The world premiere of Trish Dalton and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman In Charge chronicling the life of the fashion designer will open Tribeca Festival, running June 5-16 in New York.
Some 103 features – including 86 world premieres – from 114 filmmakers in 48 countries were selected from a record 13,016 submissions. Half of the films in competition are directed by women and 35% (36) of the selection hails from Bipoc filmmakers.
This year’s selection includes world premieres of Michael Angarano’s road movie Sacramento starring Michael Cera, Angarano, and Kristen Stewart; Andrew McCarthy’s documentary Brats in which the filmmaker catches up with fellow Brat-Packers Rob Lowe,...
Some 103 features – including 86 world premieres – from 114 filmmakers in 48 countries were selected from a record 13,016 submissions. Half of the films in competition are directed by women and 35% (36) of the selection hails from Bipoc filmmakers.
This year’s selection includes world premieres of Michael Angarano’s road movie Sacramento starring Michael Cera, Angarano, and Kristen Stewart; Andrew McCarthy’s documentary Brats in which the filmmaker catches up with fellow Brat-Packers Rob Lowe,...
- 4/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
Tribeca Festival will premiere new fims from Lily Gladstone, Jenna Ortega, Michael Cera, and Andrew McCarthy when it runs in New York from June 5-16.
The event will open with the world premiere of Trish Dalton and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman In Charge chronicling the life of the fashion designer.
Some 103 features – including 86 world premieres – from 114 filmmakers in 48 countries were selected from a record 13,016 submissions. Half of the films in competition are directed by women and 35% (36) of the selection hails from Bipoc filmmakers.
This year’s selection includes world premieres of Michael Angarano’s road movie Sacramento starring Cera,...
The event will open with the world premiere of Trish Dalton and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman In Charge chronicling the life of the fashion designer.
Some 103 features – including 86 world premieres – from 114 filmmakers in 48 countries were selected from a record 13,016 submissions. Half of the films in competition are directed by women and 35% (36) of the selection hails from Bipoc filmmakers.
This year’s selection includes world premieres of Michael Angarano’s road movie Sacramento starring Cera,...
- 4/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
British photographer Terry O’Neill is to be the subject of a feature-length documentary, titled Iconic: The Life And Work Of Terry O’Neill, helmed by UK filmmaker Oliver Murray.
The film is being made with the close co-operation of Terry O’Neill’s surviving family. O’Neill will narrate his own story via previously unheard recordings.
The east London-born photographer was famous for snapping the likes of Judy Garland, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, the British royal family and Elton John.
It is produced by Hank Starrs (Elstree 1976) and Murray through Orofena Films. Laurence Gornall’s Unannounced Film Company is selling the title at the EFM.
The film is being made with the close co-operation of Terry O’Neill’s surviving family. O’Neill will narrate his own story via previously unheard recordings.
The east London-born photographer was famous for snapping the likes of Judy Garland, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, the British royal family and Elton John.
It is produced by Hank Starrs (Elstree 1976) and Murray through Orofena Films. Laurence Gornall’s Unannounced Film Company is selling the title at the EFM.
- 2/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Beatles are back with a “new” song and an accompanying documentary streaming now exclusively on Disney+.
Now And Then – The Last Beatles Song tells the story of “Now and Then,” a surprise single from the Beatles that was released last week. Originally written by John Lennon as a solo track for himself, the song was never completed before his death and floated around in limbo until Paul McCartney revived it last year with the help of AI — and the help of his surviving bandmates.
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Now And Then – The Last Beatles Song reveals just how the song came together, with exclusive footage and commentary from McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Sean Ono Lennon and Peter Jackson, who directed the music video for the track.
The 12-minute documentary film, meantime, is written and directed by Oliver Murray, who also directed 2022’s My Life As A Rolling Stone and the recent Disney+ special,...
Now And Then – The Last Beatles Song tells the story of “Now and Then,” a surprise single from the Beatles that was released last week. Originally written by John Lennon as a solo track for himself, the song was never completed before his death and floated around in limbo until Paul McCartney revived it last year with the help of AI — and the help of his surviving bandmates.
