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Searching for Sugar Man (2012) 8.1
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8.1/10 from 16,367 users
Metascore: 79/100
Reviews: 79 user | 204 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez. Director:Malik Bendjelloul |
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Cast
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Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman | ... |
Himself - Record Shop Owner
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Dennis Coffey | ... |
Himself - Co-Producer, Cold Fact 1970
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Mike Theodore | ... |
Himself - Co-Producer, Cold Fact 1970
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Dan DiMaggio | ... |
Himself - Bartender, The Brewery
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Jerome Ferretti | ... |
Himself - Bricklayer
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Steve Rowland | ... |
Himself - Producer, Coming from Reality 1971
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Willem Möller | ... |
Himself - Musician
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Craig Bartholomew Strydom | ... |
Himself - Music Journalist
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Ilse Assmann | ... |
Herself - Former Apartheid Archivist
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Steve M. Harris | ... |
Himself - Teal Trutone
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Robbie Mann | ... |
Himself - RPM Records
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Himself - Former Chairman of Motown Records
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Eva Rodriguez | ... |
Herself - Rodriguez's Eldest Daughter
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Himself
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Regan Rodriguez | ... |
Herself - Rodriguez's Youngest Daughter
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In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career with only two well received but non-selling albums. Unknown to Rodriguez, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for generations. Long rumored there to be dead by suicide, a few fans in the 1990s decided to seek out the truth of their hero's fate. What follows is a bizarrely heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came true after all. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some drug references | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 July 2012 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Sugar Man See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$27,459 (USA) (27 July 2012)Gross:
$3,667,230 (USA) (17 May 2013)Company Credits
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Some parts of the documentary were shot on an iPhone App called 8mm Vintage Camera after the producers ran out of film for an expensive real 8mm camera. The app cost only £1.49/$1.99. See more »Quotes
Rick Emmerson: What he's demonstrated, very clearly, is that you have a choice. He took all that torment, all that agony, all that confusion and pain, and he transformed it into something beautiful. He's like the silkworm, you know? You take this raw material, and you transform it. You come out with something that wasn't there before. Something beautiful. Something perhaps transcendent. Something perhaps eternal. Insofar as he does that, I think he's representative of the human spirit, of what's possible. ...See more »
I caught this movie at an advanced screening at the UN during Mandela week and I must say I was pleasantly surprised by the movie and even more enthralled to discover this long, lost gem of music. The movie revolves around an up-and-coming Rock'n'roller from the 70s who recorded two albums and then disappeared into obscurity. His music was lost in the US but by a strange coincidence becomes a cult hit in South Africa and becomes a symbol of rebellion for the underground white, anti-apartheid sub-culture. The documentary is a lovely journey of discovery of the south africans who try to find the roots of this enigma and re-discover his music. I won't spoil too much but for fans of Dylan like music, this might be a long, lost gem and music that perhaps, at least now, deserves more recognition and appreciation.