Jennifer Lopez in This Is Me...NowImage: Prime Video
To understand where multi-hyphenate superstar Jennifer Lopez is today, as her new film This Is Me...Now: A Love Story is about to start streaming on Prime Video,audiences need to know where she’s been. Two decades ago, Lopez suffered devastating...
To understand where multi-hyphenate superstar Jennifer Lopez is today, as her new film This Is Me...Now: A Love Story is about to start streaming on Prime Video,audiences need to know where she’s been. Two decades ago, Lopez suffered devastating...
- 2/14/2024
- by Courtney Howard
- avclub.com
“Financially dissatisfied, sexually satisfied, philosophically trying,” Mick Jagger said at a press conference leading to the infamous 1969 free concert at Altamont. He had just been asked if he’d finally gotten enough of the elusive stuff he melodically rhapsodizes on in The Rolling Stones’ breakthrough single. My Life as a Rolling Stone may not give fans everything they want on the band who helped change culture, but it fills a need. The four-part Epix documentary series is an appreciation of 60 years’ service to rock and roll.
Each episode offers an individual portrait of the band’s core four members: Jagger, weaving guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, and late drummer Charlie Watts. The Rolling Stones founding guitarist Brian Jones, and original bassist Bill Wyman appear in archival footage. My Life as a Rolling Stone was co-directed by Oliver Murray, who helmed the 2019 documentary on Wyman, The Quiet One, and Clare Tavernor,...
Each episode offers an individual portrait of the band’s core four members: Jagger, weaving guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, and late drummer Charlie Watts. The Rolling Stones founding guitarist Brian Jones, and original bassist Bill Wyman appear in archival footage. My Life as a Rolling Stone was co-directed by Oliver Murray, who helmed the 2019 documentary on Wyman, The Quiet One, and Clare Tavernor,...
- 8/5/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club is coming to audiences in North America.
Greenwich Entertainment has acquired distribution rights to Ronnie’s, directed by Oliver Murray and produced by Goldfinch Entertainment, and will release the feature film early next year.
It comes after the doc premiered at Doc NYC last year and follows a UK theatrical run.
Ronnie’s chronicles the life of saxophonist Ronnie Scott, a poor, Jewish kid growing up in 1940s East End, London who became owner of the Soho, London night club. Musicians who have played the club include Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Nina Simone, Van Morrison, Chet Baker, and Jimi Hendrix, who played there the night of his death.
Murray previously directed Bill Wyman doc The Quiet One, directs with Goldfinch Entertainment CEO Kirsty Bell producing and COO Phil McKenzie executive producing. Greenwich’s Ed Arentz negotiated the deal with Abacus Media Rights,...
Greenwich Entertainment has acquired distribution rights to Ronnie’s, directed by Oliver Murray and produced by Goldfinch Entertainment, and will release the feature film early next year.
It comes after the doc premiered at Doc NYC last year and follows a UK theatrical run.
Ronnie’s chronicles the life of saxophonist Ronnie Scott, a poor, Jewish kid growing up in 1940s East End, London who became owner of the Soho, London night club. Musicians who have played the club include Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Nina Simone, Van Morrison, Chet Baker, and Jimi Hendrix, who played there the night of his death.
Murray previously directed Bill Wyman doc The Quiet One, directs with Goldfinch Entertainment CEO Kirsty Bell producing and COO Phil McKenzie executive producing. Greenwich’s Ed Arentz negotiated the deal with Abacus Media Rights,...
- 7/20/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” ruled the U.K. and Ireland box office for the fifth consecutive weekend, collecting £648,517 from 569 locations, according to final figures from Comscore.
The Warner Bros. release has a running total of £14,995,041 from the territory.
Shear Entertainment’s young adult romance “After We Collided” continued its robust performance, declining a marginal 14% to record £514,020 from 489 sites, for a total of £2,563,372.
Warner Bros.’ “Bill & Ted Face the Music,” starring Keanu Reeves, took £216,790 from 559 sites for a total of £834,981.
