''Lucky Three'' (or ''Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait'') is a 1997 11-minute short film directed by

Jem Cohen Jem Alan Cohen (born 1962) is an Afghan-born American filmmaker based in New York City. Cohen is especially known for his observational portraits of urban landscapes, blending of media formats ( sixteen-millimetre, Super 8, videotape) and collab ...

and featuring singer-songwriter

Elliott Smith Steven Paul Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003), known professionally as Elliott Smith, was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and lived much of ...

Filming

''Lucky Three'' was filmed from October 17–20, 1996 in

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populou ...

Content

The film features Elliott Smith playing acoustic songs. These include: an instrumental based on what became "

Baby Britain "Baby Britain" is a song by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. It was released in 1999 by record label DreamWorks as the second single from his fourth studio album, '' XO''. Release "Baby Britain" was released in 1999 by record label ...

", at the beginning and between the last two songs; "Between the Bars"; "Thirteen" (

Big Star Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1971 by Alex Chilton (vocals, guiar), Chris Bell (vocals, guitar), Jody Stephens (drums), and Andy Hummel (bass). The group broke up in early 1975, and reorganized with a new ...

cover); and "Angeles". Parts of the film were filmed around the

Lovejoy Columns The Lovejoy Columns, located in Portland, Oregon, United States, supported the Lovejoy Ramp, a viaduct that from 1927 to 1999 carried the western approach to the Broadway Bridge over the freight tracks in what is now the Pearl District. The colum ...

Release

''Lucky Three'' was released in 1997. It is available on

Kill Rock Stars Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and Tinuviel Sampson, and based in both Olympia, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, but was originally know ...

' now-out-of-print 1999 ''Video Fanzine #1'' release.

References

External links

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''Lucky Three''
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