Ahead of its Netflix release,Sr.will next screen at the New York Film Festival on Oct. 10 and 11. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. 1,634, This story has been shared 1,370 times. Robert Downey 'Sr.' Documentary Netflix Review: Stream It or Skip It? Stream It or Skip It: 'Spring Breakthrough' on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Proves We Need More Keesha Sharp, Stream It or Skip It: 'Hearts in the Game' on Hallmark Just Might Be the Network's Movie of the Year. He has Parkinsons, and well watch him physically deteriorate as the documentary goes on. This is not a Disney+ thing going on here. What Movies Will It Remind You Of? When Chris Smith a documentarian who had tackled everything from Method acting run amuck to a music festival falling apart was asked what subjects he might be interested in pursuing in terms of a new project, he didnt mention a what. Instead, he gave his producers a who: Robert Downey Jr. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. Heres Everything You Need to Know, The Outer Banks Season 3 Trailer Just Washed Ashore. They lived in New York City. [11][9] Downey later said he wrote an unpublished novel during his time in the army, though he spent much of his military career "in the stockade". But it makes sense to include it; theres an openness and vulnerability to Sr. that the Downey men perhaps found, if not healing that may not be the right word, considering the emotional complexity of their situation then at least necessary. Coming Soon: Sr., a New Documentary About Robert Downey Sr. 55,770, This story has been shared 8,222 times. Robert Downey Jr. on Making of 'Sr.,' Addiction and Father's Life - The He was 85. Additional archival clips of Elsie Downey (a game mainstay in many of Downey Sr.s films; she died in 2014) and Sr.s second wife, actress-writer Laura Ernst, who died in 1994 at age 36 of ALS, are featured as well. For those who only think of Robert Downey Sr. as the father of the guy from the Marvel movies, Sr. is happy to fill in some blanks from here to paternity. 'Sr.' Director Chris Smith On The Things Left Unsaid Between Robert Downey Sr. And His Famous Son -Contenders TV: Docs + Unscripted By Matthew Carey April 29, 2023 10:50am Deadline If. [3] He was the son of Elizabeth (ne McLauchlen), a model, and Robert John Elias Sr., who worked in management of motels and restaurants. A Netflix documentary about counterculture filmmaker Robert Downey Sr, directed by his much more famous actor son, Sr. charts the last three years of the life of "Bob Sr" before he dies of Parkinson's disease in 2021 at age eighty-five.