A pair of animation titles displayed resilience with a surge in numbers. Disney’s “Onward” registered a 48% increase to collect £126,355 from 426 locations. The title now has £7,308,920 from the territory. Meanwhile, Vertigo U.K.’s “100% Wolf” surged 51% to collect £89,634 from 433 sites, and now has a total of £1,281,535.
New entrant, Munro Film’s “Schemers,” debuted in tenth position with £34,474 from 208 locations.
The upcoming Thursday will see the release of Chinese fantasy...
The Warner Bros. release has a running total of £14,995,041 from the territory.
Shear Entertainment’s young adult romance “After We Collided” continued its robust performance, declining a marginal 14% to record £514,020 from 489 sites, for a total of £2,563,372.
Warner Bros.’ “Bill & Ted Face the Music,” starring Keanu Reeves, took £216,790 from 559 sites for a total of £834,981.
A pair of animation titles displayed resilience with a surge in numbers. Disney’s “Onward” registered a 48% increase to collect £126,355 from 426 locations. The title now has £7,308,920 from the territory. Meanwhile, Vertigo U.K.’s “100% Wolf” surged 51% to collect £89,634 from 433 sites, and now has a total of £1,281,535.
New entrant, Munro Film’s “Schemers,” debuted in tenth position with £34,474 from 208 locations.
The upcoming Thursday will see the release of Chinese fantasy...
- 9/30/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The European Film Academy has awarded the Andalusian desert the title “Treasure of European Film Culture”. The desert, in the Spanish province of Almeria, saw more than 300 films shoot there between the 1950s and 2020, famously including Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Western trilogy A Fistful Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. Further projects to have filmed on the location include Lawrence Of Arabia, Conan The Barbarian, and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade. In more recent times, series such as Doctor Who, Black Mirror and Game Of Thrones have all shot footage in the desert. The Efa hopes that the new title will raise awareness of the location’s history, encourage it to be protected, and highlight it as a cinema destination for the tourist industry.
Starzplay, the streaming arm of U.S. network Starz (not to be confused with Mena streamer...
Starzplay, the streaming arm of U.S. network Starz (not to be confused with Mena streamer...
- 6/9/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman will be auctioning off some of the instruments he used during his stint in the band. Other items in the more than 1,000-lot auction include his awards, concert posters, costumes, photos and correspondence.
Everything will hit the auction block at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills between May 29th and May 31st.
“Collecting and archiving has been one of the great pleasures of my life and will undoubtedly be one of my legacies,” Bill Wyman said in a statement. “It feels like the right...
Everything will hit the auction block at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills between May 29th and May 31st.
“Collecting and archiving has been one of the great pleasures of my life and will undoubtedly be one of my legacies,” Bill Wyman said in a statement. “It feels like the right...
- 2/13/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Fall is upon us, and so is Hulu’s list of every title coming and going from the streaming service in November.
Among the list of arriving titles is a new episode of Hulu’s original monthly anthology series, “Into the Dark.” November’s episode is called “Pilgrim,” and claims to be inspired by true events — in which a woman invites a bunch of Pilgrim re-enactors over for Thanksgiving dinner. But things get spooky when the “actors” refuse to break character.
Other new arrivals include Season 5 of “You’re the Worst,” described as a modern look at love, the complete first seasons of “Dollface,” about a young woman re-entering the world of women, “The Accident,” which begins with a deadly explosion at a construction site, and “Love Island: Australia,” an answer to the U.K. and U.S. versions of the beloved reality dating show.
Also Read: Here's Everything New...
Among the list of arriving titles is a new episode of Hulu’s original monthly anthology series, “Into the Dark.” November’s episode is called “Pilgrim,” and claims to be inspired by true events — in which a woman invites a bunch of Pilgrim re-enactors over for Thanksgiving dinner. But things get spooky when the “actors” refuse to break character.
