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Apple TV+ subscribers will be fighting for their right to party once Spike Jonze’s Beastie Boys documentary premieres on the streaming service.
Apple announced on Wednesday that it has acquired “Beastie Boys Story.” The documentary by Jonze, the Academy Award-winning director known for movies like “Being John Malkovich,” will open for a limited engagement in select IMAX theaters on April 3 and premiere on Apple TV+ on April 24.
The Beastie Boys described the movie on Twitter as “kind of a live documentary.” It features Beastie Boys Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and was inspired by their bestselling “Beastie Boys Book.”
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“We think you’re gonna love it,” they tweeted.
Their collaboration with Jonze on the documentary comes on the 26th anniversary of the Beastie Boys’ top-charting album, “Ill Communication.” Jonze directed the music video for the single, “Sabotage.”
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