Popcorn suttons whiskey jesus turned the water into wine. Hutcheson first introduced viewers to sutton in mountain talk, a film he produced in 2002 with renowned nc state linguist walt wolfram and the universitys north carolina language and life project. Obituary of marvin popcorn sutton, a tennessee moonshiner. This fascinating documentary offers an unvarnished view of outlaw and master distiller popcorn sutton, from humble appalachian roots to folk hero finish. Jul 22, 2012 marvin popcorn sutton was one of the last real moonshine runners in the us. Sutton, 61, of parrottsville, was given two concurrent 18month terms and will have to spend three years on supervised release once he finishes up his time behind bars, assistant u. The last dam run of likker video was produced by neal hutcheson. Marvin popcorn sutton october 5, 1946 march 16, 2009 was an american appalachian moonshiner. Legendary appalachian moonshiner looked the part a. Meet appalachian moonshiner popcorn sutton in cult classic documentary 01. Filmed in north carolina, tennessee and west virginia, from 2000 until sutton s death in 2009, a hell of a life is an unforgettable portrait of the last great moonshiner.
Marvin considered moonshine to be a legitimate part of his heritage, as he was scotsirish and descended from a long line of moonshiners. Legendary tennessee moonshiner plied his trade to the end wsj. Starring the infamous marvin popcorn sutton, the documentary follows sutton through the entire process, and records his reflections on a life of moonshining. This is the last dam run of likker ill ever make 2002 moonshiner popcorn sutton takes a camera crew along to set up a white liquor still. Deep in the wilds of southern appalachia, lifelong moonshiner popcorn sutton runs one last batch of true moonshine whiskey. And if nothing else that i say makes an impression, i will let marvin popcorn sutton himself deliver the parting words to those who would enslave others, carved in the footstone that he already had prepared for his eventual gravesite. Sutton put a modern spin on his vocation, appearing in documentaries and even penning an autobiography, me and my likker. After working with neal hutcheson on the documentary film mountain talk released in 2002, the two teamed up to produce a new film with popcorn making moonshine. The craft of traditional distillation is revealed along with a. Whether the legacy belongs to troy cagle, sky sutton, or hank williams jr, is irrelevant. It is so well made and the production value is so high.
As seen on the decorative popcorn sutton hand saws. I love the other documentary of the whole making process from 2002. This is the last dam run of likker ill ever make full movie youtube. The definitive biography of popcorn sutton, filled with color photography, exclusive interviews, historical background, and extensive firsthand accounts of the worlds most notorious moonshiner. Tv news, articles, interviews, lectures, amateur home videos, mockumentaries, biopics, and vlogs. Suttons career in bootlegging and getting caught for it extended back to the 1970s. If the movie or tv show is out there, popcorn time will find the best version possible and start streaming it right away. Really enjoyable i definitely recommend it if you love popcorn sutton.
Popcorn sutton was an american appalachian bootlegger and moonshiner, who gained notoriety through illegal trade. Mar 16, 2009 marvin popcorn sutton october 5, 1946 march 16, 2009 was an american appalachian moonshiner and bootlegger. Sweetness persists beneath all of this, more molasses than the cane sugar of straight popcorn sutton. The finished documentary, and the raw footage used in its making. Popcorn sutton was an american appalachian bootlegger and. He had boobytraps everywhere on his property so you had to know exactly what roads to drive on.
Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family, personal life, career, etc. In suttons book me and my likker published in 1999 he describes his moonshine recipe. The film had the same title as his selfpenned book, me and my likker, and was rereleased by sutton in 2009 as popcorn sutton making likker a long time ago. From finding possums in the mash to shting out his own teeth, marvin popcorn sutton has lead the life of a true appalachian moonshiner. For more information go to this movie shows moonshiner popcorn sutton. This documentary really captures the hard working and independant spirit of the decendants of the whiskey rebellion. Marvin popcorn sutton october 5, 1946 march 16, 2009 was an american appalachian. As i have stated before, i love a well written, and memorable obituary. Aug 31, 2015 popcorn sutton a hell of a life explores suttons moonshine enterprise, rise to notoriety and fall into the legal and health troubles that led to his defiant suicide. Popcorn sutton barrel finished moonshine drinkhacker. A hell of a life chronicles the modern folk hero in exclusive, never before seen footage, much of it filmed on his condition that it. Sutton s career in bootlegging and getting caught for it extended back to the 1970s. All popcorn sutton posters are produced ondemand using archival inks, ship within 48 hours, and include a 30day moneyback guarantee.
He lived life the way he wanted to and went out the way he chose to with no apologies. In spite of being so extraordinarily notorious all his life, popcorn sutton never became famous until he was nearly sixty years of age. Using a 100 year old family recipe passed down through generations, popcorn made his likker by hand, selling it out of the back of his ford model a truck. Popcorn sutton original small batch recipe takes its name from its creator, marvin popcorn sutton, a legendary bootlegger from cocke county, tennessee.