Other new arrivals include Season 5 of “You’re the Worst,” described as a modern look at love, the complete first seasons of “Dollface,” about a young woman re-entering the world of women, “The Accident,” which begins with a deadly explosion at a construction site, and “Love Island: Australia,” an answer to the U.K. and U.S. versions of the beloved reality dating show.
Also Read: Here's Everything New...
- 11/1/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Nostalgia is one helluva drug. For instance, it can make you feel like there was actually a day when the entire United States banded together — just weeks after the Stonewall riots, and in the thick of the Vietnam War, supported by a president who would soon be on the verge of impeachment — in sheer fascination and pride over the news that a man had landed on the moon. At least, that’s the way the story goes in director David Fairhead’s new documentary, “Armstrong.”
To be honest, the idyll that the country was united on July 20, 1969, came (ironically) from the aforementioned President Richard Nixon himself, who phoned astronaut Neil Armstrong to congratulate him for his momentous moon arrival but especially for prompting a national day of celebration, complete with parades and other fanfare.
It’s an alluring sentiment that permeates the entire film, which almost deifies the eponymous rocketeer,...
To be honest, the idyll that the country was united on July 20, 1969, came (ironically) from the aforementioned President Richard Nixon himself, who phoned astronaut Neil Armstrong to congratulate him for his momentous moon arrival but especially for prompting a national day of celebration, complete with parades and other fanfare.
It’s an alluring sentiment that permeates the entire film, which almost deifies the eponymous rocketeer,...
- 7/10/2019
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
Weekend Box Office Estimates
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- 6/23/2019
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Documentaries continue to dominate the specialized world. Among new openers, three of the four are non-fiction titles. They include “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am” (Magnolia) and a reissue of David Hockney biodoc “A Bigger Splash” (Metrograph).
“Wild Rose,” the top narrative release of the week from Neon, had a middling start despite strong support and good reviews for breakout Jessie Buckley. The familiar story of an aspiring singer might have limited its appeal.
Among holdovers, documentaries are holding better than the two prime Sundance titles that opened soft in recent weeks. Not showing signs of sustained growth are “Late Night” (Amazon), which dropped more than half on its second wide weekend, while “Booksmart” (United Artists) is nearing $21 million, a total the Amazon film is unlikely to reach.
Opening
Wild Rose (Neon) – Metacritic: 78; Festivals include: Toronto 2018, South by Southwest 2019
$56,183 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $14,046
Rising actress Buckley, on view in HBO’s “Chernobyl,...
“Wild Rose,” the top narrative release of the week from Neon, had a middling start despite strong support and good reviews for breakout Jessie Buckley. The familiar story of an aspiring singer might have limited its appeal.
Among holdovers, documentaries are holding better than the two prime Sundance titles that opened soft in recent weeks. Not showing signs of sustained growth are “Late Night” (Amazon), which dropped more than half on its second wide weekend, while “Booksmart” (United Artists) is nearing $21 million, a total the Amazon film is unlikely to reach.
Opening
Wild Rose (Neon) – Metacritic: 78; Festivals include: Toronto 2018, South by Southwest 2019
$56,183 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $14,046
Rising actress Buckley, on view in HBO’s “Chernobyl,...
- 6/23/2019
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
The 4K restoration of 1974 semi-fictionalized documentary A Bigger Splash edged out with the top per theater average among the specialties this weekend, playing an exclusive run at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan. Directed by Jack Hazan, the Metrograph Pictures release grossed $18K. This is the second release for Metrograph Pictures, following fellow doc, The Raft.
Noted Artistic and Programming Director of Metrograph Sunday: “After 45 years, it’s incredibly heartening to see audiences respond so positively to Jack Hazan’s masterpiece A Bigger Splash. We’re thrilled to be expanding the film nationwide after such a strong opening in New York.” The title, centered on artist David Hockney will head to other cities in the coming weeks.
