; and National Geographic’s Oscar® nominated documentary Restrepo. For more information, please visit: www.VirgilFilmsEnt.com

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Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love, and Death of a Punk Goddess
Virgil Films & Entertainment
STREET DATE: February 21, 2012
Pre-Book Date: January 10, 2012
SRP: $19.99 DVD
Genre: Documentary
Director: Lilly Scourtis Ayers
Narrator:  Henry Rollins
Running Time:  86 minutes
Format: Widescreen
Rating: R

*BONUS FEATURES:
Making Of
Deleted Scenes
Extended Interviews

Last Fast Ride-Trailer from Lilly Scourtis Ayers on Vimeo.

This is the trailer for the feature film I directed and edited. Trailer by Fritz Feick.