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Now And Then – The Last Beatles Song reveals just how the song came together, with exclusive footage and commentary from McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Sean Ono Lennon and Peter Jackson, who directed the music video for the track.
The 12-minute documentary film, meantime, is written and directed by Oliver Murray, who also directed 2022’s My Life As A Rolling Stone and the recent Disney+ special,...
- 11/6/2023
- by Tim Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The last Beatles song, ‘Now And Then’ has been released and it has sent fans of the legendary band in a frenzy. The music video has been directed by Peter Jackson. Peter shared that as much as a huge fan of The Beatles he is, he was stressed by the thought of putting together the music video given the lack of resources in terms of the footage.
However, Paul and Ringo shot footage of themselves performing and sent that to Peter.
The poignant and humorous video invites viewers to celebrate The Beatles’ timeless and enduring love for one another with John, Paul, George and Ringo as they create the last Beatles song.
Talking about the challenges, Peter said: “To be honest, just thinking about the responsibility of having to make a music video worthy of the last song The Beatles will ever release produced a collection of anxieties almost too overwhelming to deal with.
However, Paul and Ringo shot footage of themselves performing and sent that to Peter.
The poignant and humorous video invites viewers to celebrate The Beatles’ timeless and enduring love for one another with John, Paul, George and Ringo as they create the last Beatles song.
Talking about the challenges, Peter said: “To be honest, just thinking about the responsibility of having to make a music video worthy of the last song The Beatles will ever release produced a collection of anxieties almost too overwhelming to deal with.
- 11/3/2023
- by Agency News Desk
The last Beatles song, ‘Now And Then’ has been released and it has sent fans of the legendary band in a frenzy. The music video has been directed by Peter Jackson. Peter shared that as much as a huge fan of The Beatles he is, he was stressed by the thought of putting together the music video given the lack of resources in terms of the footage.
However, Paul and Ringo shot footage of themselves performing and sent that to Peter.
The poignant and humorous video invites viewers to celebrate The Beatles’ timeless and enduring love for one another with John, Paul, George and Ringo as they create the last Beatles song.
Talking about the challenges, Peter said: “To be honest, just thinking about the responsibility of having to make a music video worthy of the last song The Beatles will ever release produced a collection of anxieties almost too overwhelming to deal with.
However, Paul and Ringo shot footage of themselves performing and sent that to Peter.
The poignant and humorous video invites viewers to celebrate The Beatles’ timeless and enduring love for one another with John, Paul, George and Ringo as they create the last Beatles song.
Talking about the challenges, Peter said: “To be honest, just thinking about the responsibility of having to make a music video worthy of the last song The Beatles will ever release produced a collection of anxieties almost too overwhelming to deal with.
- 11/3/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Apple Corps Ltd
Chronicling the five decade long songwriting journey of a legendary piece of music, Oliver Murray’s documentary short Now and Then: The Last Beatles Song is a definitive record of how it all went down. Now and Then is a song of legend to many Beatles’ fans, a demo John Lennon recorded and one that was tinkered with over the years but could never be utilised due to the technological challenges of separating his vocal from the music. Now however, thanks to a software system developed by Peter Jackson’s team for his Get Back documentary, the vocal could be separated and The Beatles were able to collaborate for one final time. Watch this historic track take shape and then dive into our conversation with Writer/Director Murray where we discuss the responsibility of working with such legendary musical icons, the decision to keep the interviews in the doc intimate,...
Chronicling the five decade long songwriting journey of a legendary piece of music, Oliver Murray’s documentary short Now and Then: The Last Beatles Song is a definitive record of how it all went down. Now and Then is a song of legend to many Beatles’ fans, a demo John Lennon recorded and one that was tinkered with over the years but could never be utilised due to the technological challenges of separating his vocal from the music. Now however, thanks to a software system developed by Peter Jackson’s team for his Get Back documentary, the vocal could be separated and The Beatles were able to collaborate for one final time. Watch this historic track take shape and then dive into our conversation with Writer/Director Murray where we discuss the responsibility of working with such legendary musical icons, the decision to keep the interviews in the doc intimate,...
- 11/3/2023
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
“Now and Then,” the final song made by all four members of The Beatles, has arrived in its completed form. Stream it below. Update: Watch Peter Jackson’s music video for the song.
