Composer Dan Gillespie Sells says he wanted to tell the story of young Jamie Campbell in “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” because the central protagonist is heroic and not victimized.
In the film — now streaming on Amazon Prime Video — Jamie (Max Harwood) is a 16-year-old who dreams of becoming a drag queen. Sells, who worked on the music for the West End production and movie, says, “There are none of these victim tropes that we often get in LGBT stories.” Instead, it is a hopeful and inspiring tale of a character confident in himself.
“We put a lot of ourselves in him,” Sells says of his collaboration with director Jonathan Butterell and Tom McRae who wrote the music and lyrics. “That’s what allows me to be able to write these songs for him because I connected with him.”
Sells, who is also a member of the band the Feeling, talks...
In the film — now streaming on Amazon Prime Video — Jamie (Max Harwood) is a 16-year-old who dreams of becoming a drag queen. Sells, who worked on the music for the West End production and movie, says, “There are none of these victim tropes that we often get in LGBT stories.” Instead, it is a hopeful and inspiring tale of a character confident in himself.
“We put a lot of ourselves in him,” Sells says of his collaboration with director Jonathan Butterell and Tom McRae who wrote the music and lyrics. “That’s what allows me to be able to write these songs for him because I connected with him.”
Sells, who is also a member of the band the Feeling, talks...
- 9/22/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Studio announces latest round of release schedule changes.
In the latest round of release schedule changes, Disney has dated Nomadland and removed 20th Century Studios’ Everybody’s Talking About Jamie from its February 26, 2021 slot.
The studio announced on Tuesday (December 15) that Searchlight Pictures’ awards heavyweight Nomadland starring Frances McDormand and directed by Chloe Zhao will open in limited release on February 19, 2021.
Max Harwood stars in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, the stage musical adaptation from Film4 and Warp Films about a young man from Sheffield who dreams of becoming a drag queen.
The cast includes Richard E. Grant, Sharon Horgan, Ralph Ineson,...
In the latest round of release schedule changes, Disney has dated Nomadland and removed 20th Century Studios’ Everybody’s Talking About Jamie from its February 26, 2021 slot.
The studio announced on Tuesday (December 15) that Searchlight Pictures’ awards heavyweight Nomadland starring Frances McDormand and directed by Chloe Zhao will open in limited release on February 19, 2021.
Max Harwood stars in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, the stage musical adaptation from Film4 and Warp Films about a young man from Sheffield who dreams of becoming a drag queen.
The cast includes Richard E. Grant, Sharon Horgan, Ralph Ineson,...
- 12/16/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sundance Film Festival kicks off out in Park City today, bringing some of the year’s most anticipated independent films to the big screen. Following shortly after will be the Berlinale next month, and SXSW in March, which has just debuted a very promising initial line-up. And now the first big film festival on our shores, the Glasgow Film Festival, has announced its line-up, and it is absolutely exceptional.
Opening the events on Valentine’s Day next month will be Régis Roinsard’s Populaire, starring Romain Duris, Déborah François, and Bérénice Bejo, getting its UK premiere.
And closing the festival will be Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, the great writer-director’s contemporary adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play. Similarly seeing its UK premiere, the film stars an ensemble that will please all Whedon fans, led by Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof, with fine support from Fran Kranz, Clark Gregg,...
Opening the events on Valentine’s Day next month will be Régis Roinsard’s Populaire, starring Romain Duris, Déborah François, and Bérénice Bejo, getting its UK premiere.
And closing the festival will be Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, the great writer-director’s contemporary adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play. Similarly seeing its UK premiere, the film stars an ensemble that will please all Whedon fans, led by Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof, with fine support from Fran Kranz, Clark Gregg,...
- 1/17/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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