Neon music drama Wild Rose launched in four L.A. and New York locations Friday. Directed by Tom Harper and starring Jessie Buckley as an aspiring country singer, the Toronto ’18 title grossed an estimated...
Noted Artistic and Programming Director of Metrograph Sunday: “After 45 years, it’s incredibly heartening to see audiences respond so positively to Jack Hazan’s masterpiece A Bigger Splash. We’re thrilled to be expanding the film nationwide after such a strong opening in New York.” The title, centered on artist David Hockney will head to other cities in the coming weeks.
Neon music drama Wild Rose launched in four L.A. and New York locations Friday. Directed by Tom Harper and starring Jessie Buckley as an aspiring country singer, the Toronto ’18 title grossed an estimated...
- 6/23/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a new documentary about Bill Wyman hitting theaters, and contrary to expectations, perhaps, it’s not a silent movie. But it is titled “The Quiet One,” in deference to the legendary bass player’s reputation as the most reserved of the Rolling Stones, an image he thinks he merited only by being pitted against some of the most outgoing bandmates rock ‘n’ roll has ever known. He has plenty to say in the film, although sometimes it’s about things besides words he thinks there are too many of… like notes, when it comes to fellow players whose style is too flamboyant for his tastes.
Wyman, 82, hopped on the phone from his home in England to discuss the Sundance Selects film, which opens this weekend at the Nuart in Los Angeles and IFC Center in New York City, before becoming available on demand for streaming June 28. An edited version of our conversation follows.
Wyman, 82, hopped on the phone from his home in England to discuss the Sundance Selects film, which opens this weekend at the Nuart in Los Angeles and IFC Center in New York City, before becoming available on demand for streaming June 28. An edited version of our conversation follows.
- 6/21/2019
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
On December 7th, 1962, 26-year-old bassist Bill Wyman went to the Wetherby Arms pub in the Chelsea neighborhood of London to audition for the Rolling Stones as a possible replacement for founding member Dick Taylor. As Wyman recounts in this exclusive clip from his upcoming documentary The Quiet One, the band was initially a little skeptical he was the one for the job. “They asked me what music I liked,” said Wyman. “I said, ‘Chuck Berry’ and they said, ‘Great!’ I said, ‘Jerry Lee Lewis,’ ‘No!’ ‘Eddie Cochran,’ ‘No!’ All the rock & rollers,...
- 6/21/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Is it possible for a documentary about the Rolling Stones to be (gulp) boring? Probably not. There are, after all, endless stories of the brilliance, boldness, sexual energy, and debauchery of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and co. If there is a figure in Stones’ history who might qualify as a bit dull, though, it must be Bill Wyman. Charlie Watts is a gentlemanly enigma. Brian Jones is a doomed beauty. Ronnie Wood is a lovable scamp. Mick and Keith — well, they’re Mick and Keith. But Wyman is the Stone alone, the figure who always seemed farthest apart from the others.
Oliver Murray’s The Quiet One tells Wyman’s story through interviews, occasional animation, and, most interestingly, its subject’s own archive of home movies and photographs. From the start, it seemingly accepts the public view of the former Stones bassist. “If you did the right thing you don’t get noticed,...
Oliver Murray’s The Quiet One tells Wyman’s story through interviews, occasional animation, and, most interestingly, its subject’s own archive of home movies and photographs. From the start, it seemingly accepts the public view of the former Stones bassist. “If you did the right thing you don’t get noticed,...
- 6/21/2019
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Ever since he was a lad, Bill Perks Jr. was a chronic collector. Photos, books, records, flotsam and jetsam from the bombed neighborhoods of Blitz-era Britain — the skinny kid had a knack for squirreling stuff away that had sentimental value to him. He also started keeping a journal at a young age and became a bit of a teen shutterbug. The urge to hold on to things and document his daily adventures stuck with Perks — who’d changed his name to Bill Wyman — as the R&b outfit he played...
