OZZY OSBOURNE's Son Jack Producing Documentary - "I'm Trying To Paint A Realistic Picture Of Who My Father Is" Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 at 18:30:43 EST

The following report is courtesy of Rollingstone. com:

The last time OZZY OSBOURNE hit the screen, it was as the perpetual punchline on The Osbournes, the MTV series that lasted four seasons and made Ozzy and his family the finest and funniest televised counterpoint to the Waltons of all time. But now Ozzy's son Jack is trying to repair the damage he thinks the show did to his father's reputation by gathering some friends and executive producing his own Ozzy documentary.

According to Jack, his father — a severe dyslexic — "refuses to do a book, so this is more like a talking book, a really thorough autobiography. " Filming began in January, and features interviews with all the principal members of BLACK SABBATH, the various incarnations of Ozzy's solo band, family and friends. But the trick, Jack says, is getting them to be truthful. "The hard thing is getting people to be honest and not have it be a fluff piece, because that's not what we're trying to do," he said. "I'm trying to paint a realistic picture of who my father is. I think The Osbournes, to a degree, tarnished the public's perception of my dad as a bit of a senile, funny, bumbling guy. Yeah, my dad can be that guy, but it's not him. I think that almost discredited who he is as an artist. My dad's not an idiot — he's nothing short of a genius, in my opinion. He does have huge flaws, and we're trying to really paint an honest picture of that."

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