The song began as a John Lennon-penned demo recording, made in 1979 and shared with the other Beatles in the mid-‘90s by Yoko Ono. At the time, the remaining band members — Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison — attempted to finish the song with production help from Jeff Lynne, but ultimately scrapped the project due to a loud hum on Lennon’s original recording which made it essentially impossible to use. Though the song held a special place in McCartney’s heart — in part because the last words Lennon said to him in person were “Think about me every now and then, old friend” — it was shelved.
Fast forward to the beginning of this decade, when...
The song began as a John Lennon-penned demo recording, made in 1979 and shared with the other Beatles in the mid-‘90s by Yoko Ono. At the time, the remaining band members — Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison — attempted to finish the song with production help from Jeff Lynne, but ultimately scrapped the project due to a loud hum on Lennon’s original recording which made it essentially impossible to use. Though the song held a special place in McCartney’s heart — in part because the last words Lennon said to him in person were “Think about me every now and then, old friend” — it was shelved.
Fast forward to the beginning of this decade, when...
- 11/2/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
26 October, 2023 – Together and apart, The Beatles have always had a talent for the unexpected. And now, 2023 brings one of the most anticipated releases of their long and endlessly eventful history. “Now And Then” is the last Beatles song – written and sung by John Lennon, developed and worked on by Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and now finally finished by Paul and Ringo over four decades later.
“Now And Then” will be released worldwide at 2pm GMT / 10am Edt / 7am Pdt on Thursday 2nd November by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe/Universal Music Canada. The double A-side single pairs the last Beatles song with the first: the band’s 1962 debut UK single, “Love Me Do,” a truly fitting full-circle counterpart to “Now And Then.” Both songs are mixed in stereo and Dolby Atmos®, and the release features original cover art by renowned artist Ed Ruscha. The new music video...
“Now And Then” will be released worldwide at 2pm GMT / 10am Edt / 7am Pdt on Thursday 2nd November by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe/Universal Music Canada. The double A-side single pairs the last Beatles song with the first: the band’s 1962 debut UK single, “Love Me Do,” a truly fitting full-circle counterpart to “Now And Then.” Both songs are mixed in stereo and Dolby Atmos®, and the release features original cover art by renowned artist Ed Ruscha. The new music video...
- 10/26/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
In a most dignified way, The Beatles will release their last song this year. The rollout will be minimal — a cassette photo here, a title billboard there, a digital/streaming release on Thursday, Nov. 2 — and the last recording made by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr will still be a classic rock standard by the end of the year. All the rumors are true. The song is “Now and Then,” and it is beautiful, bittersweet, timeless, and completely natural. It will be issued as a double-a side single with “Love Me Do,” the band’s first release. Yes, it will be the version with Ringo on drums, not tambourine.
“Love Me Do” will be the first song heard on the upcoming reissue of The Beatles’ 1973 “Red” album (officially titled 1962-1966). “Now and Then” will close the remastered reissue of the “Blue” record (1967-1970) comprised of the group’s greatest hits.
“Love Me Do” will be the first song heard on the upcoming reissue of The Beatles’ 1973 “Red” album (officially titled 1962-1966). “Now and Then” will close the remastered reissue of the “Blue” record (1967-1970) comprised of the group’s greatest hits.
- 10/26/2023
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
The last Beatles song. Sixty years after their debut single, “Love Me Do,” there’s a new closing chapter to the world’s most beloved group. On Thursday, Nov. 2, the Beatles will drop their final song, “Now and Then.” John Lennon wrote it and sang it at the piano, at home in 1977. George Harrison played his guitar parts in 1995, when the three surviving Beatles attempted it at the Anthology sessions. Now, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have finished their friends’ work — a labor of love that seems to sum up...
- 10/26/2023
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
To mark the 60th anniversary of the band, BBC’s four-part rockuseries My Life as a Rolling Stone takes an in-depth look into the group’s charismatic members, and is set to drop in the U.S. on Epix August 7.
With plenty of archival footage and extensive interviews from Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, each episode focuses on a singular band member, including an introspective on the late great drummer Charlie Watts, who passed away last year. The series is narrated by Sienna Miller, and is directed by Oliver Murray (Bill Wyman,...