The craft of traditional distillation is revealed along with a lifetime of memories in the trade. Marvin popcorn sutton seemed the embodiment of moonshiners of yore. He wrote a selfpublished autobiographical guide to moonshine production, and selfproduced a home video depicting his moonshining activities, and he was later the subject of a documentary that won a. Sutton was featured in the 2007 documentary hillbilly. With popcorn sutton, floyd sutton, abigail moore, bill milsap. Marvin popcorn sutton, jb rader, neal hutcheson, neal hutcheson. Born in maggie valley, north carolina,23 he grew up, lived, and died in the rural areas around maggie valley and nearby cocke county, tennessee. He was also known for having been on the wrong side of the law thanks to his liquor business. This is the last dam run of likker ill ever make 2002. Marvin committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning on march 16, 2009 before having to report to federal prison. Through the film, one in a series of documentaries hes produced through the ncllp, hutcheson. Mountain talk full documentary, official video duration. The last one popcorn sutton documentary special edition. Legendary moonshiner popcorn sutton became a media sensation and inspired numerous documentaries, spinoff films and ongoing reality television projects before his untimely suicide in 2009.
Popcorn sutton was born on october 5, 1946 in maggie valley, north carolina, usa as marvin sutton. At one time, his liquor was so valuable that people often used it as currency. Federal affidavit in the case of moonshiner marvin. Check out the youtube clip above for a sample of the movie. Marvin popcorn sutton was an appalachian moonshiner. In a far corner of southern appalachia, moonshiner popcorn sutton makes one last batch of true bootleg whiskey. This is the last dam run of likker ill ever make full. Marvin popcorn sutton was one of the last real moonshine runners in the us. Find a grave millions of cemetery records and online memorials. Moonshiner popcorn sutton may have committed suicide. The last one is the best documentary on moonshine ever. Marvin popcorn sutton 19462009 find a grave memorial.
Sutton was given the nickname of popcorn sutton after damaging a bars faulty popcorn vending machine with a pool cue. In the 1960s or 1970s, sutton was given the nickname of popcorn after his frustrated attack on a bars faulty popcorn. Popcorn sutton, a famous appalachian moonshiner, was a surge in popularity after the discovery tv network aired moonshiners wednesday, a show that explored his life that ended in suicide in moonshiners star popcorn sutton. An acclaimed documentary offering an uncensored view of outlaw and master moonshiner popcorn sutton, from humble appalachian roots to folk hero finish. This is the last dam run of likker ill ever make is a cult classic documentary about popcorn sutton, a legendary american appalachian moonshiner and bootlegger popcorn tragically committed suicide at age 62 rather than report to federal prison, after having been convicted of moonshining and illegal firearm possession.
Marvin was raised with his daddy and granddaddy making moonshine. An extended excerpt from the new documentary popcorn sutton. Watch your movie or episode instantly in hd and with subtitles. So, im actually from the same town as popcorn, and had the pleasure to meet him a few times.
The filmmakers followed popcorn sutton around as he made his last run of moonshine cooked in a traditional copper moonshine still. Notorious moonshiner popcorn sutton gets prison term after. For more information go to this movie shows moonshiner popcorn sutton, doing what he knows best. He learned the craft from his father, vader, growing up in the smoky mountains by the north a nationally renowned moonshiner marvin popcorn sutton died today in cocke county and authorities are investigating his death as a possible suicide, a cocke county official confirmed tonight.
Sutton spent the last three decades building a reputation as one of the souths top makers of white lightning. Customize your popcorn sutton poster with hundreds of different frame options, and get the exact look that you want for your wall. Also his f room complete with hoists and pulleys for his plump little. See more ideas about popcorn, moonshine still and how to make moonshine. Our estore includes media such as books, movies, music and games while offering electronics, toys, sporting apparel. Popcorn time watch free movies and tv shows instantly online. We offer the best prices around on high quality products.
With three years in oak and coming in at 92 proof, its been received with open arms by. Table of contents wikibiocareerpopcorn sutton married life with wife and childrenmarvin popcorn sutton net worthhow did moonshiner popcorn. Through the exhausting work of clearing the site, building a rock and clay furnace, brewing corn mash and. He died on march 16, 2009 in parrotsville, tennessee, usa. Jan 26, 2009 nationally renowned moonshiner marvin popcorn sutton was sentenced to 18 months in prison today for illegally brewing spirits and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, according to the u. Popcorn suttons home moonshine heritage exploring the. Daddy moonshine the story of marvin popcorn sutton by. Mar 22, 2009 the popcorn sutton industry was far from finished.
The legendary popcorn sutton had his own way of brewing moonshine. Me and my likker the true story of mountain moonshiner popcorn sutton, volume 1 awesome book. In 2009, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives raided sutton, and he was sentenced to eighteen months in federal prison for the operation of an illegal still and. Legendary moonshiner marvin popcorn sutton, 61, of haywood county was arrested and charged with making moonshine in march 2008. Mar 18, 2009 famed appalachian moonshiner marvin popcorn sutton, whose incorrigible bootlegging ways were out of step with modern times, took his own life rather than go to prison, his widow says. Ray tells me the story of popcorn sutton, a notorious moonshiner who committed suicide in march of 2009 before he was set to. Suttons daughters, a surgeon in alaska, has sued his widow over the rights to his book.