- 6/19/2019
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
When you think about a Rolling Stones documentary, you might expect sordid details about Mick Jagger’s or Keith Richards’ drug use and rampant sexual escapades, or even the backstory behind the band’s greatest hits such as “Paint It Black” or “Gimme Shelter.” Never would you consider a film that negates all those interesting tidbits to highlight the least flamboyant and popular member of the group, Bill Wyman, the taciturn bass guitarist who documented his nearly 30-year career with the quintet. But that’s what the dull “The Quiet One” does.
In all fairness, there’s already been a number of Rolling Stones films in the past that have offered a more intimate chronicle of the band’s cultural impact and controversies that are at the very least provocative. (“Shine a Light” and “Gimme Shelter” come to mind.) So, it’s not like we need another one of those.
In all fairness, there’s already been a number of Rolling Stones films in the past that have offered a more intimate chronicle of the band’s cultural impact and controversies that are at the very least provocative. (“Shine a Light” and “Gimme Shelter” come to mind.) So, it’s not like we need another one of those.
- 6/19/2019
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
Finally — an Ad Astra trailer! We’ve been waiting to catch a glimpse of the James Gray/Brad Pitt sci-fi opus, and the first look at what these gentleman have in store for people who like space and headscratching existentialism more than delivers. Also: extended peeks at Martin Scorsese’s incredible new Bob Dylan documentary, a feel-good indie involving self-esteem and running, a horror flick produced by Guillermo Del Toro, the last season of Jessica Jones and Transparent‘s musical swan song. Here it is, your trailers-of-the-week round-up.
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- 6/8/2019
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Bill Wyman may not have been the first bass player in the Rolling Stones, but he joined months after they formed in 1962 and stuck around from their earliest recording sessions all the way through the end of the Steel Wheels tour 30 years later. During that entire time, he was taking photos and videos that formed the basis of his 2002 book Rolling With the Stones. And now much more from his private vault is being used in the new documentary The Quiet One, in theaters June 21st.
The movie doesn’t...
The movie doesn’t...
- 6/4/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
When you picture the era of rock n’ roll, chances are stories of cultural upheaval, eccentric stars, and wild parties come to mind. It’s unlikely that you’re thinking of Bill Wyman, the taciturn bassist of The Rolling Stones and subject of upcoming rock-doc “The Quiet One.”
“The Quiet One” is the feature-length directorial debut of Oliver Murray, who launched his career directing music videos for renowned artists The Horrors and Noel Gallagher.
Continue reading ‘The Quiet One’ Trailer: The Life & Times Of A Rolling Stones Bassist at The Playlist.
“The Quiet One” is the feature-length directorial debut of Oliver Murray, who launched his career directing music videos for renowned artists The Horrors and Noel Gallagher.
Continue reading ‘The Quiet One’ Trailer: The Life & Times Of A Rolling Stones Bassist at The Playlist.
- 6/4/2019
- by Ava Witonsky
- The Playlist
"It was against the world, it really was." Sundance Selects / IFC Films has debuted an official trailer for the indie documentary titled The Quiet One, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and Montclair Film Festival this year. From director Oliver Murray, The Quiet One is a look back at the "extraordinary life and times of The Rolling Stones'" bassist Bill Wyman. Against the odds Bill escaped a bleak future in post-war, working class London to find himself at the very center of a musical and cultural revolution. As a Rolling Stone he embarked on record-breaking world tours, dealt with feuding band mates and befriended some of the world's most iconic musicians, actors, sportsmen and artists. Then he walked away from it all to commit to a new family and to set about documenting and preserving the memory of the "rock and roll revolution". This doc looks like a fascinating,...
- 6/4/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Ronnie Scott’s, an iconic British music venue dubbed the “world’s favorite jazz club,” is the subject of a new feature documentary. Kew Media Distribution has boarded sales on “Ronnie’s” (working title) and is warming up buyers at Cannes.
