The film, budgeted at about $1 million, likely will be sent to film festivals some time next fall, according to Shirley Moyers, the film's producer and Schnack's wife. The couple previously collaborated on a documentary called "Gigantic," about the New York rock band They Might Be Giants. As with their previous film, Moyers said, they hope to be able to show the movie in Aberdeen, Cobain's home town, before it goes to general release.

"I think we'll have a rough cut ready likely in February, and we might make it for the summer festivals," Moyers said. "More likely it will be ready in the fall. On 'Gigantic,' we did a screening for friends and family of They Might Be Giants, but we paid for that ourselves. On this film, we have investors, and sometimes they're a little leery of who they show the film to before it goes to theaters. But it seems only reasonable that we could do a showing here for the community first."

The film has three sections, Schnack said, starting with Cobain's life in Aberdeen, then Nirvana's pre-stardom period in Olympia, then a final section covering Seattle and the band's explosion into international stardom.

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