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| director = [[Jai Al-Attas]]
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| distributor = Robot Academy
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'''''One Nine Nine Four''''' is a [[documentary film]] written and directed by [[Jai Al-Attas]], "exploring the birth, growth and eventual tipping point of [[punk rock]] during the 90s" and produced by the independent Australian company Robot Academy Films.<ref name="bombshell">{{cite web | title=BombShellzine.com | work=One Nine Nine Four | url=http://www.bombshellzine.com/newspage/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2215 | access-date=August 9, 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043541/http://www.bombshellzine.com/newspage/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2215 | archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> The bulk of the film's content consists of band interviews and archive footage.<ref name="gigwise">{{cite web | title=Gigwise.com | work=Green Day, Blink 182 For Punk Rock Film | url=http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=30179 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20081216080642/http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=30179 | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 16, 2008 | access-date=August 9, 2007 }}</ref> The film was screened once at the Calgary International Film Festival on September 29.<ref>http://www.onenineninefour.com/ News – Retrieved 2010-5-6</ref>


The film is narrated by skateboarder [[Tony Hawk]] and features interviews and footage of various bands and figures in the punk scene including [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] of [[Green Day]], [[Dexter Holland]] from [[The Offspring]], [[Greg Graffin]] and [[Brett Gurewitz]] from [[Bad Religion]], [[Tim Armstrong]], [[Matt Freeman]] (previously of [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]]) and [[Lars Fredriksen]] from [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]], [[Mike Burkett|Fat Mike]] from [[NOFX]] as well as [[Mark Hoppus]] and [[Tom DeLonge]] from [[Blink-182]].<ref name="bombshell"/>
'''''One Nine Nine Four''''' is a [[documentary film]] written and directed by [[Jai Al-Attas]], "exploring the birth, growth and eventual tipping point of [[punk rock]] during the 90's" and produced by the independent Australian company Robot Academy Films.<ref name="bombshell">{{cite web | title=BombShellzine.com | work=One Nine Nine Four | url=http://www.bombshellzine.com/newspage/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2215 | accessdate=August 9, 2007}}</ref> The bulk of the film's content consist of band interviews and archive footage.<ref name="gigwise">{{cite web | title=Gigwise.com | work=Green Day, Blink 182 For Punk Rock Film | url=http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=30179 | accessdate=August 9, 2007}}</ref>
The film was screened once at the Calgary International Film Festival on September, 29th.<ref>http://www.onenineninefour.com/ News - Retrieved 2010-5-6</ref>


Music clearances fees have prevented the producer from legally releasing the film; it has only been screened twice, once at the Calgary International Film Festival, and once at a "fan-only" screening at The Chauvel Cinema in Sydney, Australia. The filmmakers have turned to fund raising in order to release it publicly.
The film is narrated by skateboarder [[Tony Hawk]] and features interviews and footage of various bands and figures in the punk scene including [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] of [[Green Day]], [[Dexter Holland]] from [[The Offspring]], [[Greg Graffin]] and [[Brett Gurewitz]] from [[Bad Religion]], [[Tim Armstrong]] from [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] and [[Mike Burkett|Fat Mike]] from [[NOFX]]. [[Mark Hoppus]] and [[Tom DeLonge]] from [[Blink-182]] also appear in the film.<ref name="bombshell"/>


The last public update before the free release of the documentary was released to fans was in March 2011 via the "One Nine Nine Four" Facebook page. The update reads; "alright fuck it, I'm working on a way to make this free for you all."
Music clearances fees have prevented the producer from legally releasing the film; it has only been screened once, at the Calgary Internation Film Festival. The filmmakers have turned to fund raising in order to release it publicly, with a current expected release during the third quarter of 2010.<ref>http://www.onenineninefour.com/ News - Retrieved 2010-5-6</ref>

The documentary was released on YouTube on April 18, 2012.

==Featured interviews with==

* [[Fat Mike]] – [[NOFX]] / [[Fat Wreck Chords]]
* [[Tim Armstrong]] – Rancid / [[Hellcat Records]]
* [[Lars Frederiksen]] – [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]]
* [[Matt Freeman]] – Rancid
* [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] – [[Green Day]]
* [[Joey Cape]] – [[Lagwagon]]
* [[Mark Hoppus]] – [[Blink-182]]
* [[Tom DeLonge]] – [[Blink-182]]
* [[Brett Gurewitz]] – Bad Religion / [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]]
* [[Greg Graffin]] – [[Bad Religion]]
* [[Fletcher Dragge]] – [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]]
* [[Tony Sly]] – [[No Use for a Name]]
* Scott Russo – [[Unwritten Law]]
* [[John Feldmann]] – [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]]
* [[Dexter Holland]] – [[The Offspring]] / [[Nitro Records]]
* [[Joe Escalante]] – [[The Vandals]] / [[Kung Fu Records]]
* [[Larry Livermore]] – [[Lookout! Records]]
* [[Kevin Lyman]] – [[Warped Tour]]
* Rick Devoe – [[Blink-182]] Manager / Big Dummy Productions
* Andy Somers – Booking Agent
* [[Ryan Greene]] – Producer
* [[Rob Cavallo]] – A&R / Producer
* Matt Messer – A&R
* [[Timmy Curran|Tim Curran]] – Professional Surfer


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.onenineninefour.com/ Official "One Nine Nine Four" Site]
* {{Official website|http://www.onenineninefour.com/}}
*{{MySpace|one_ninenine_four|One Nine Nine Four}}
* {{IMDb title|1002573|One Nine Nine Four}}
*{{MySpace|robotacademyfilms|Robot Academy Films}}
*{{imdb title|1002573|"One Nine Nine Four"}}


[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:Documentary films about music]]
[[Category:Documentary films about punk music and musicians]]
[[Category:2000s English-language films]]

Latest revision as of 23:57, 19 December 2024

One Nine Nine Four
Directed byJai Al-Attas
Written byJai Al-Attas
Narrated byTony Hawk
Distributed byRobot Academy
Release date
  • October 9, 2009 (2009-10-09)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

One Nine Nine Four is a documentary film written and directed by Jai Al-Attas, "exploring the birth, growth and eventual tipping point of punk rock during the 90s" and produced by the independent Australian company Robot Academy Films.[1] The bulk of the film's content consists of band interviews and archive footage.[2] The film was screened once at the Calgary International Film Festival on September 29.[3]

The film is narrated by skateboarder Tony Hawk and features interviews and footage of various bands and figures in the punk scene including Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Dexter Holland from The Offspring, Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz from Bad Religion, Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman (previously of Operation Ivy) and Lars Fredriksen from Rancid, Fat Mike from NOFX as well as Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge from Blink-182.[1]

Music clearances fees have prevented the producer from legally releasing the film; it has only been screened twice, once at the Calgary International Film Festival, and once at a "fan-only" screening at The Chauvel Cinema in Sydney, Australia. The filmmakers have turned to fund raising in order to release it publicly.

The last public update before the free release of the documentary was released to fans was in March 2011 via the "One Nine Nine Four" Facebook page. The update reads; "alright fuck it, I'm working on a way to make this free for you all."

The documentary was released on YouTube on April 18, 2012.

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  1. ^ a b "BombShellzine.com". One Nine Nine Four. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2007.
  2. ^ "Gigwise.com". Green Day, Blink 182 For Punk Rock Film. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved August 9, 2007.
  3. ^ http://www.onenineninefour.com/ News – Retrieved 2010-5-6
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