Balcony Releasing has pickedup US rights to Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus' cinema verite picture AlFranken: God Spoke To Us.

Balcony plans an autumnrelease on the picture, which shot over two years and tracks the former SaturdayNight Live comedian and Liberalpolitical commentator as he tackles everyone from right-wing broadcaster BillO'Reilly to the Bush Administration.

The Pennebaker Hegedus Filmsand Nick Doob Productions co-production was produced by Frazer Pennebaker andRebecca Marshall, with D A Pennebaker serving as executive producer.

Al Franken: God Spoke ToUs features contributions from suchpolitical luminaries of the American circuit as right-wing poster girl AnnCoulter, Michael Moore, Al Gore, Robert Kennedy Jr, broadcaster Sean Hannity,and Henry Kissinger.

Balcony Releasing waslaunched in 2002 by Connie White and Greg Kendall to distribute the Sundanceprize-winner Daughter From Danang.

Its subsequent credits haveincluded the documentaries 39 Pounds Of Love, Sir! No Sir!, The Same RiverTwice, Trudell, and Love &Diane.