The club is situated in the heart of London’s Soho district. Founded by late saxophonist Ronnie Scott and Pete King, who were inspired by the vibrant post-war jazz venues in New York, it opened its doors 60 years ago, in 1959. Since then, the club has hosted the world’s greatest jazz legends, including Chet Baker, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery, Buddy Rich and Nina Simone.
Norah Jones and actor-and-musician Jeff Goldblum are among more recent performers at the club, which also attracts stars of other musical genres, such as Lady Gaga in 2015 and Prince a year earlier.
The film will tell the story of...
The club is situated in the heart of London’s Soho district. Founded by late saxophonist Ronnie Scott and Pete King, who were inspired by the vibrant post-war jazz venues in New York, it opened its doors 60 years ago, in 1959. Since then, the club has hosted the world’s greatest jazz legends, including Chet Baker, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery, Buddy Rich and Nina Simone.
Norah Jones and actor-and-musician Jeff Goldblum are among more recent performers at the club, which also attracts stars of other musical genres, such as Lady Gaga in 2015 and Prince a year earlier.
The film will tell the story of...
- 5/15/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Kew Media Distribution Signs Six New Features Heading To Cannes Films Include “Deus,” “The Quiet One,” “2067,” “Itsy Bitsy” and Docs on “Ghostbusters” and “The Amazing Johnathan” Leading global distributor Kew Media Distribution has secured international sales rights to a raft of new films that the company will be headlining in Cannes including the …
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- 5/12/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
More interesting news surrounding the wonderful world of Ghostbusters has recently been released ― as the film turns 35 this year. A new documentary called Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters is set to premiere at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Also: Hola Mexico Film Festival lineup, and details on both In the Blink of an Eye anthology series and Gunpowder & Sky and Justin Lin's student short film competition.
Ghostbusters Documentary's Cannes Premiere Details: "Leading global distributor Kew Media Distribution has secured international sales rights to a raft of new films that the company will be headlining in Cannes including the stunning and mysterious sci-fi film Deus, rock’n’roll documentary The Quiet One, the retrospective documentary Cleanin’ Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters, the bizarre and deceptive documentary The Amazing Johnathan Documentary, the dystopian sci-fi film 2067, and the thriller Itsy Bitsy.
Kew Media Distribution’s Evp of Sales Jonathan Ford...
Ghostbusters Documentary's Cannes Premiere Details: "Leading global distributor Kew Media Distribution has secured international sales rights to a raft of new films that the company will be headlining in Cannes including the stunning and mysterious sci-fi film Deus, rock’n’roll documentary The Quiet One, the retrospective documentary Cleanin’ Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters, the bizarre and deceptive documentary The Amazing Johnathan Documentary, the dystopian sci-fi film 2067, and the thriller Itsy Bitsy.
Kew Media Distribution’s Evp of Sales Jonathan Ford...
- 5/10/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Sales outfit adds four titles to slate ahead of Cannes.
London-based sales outfit Kew Media Distribution has added six titles to its slate ahead of Cannes, including a feature documentary charting the making of the original Ghostbusters.
Cleanin’ Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters features Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Ivan Reitman, and recounts the story behind the cult 1984 comedy.
Anthony Bueno directs the feature doc, which was produced by Claire Bueno, Derek Osborn and Hank Starrs. It features 46 interviews with cast and crew alongside never-before-seen archive material. Kew holds worldwide rights.
Kew has also added rock...
London-based sales outfit Kew Media Distribution has added six titles to its slate ahead of Cannes, including a feature documentary charting the making of the original Ghostbusters.
Cleanin’ Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters features Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Ivan Reitman, and recounts the story behind the cult 1984 comedy.
Anthony Bueno directs the feature doc, which was produced by Claire Bueno, Derek Osborn and Hank Starrs. It features 46 interviews with cast and crew alongside never-before-seen archive material. Kew holds worldwide rights.
Kew has also added rock...
