--- title: 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)' type: 'film' director: 'Eric Appel' released: '2022-09-08' runtime_minutes: 108 genres: - 'Comedy' - 'History' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/weird-the-al-yankovic-story-2022' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17076046/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) 2022 · 108 min · Comedy, History · United States ## Synopsis Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is a 2022 American biographical musical parody film directed by Eric Appel, in his feature directorial debut, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Al Yankovic. The film is a satire on musical biopics and is loosely based on Yankovic's life and career as an accordionist and parody songwriter. It stars Daniel Radcliffe as Yankovic, along with Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Toby Huss and Julianne Nicholson in supporting roles. ## Credits - **Director:** [Eric Appel](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-appel) - **Screenplay:** [Eric Appel](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-appel), ["Weird Al" Yankovic](https://cinepixo.com/people/weird-al-yankovic) - **Producer:** ["Weird Al" Yankovic](https://cinepixo.com/people/weird-al-yankovic) - **Original Music Composer:** [Leo Birenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-birenberg) ## Cast - [Arturo Castro](https://cinepixo.com/people/arturo-castro-2) as Pablo Escobar - [Daniel Radcliffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-radcliffe) as "Weird Al" Yankovic - [Dot Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/dot-jones) - [Spencer Treat Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-treat-clark) as Steve Jay - [Rainn Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainn-wilson) as Dr. Demento - [Thomas Lennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-lennon) - [Quinta Brunson](https://cinepixo.com/people/quinta-brunson) as Oprah Winfrey - [Evan Rachel Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/evan-rachel-wood) as Madonna - [Toby Huss](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-huss) - [Jack Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-black) as Wolfman Jack - [Julianne Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/julianne-nicholson) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/weird-the-al-yankovic-story-2022 Film facts: Wikidata (Q111018582); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.