With plenty of archival footage and extensive interviews from Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, each episode focuses on a singular band member, including an introspective on the late great drummer Charlie Watts, who passed away last year. The series is narrated by Sienna Miller, and is directed by Oliver Murray (Bill Wyman,...
- 8/5/2022
- by Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.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
Epix has picked up BBC doc My Life As A Rolling Stone – four-part series that looks at the veteran rock band.
The series, which comes from Universal Music’s Mercury Studios, is tied to the 60th anniversary of the Wild Horses rockers and comes as Mick, Keef et al. are in the middle of a world tour to celebrate.
The network will air the series on August 7.
Originally unveiled by British public broadcaster the BBC in March, each episode of the series will feature a portrait of one of the band’s charismatic members – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and the late Charlie Watts – exploring different dimensions of their personalities, their musical brilliance, and their cultural impact. The series aims to reveal The Rolling Stones’ creativity, their inspirations, and how they individually and collectively have overcome adversity, notoriety, and personal demons to write the soundtrack of our times.
It...
The series, which comes from Universal Music’s Mercury Studios, is tied to the 60th anniversary of the Wild Horses rockers and comes as Mick, Keef et al. are in the middle of a world tour to celebrate.
The network will air the series on August 7.
Originally unveiled by British public broadcaster the BBC in March, each episode of the series will feature a portrait of one of the band’s charismatic members – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and the late Charlie Watts – exploring different dimensions of their personalities, their musical brilliance, and their cultural impact. The series aims to reveal The Rolling Stones’ creativity, their inspirations, and how they individually and collectively have overcome adversity, notoriety, and personal demons to write the soundtrack of our times.
It...
- 6/21/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Rolling Stones will celebrate 60 years as a band with a special four-part docuseries, My Life as a Rolling Stone, set to premiere Aug. 7 on Epix.
The new series will tell the story of the Stones in a unique way: Each episode will offer up an individual portrait of one of the band’s core four members for the bulk of its existence: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, late drummer Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood.
My Life as a Rolling Stone was co-directed by Oliver Murray and Clare Travenor, both of...
The new series will tell the story of the Stones in a unique way: Each episode will offer up an individual portrait of one of the band’s core four members for the bulk of its existence: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, late drummer Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood.
My Life as a Rolling Stone was co-directed by Oliver Murray and Clare Travenor, both of...
- 6/21/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Epix is commemorating the 60th anniversary of one of the world’s most iconic rock bands with the four-part docuseries “My Life as a Rolling Stone.”
The series, which premieres Aug. 7, will document “how The Rolling Stones created the blueprint for every budding rock band, and grew from young blues-loving hopefuls to a globally recognized cultural brand,” per the network.
Each episode will focus on a member of the band, diving into different dimensions of their personalities, their musical abilities and their cultural impact.
“My Life as a Rolling Stone” aims to reveal The Rolling Stones’ creativity, their inspirations and how they individually and collectively have overcome adversity, notoriety, and personal demons to write the soundtrack of our times.
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“Compelling music docuseries have become a pillar of Epix’s slate of premium original programming,...
The series, which premieres Aug. 7, will document “how The Rolling Stones created the blueprint for every budding rock band, and grew from young blues-loving hopefuls to a globally recognized cultural brand,” per the network.
Each episode will focus on a member of the band, diving into different dimensions of their personalities, their musical abilities and their cultural impact.
“My Life as a Rolling Stone” aims to reveal The Rolling Stones’ creativity, their inspirations and how they individually and collectively have overcome adversity, notoriety, and personal demons to write the soundtrack of our times.
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“Compelling music docuseries have become a pillar of Epix’s slate of premium original programming,...
- 6/21/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
By Eve Goldberg
Ronnie’s, a 2020 documentary, tells the story of Ronnie Scott and his legendary London jazz club.
From the opening sequence in which virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson and his band perform in an exuberant split screen montage, the film announces itself as a vehicle where style reflects content, and the filmmakers really know how to present their material in a compelling way.