Popcorn said fuck you is a very popular catchphrase and adorns a great deal of popcorn merchandise. Then, they hired john lunn, and suddenly, popcorns 50,000squarefoot facility rises to the top of my mustsee list. When i was in highschool, we used to drive up to his homestead it was literally up on top of a mountain and go buy moonshine from him. The emmy awardwinning cult classic documentary with popcorn sutton. First, his notoriety had drawn the attention of many, including neal hutcheson who included sutton in his 2002 documentary. Mar 16, 2009 sutton, 61, of parrottsville, was soon expected to report to federal prison to serve an 18month sentence for illegally brewing spirits and possessing a firearm as a felon, the u. Take a ride with popcorn sutton in 2000, just before christmas, from soco to maggie valley up to fie top and the cataloochee ranch, and on through the purchase to. Me and my likker the true story of a mountain moonshiner popcorn sutton, volume 1 by popcorn marvin sutton jan 1, 1999.
The discovery channel made him a principal figure in a series about moonshiners. Instant playback of your favorite free movies and tv shows. Another daughter wrote her own book, daddy moonshine. Master moonshiner popcorn sutton shares a memory of christmas past, along with his views of christmas present. He was larger than life and answered only to himself. Marvin popcorn sutton october 5, 1946 march 16, 2009 was an american appalachian moonshiner and bootlegger. Sutton said he considered moonshine production a legitimate part of his heritage, as he was a scotsirish american and descended from a long line of moonshiners. Buy popcorn sutton posters designed by millions of artists and iconic brands from all over the world.
Popcorn used to do his own barrelaged versions of the spirit for christmas and special occasions, but it was never commercially released, eason explains. Popcorn sutton biography facts, childhood, family life. I didnt know who barney barnwell was, but it appears he is a mountain fiddler with a pet possum, so that makes him okay in my book. Daddy moonshine is the story of sutton s father, moonshine and mountains and of the culture and people who have lived in those wild, beautiful heights for generations. Marvin popcorn sutton october 5, 1946 march 16, 2009 was an american appalachian moonshiner originally from maggie valley, north carolina. Lunn tells me popcorn sutton will release an aged whiskey later this year. The penis extension clinic 2016 a short documentary about a new booming. That is why i bring to your attention this great remembrance of marvin popcorn sutton from this weekends edition of the wall street journal. The last one marvin popcorn sutton october 5, 1946 march 16, 2009 was an american appalachian moonshiner originally from maggie valley, north carolina. Aug 25, 2015 popcorn sutton moved from nashville to newport, and i honestly thought they were going out of business. Popcorn suttons whiskey the spirit of popcorn sutton. The late popcorn sutton was greatly famed for his role in several documentaries. Today we look at how he died, his net worth, his wife and also career.
Popcorn sutton bonus footage from feature film a hell of a life 1 duration. Famed appalachian moonshiner marvin popcorn sutton, whose incorrigible bootlegging ways were out of step with modern times, took his own life rather than go to prison, his widow says. Born in maggie valley, north carolina, he grew up, lived, and died in the rural areas around maggie valley and nearby cocke county, tennessee. Mods reserve the right to apply the dont be a jackass rule. Popcorn sutton moonshine recipe pdf discovery channels pdfyysq e by fkkf ibirbyf jnpsds moonshiners broke new ground in the long tales of moonshining in the u.
Popcorn sutton, a famous appalachian moonshiner, was a surge pdfzilla 1 2 3. Daddy moonshine the story of marvin popcorn sutton by sky sutton, northampton, ma. The following are not considered documentaries on this subreddit. I just find this complex relationship an interesting aspect in the legacy of popcorn sutton. Popcorn sutton a hell of a life independent documentary media. Popcorn sutton shares a memory of christmas past, along with his views of christmas present. Marvin popcorn sutton, age 62, was born on october 5, 1946 passed away on march 16, 2009. This past saturday was a big night for north carolina filmmaker neal hutcheson.
He was proud of his moonshine and wasnt afraid to talk about his way of life. The last one popcorn sutton documentary special edition description. Apr 15, 2016 on the nose, popcorn sutton barrel finished moonshine offers the traditional notes of a very young bourbon or other american whiskey heavy wood influence, modest vanilla, and a touch of charred popcorn. Sutton had a long career making moonshine and bootlegging. In 2008, popcorn sutton was featured in neil hutchesons documentary the last one. An allnew documentary from neverbeforeseen footage filmed from 2000 2009 in north carolina, tennessee, and west virginia. The legendary popcorn sutton had his own way of brewing. Deep in the appalachian mountains legendary moonshiner popcorn sutton runs his last batch of moonshine a revelation of the art of distillation, the character of scotsirish ancestry, and a lifetime of memories making bootleg whiskey.