- 5/9/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Early in the filming of his documentary “The Quiet One,” Oliver Murray knew he had his emotional centerpiece after capturing his subject, the longtime Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, talking about an encounter with Ray Charles. It’s a simple and quiet moment in a film packed full of tales of pop-culture upheaval, one that touchingly displays the importance of elder musicians on this particular musician’s life.
Wyman is not a man to let his emotions run wild in talking about his childhood, the pluses and minuses of being the Stone least likely to be recognized, or even his enthusiasm for photography and filmmaking. He’s clearly the quiet one for a reason.
Murray, a music video director making his feature debut with “The Quite One,” neatly assembles a chronology of Wyman’s life heavy on still photographs and plenty of Super 8 footage that the musician took himself.
Wyman is not a man to let his emotions run wild in talking about his childhood, the pluses and minuses of being the Stone least likely to be recognized, or even his enthusiasm for photography and filmmaking. He’s clearly the quiet one for a reason.
Murray, a music video director making his feature debut with “The Quite One,” neatly assembles a chronology of Wyman’s life heavy on still photographs and plenty of Super 8 footage that the musician took himself.
- 5/3/2019
- by Phil Gallo
- Variety Film + TV
Back in the 1970s, the British tax authorities thought it was a good idea to take about 90% of one’s annual earnings, which led multitudes of showbizzers, including a certain British pop-rock-blues band called the Rolling Stones, to bugger off to the South of France where they proceeded to save about 60% of their income and also produce one of the towering rock album masterpieces of the era, “Exile on Main Street.”
Nearly 50 years later, at the South France country home of ex-Stone/writer-producer-musicologist-archivist-and-more Bill Wyman and his wife Suzanne, the Wymans are still celebrating the fruits of the U.K. taxman’s barmy scheme.
“I first came here in 1971 and I’ve been here ever since,” recalls Wyman, who’s got three great reasons to encamp locally today and none of them involve dodging taxes.
First of all, despite perfectly lovely digs in both Chelsea and Suffolk back home in the U.
Nearly 50 years later, at the South France country home of ex-Stone/writer-producer-musicologist-archivist-and-more Bill Wyman and his wife Suzanne, the Wymans are still celebrating the fruits of the U.K. taxman’s barmy scheme.
“I first came here in 1971 and I’ve been here ever since,” recalls Wyman, who’s got three great reasons to encamp locally today and none of them involve dodging taxes.
First of all, despite perfectly lovely digs in both Chelsea and Suffolk back home in the U.
- 5/18/2018
- by Steven Gaydos
- Variety Film + TV
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– HBO has acquired the U.S. TV rights to “David Bowie: The Last Five Years,” directed and produced by Francis Whately. The film spotlights two critically acclaimed albums and the stage musical “Lazarus,” offering new insights into Bowie’s extraordinary creativity during the final five years of his life.
Featuring a wealth of rarely seen Bowie interviews, archival footage, audio from the recording sessions for “The Next Day” and “Blackstar,” and unprecedented access to Bowie’s closest friends and artistic collaborators, the film is a tribute to one of the greatest rock icons of all time.
Read More: Film Acquisitions Rundown: Sony Picks Up Tom Hanks’ ‘Greyhound,’ Lionsgate Acquires ‘Rally Car’ and More
– The Weinstein Company will...
– HBO has acquired the U.S. TV rights to “David Bowie: The Last Five Years,” directed and produced by Francis Whately. The film spotlights two critically acclaimed albums and the stage musical “Lazarus,” offering new insights into Bowie’s extraordinary creativity during the final five years of his life.
Featuring a wealth of rarely seen Bowie interviews, archival footage, audio from the recording sessions for “The Next Day” and “Blackstar,” and unprecedented access to Bowie’s closest friends and artistic collaborators, the film is a tribute to one of the greatest rock icons of all time.
Read More: Film Acquisitions Rundown: Sony Picks Up Tom Hanks’ ‘Greyhound,’ Lionsgate Acquires ‘Rally Car’ and More
– The Weinstein Company will...
- 2/17/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
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