A new film, “Tony,” plunges into the wild, formative summer of 1975 when 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain—dishwasher, drug user, and beach bum—found unexpected purpose in the chaotic kitchen of Provincetown’s Flagship restaurant. Amid pot, acid, and coke-fueled nights, he discovered structure, belonging, and a rebel’s code among chefs who lived by their own rules. That summer shaped his worldview, fueled his later literary rebellion, and set him on a path from culinary school to “Kitchen Confidential”—a book that shattered food industry myths. But behind the fame lay a man haunted by his past, forever wrestling with the grit that birthed his voice.

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