SUPERMENSCH: THE LEGEND OF SHEP GORDON (2014)

Wonderful documentary made by Mike Myers and starring a whole heap of Hollywood stars as the interviewees.

I had never heard of Shep Gordon prior to viewing this documentary on Netflix. I have to say that this documentary makes him out to be one of the nicest people in show-business. This documentary directed by a close friend of Shep's Mike Myers of Austin Powers and Wayne's World fame is a real insight into the life of Shep Gordon who stumbled upon the career of being a manager.

There are interviews with Alice Cooper who worked with Gordon throughout his career and with such stars as Michael Douglas and Sylvester Stallone each giving telling their own stories of the legend that is.

In a way I think this film is like a thank you letter from Myers to Gordon to thank him for all the friendship he showed him during his time of need. Because Myers was at one point in a really bad way and rung Gordon up to ask if he could come and stay for a week, he ended up staying for two months.

This sums up his life pretty well

I think this film was so enjoyable and really just made me want to get into films more and more. I love the way this film also kind of laughs at the fact that Gordon got into being a manager by bumping into Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin at a motel were he gave them drugs and just hung out. That really shows that the saying is true its not what you know its who you know.

Myers and Gordon