One hundred forty-five features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 89th Academy Awards.
NUTS!
NAME OF FILM: NUTS!
DIRECTOR(S): Penny Lane
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: The mostly true story of Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, an eccentric genius who built an empire with his goat-testicle impotence cure and a million-watt radio station. Animated reenactments, interviews, archival footage, and one seriously unreliable narrator trace his rise from poverty to celebrity and influence in 1920s America.
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