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Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

RAISE HELL: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS tells the story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it.

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Janice Engel

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(rock music playing) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

(rock music playing)

All right I have come to cheer y'all up - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

All right I have come to cheer y'all up

Texas political reporter,
Molly Ivins, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Texas political reporter, Molly Ivins,

-What do you make of Dan Quayle?
-I must tell you, honestly, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

-What do you make of Dan Quayle? -I must tell you, honestly,

Audience: (laughs) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Audience: (laughs)

(laughs) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

(laughter) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

(laughter) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

I believe that it's fair game
when these guys stand up - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

I believe that it's fair game when these guys stand up

And let people get a good look
at what they have elected. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

And let people get a good look at what they have elected.

Too many OB/GYNs
aren't able to practice - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice

I accidentally became
an authority on George W. Bush, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

I accidentally became an authority on George W. Bush,

There's an old
saying in Tennessee, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

There's an old saying in Tennessee,

Shame on you." - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Any time you do
the kind of work that Molly did, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Any time you do the kind of work that Molly did,

Are you beloved by the folks
who read the paper - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Are you beloved by the folks who read the paper

They do polls every year
to find out - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

They do polls every year to find out

David Letterman: (laughs) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

David Letterman: (laughs)

Man: (on phone) I think of you
as a hateful, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Man: (on phone) I think of you as a hateful,

And the thing
that scares me about you - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

And the thing that scares me about you

Molly: I'm a Texan,
I drive a pickup truck, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Molly: I'm a Texan, I drive a pickup truck,

Nobody wanted to have
the light shone upon them. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Nobody wanted to have the light shone upon them.

Politics in this country
is not something - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Politics in this country is not something

It's not those people
in Washington, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

It's not those people in Washington,

They're just the people
we have hired - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

They're just the people we have hired

(upbeat music playing)

- Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

(upbeat music playing)

(bird cawing) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Bruce: Molly Ivins, let's start
with Texas and being Texan. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Bruce: Molly Ivins, let's start with Texas and being Te...

Can you define what it means
to you to be a Texan? - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Can you define what it means to you to be a Texan?

Hmm. You know,
I have, over the years, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Hmm. You know, I have, over the years,

What happens whenever I try
to do that though - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

What happens whenever I try to do that though

I mean,
I always try to tell people - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

I mean, I always try to tell people

Man: (singing indistinctly) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Man: (singing indistinctly)

(rattlesnake rattling) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

(rattlesnake rattling)

Different colors
and types of Texans - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Different colors and types of Texans

(moos) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

There's this sort of slightly
pie-eyed exaggeration - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

There's this sort of slightly pie-eyed exaggeration

It's everything about
the American self-identity - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

It's everything about the American self-identity

Texas has always been
the national laboratory - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Texas has always been the national laboratory

The Texas public policy
is kind of like Hungarian wine. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

The Texas public policy is kind of like Hungarian wine.

Molly was sort of
prescient when it came - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Molly was sort of prescient when it came

Well, Carl Parker always said, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Well, Carl Parker always said,

Molly: We're really
kind of proud and excited, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Molly: We're really kind of proud and excited,

The, uh, house speaker is under
grand jury investigation. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

The, uh, house speaker is under grand jury investigation.

(scattered laughter) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

(scattered laughter)

Uh, we've had, um, five
of our last seven - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Uh, we've had, um, five of our last seven

And actually, there was a guy
in there who was not indicted, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

And actually, there was a guy in there who was not indicted,

(laughter) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

(laughter) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

(laughter and applause) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

(laughter and applause)

Andy: We moved to Chevy Chase
in River Oaks, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Andy: We moved to Chevy Chase in River Oaks,

So even at that age,
already Molly had been tagged - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

So even at that age, already Molly had been tagged

And I think Sara
was there with makeup, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

And I think Sara was there with makeup,

Sara: When Molly was born,
Dad named her Mary. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Sara: When Molly was born, Dad named her Mary.

And my mother said,
"Oh, gosh, that's so common." - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

And my mother said, "Oh, gosh, that's so common.&q...

My recollection
is I spent most of it - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

My recollection is I spent most of it

Sara: We always called her
"The Mole." - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Sara: We always called her "The Mole."

There was a period of time
where Dad adored us - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

There was a period of time where Dad adored us

Marty: Her mother would say,
"This is Molly, our smart child - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Marty: Her mother would say, "This is Molly, our smart ...

Being bigger than your average
human being, um... - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Being bigger than your average human being, um...

(laughter) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

(laughter) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

(laughter) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

And she was not only tall,
she was big-boned. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

And she was not only tall, she was big-boned.

And by the time
she was 13 or 14, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

And by the time she was 13 or 14,

I always felt like a St. Bernard
with a bunch of greyhounds. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

I always felt like a St. Bernard with a bunch of greyhounds.

(laughter) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Growing up in East Texas
in that era, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Growing up in East Texas in that era,

We had had one woman governor, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

We had had one woman governor,

(laughter) - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Her platform was, uh,
she wanted to outlaw - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Her platform was, uh, she wanted to outlaw

Then of course, the only
other role models available - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Then of course, the only other role models available

In 1956,
that was a big turning point - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

In 1956, that was a big turning point

It was because she went
to a totally private school, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

It was because she went to a totally private school,

Muffie: St. John's was
a private independent school. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Muffie: St. John's was a private independent school.

It was racially segregated - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

It was racially segregated

And Molly came to St. John's
in about the eighth grade. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

And Molly came to St. John's in about the eighth grade.

Molly was a standout
from the beginning - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Molly was a standout from the beginning

And we could all tell
this really smart girl - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

And we could all tell this really smart girl

Molly and I were both involved
in the journalism activities - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Molly and I were both involved in the journalism activities

And we produced, uh, a paper - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

And we produced, uh, a paper

We were both kind of feeling
like outsiders - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

We were both kind of feeling like outsiders

It is only a few months
before my 15th birthday, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

It is only a few months before my 15th birthday,

Music, cigarettes,
my Bible comfort me. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Music, cigarettes, my Bible comfort me.

Writing it all out is still
the greatest comfort I know. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Writing it all out is still the greatest comfort I know.

When I was 15 or 16, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

When I was 15 or 16,

And the only interest I had,
um, besides literature - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

And the only interest I had, um, besides literature

My dream was to become
a famous foreign correspondent. - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

My dream was to become a famous foreign correspondent.

I think I had seen a movie
starring Humphrey Bogart - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

I think I had seen a movie starring Humphrey Bogart

They want to know
how to bake a cake, win friends, - Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

They want to know how to bake a cake, win friends,

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RAISE HELL: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS tells the story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it.

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Director: Janice Engel

Writer: Janice Engel, Monique Zavistovski

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 74/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: $694,410

Released: 06 Sep 2019

Awards: 4 wins & 2 nominations

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