The documentary recounts how Ronnie Scott, a poor Jewish kid from London’s East End, becomes a top British jazz saxophonist in the 1940s and 50s. Eventually tiring of big band swing, and inspired by the new music of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Scott forms his own Bebop ensemble. In 1959, Scott and his fellow musician and business partner, Pete King, open their own nightclub—Ronnie Scott’s. It doesn’t take long for their club to become the premiere jazz spot in London, and a...
Ronnie’s, a 2020 documentary, tells the story of Ronnie Scott and his legendary London jazz club.
From the opening sequence in which virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson and his band perform in an exuberant split screen montage, the film announces itself as a vehicle where style reflects content, and the filmmakers really know how to present their material in a compelling way.
The documentary recounts how Ronnie Scott, a poor Jewish kid from London’s East End, becomes a top British jazz saxophonist in the 1940s and 50s. Eventually tiring of big band swing, and inspired by the new music of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Scott forms his own Bebop ensemble. In 1959, Scott and his fellow musician and business partner, Pete King, open their own nightclub—Ronnie Scott’s. It doesn’t take long for their club to become the premiere jazz spot in London, and a...
- 4/10/2022
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Music
The BBC is celebrating 60 years of The Rolling Stones with “My Life as a Rolling Stone,” a four-part series of films, each an hour long, focusing separately on Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts. The films will premiere on BBC Two and iPlayer this summer and will include unseen footage and exclusive stories from Jagger, Richards and Wood interwoven with new and archive interviews and performance. The story of Watts, who died in 2021, will be told via tributes from his fellow band members and his musical peers and admirers along with archive interviews. The films will also feature artists who have been inspired by the band, including P.P. Arnold, Chrissie Hynde, Slash, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner and Steven Tyler. The Stones made their live debut on July 12, 1962 at London’s Marquee Club.
The film series is directed by Oliver Murray (“The Quiet One”) and Clare Tavernor...
The BBC is celebrating 60 years of The Rolling Stones with “My Life as a Rolling Stone,” a four-part series of films, each an hour long, focusing separately on Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts. The films will premiere on BBC Two and iPlayer this summer and will include unseen footage and exclusive stories from Jagger, Richards and Wood interwoven with new and archive interviews and performance. The story of Watts, who died in 2021, will be told via tributes from his fellow band members and his musical peers and admirers along with archive interviews. The films will also feature artists who have been inspired by the band, including P.P. Arnold, Chrissie Hynde, Slash, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner and Steven Tyler. The Stones made their live debut on July 12, 1962 at London’s Marquee Club.
The film series is directed by Oliver Murray (“The Quiet One”) and Clare Tavernor...
- 3/31/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Blue Finch Barbarians Sales
UK sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has struck some key territory deals on Barbarians, the directing debut of British filmmaker Charles Dorfman, who also penned the script. The film has sold to the Middle East (Front Row), Scandinavia (NonStop Entertainment) and will join the Sky Original film line-up on Sky Cinema in the UK and Ireland on April 3. The pic previously sold to the U.S. with IFC Midnight, which will release the film in theaters and on demand on April 1. Barbarians stars Iwan Rheon (Game Of Thrones), Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full Of Grace), Connor Swindells (Sex Education) and Inès Spiridonov (Section Zero). It follows two couples celebrating a birthday at an intimate dinner party. As the night progresses, secrets begin to unravel, and an unexpected knock at the door sends the evening of celebration into a dark night of terror.
UK sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has struck some key territory deals on Barbarians, the directing debut of British filmmaker Charles Dorfman, who also penned the script. The film has sold to the Middle East (Front Row), Scandinavia (NonStop Entertainment) and will join the Sky Original film line-up on Sky Cinema in the UK and Ireland on April 3. The pic previously sold to the U.S. with IFC Midnight, which will release the film in theaters and on demand on April 1. Barbarians stars Iwan Rheon (Game Of Thrones), Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full Of Grace), Connor Swindells (Sex Education) and Inès Spiridonov (Section Zero). It follows two couples celebrating a birthday at an intimate dinner party. As the night progresses, secrets begin to unravel, and an unexpected knock at the door sends the evening of celebration into a dark night of terror.
- 3/31/2022
- by Tom Grater and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Terry O’Neill, the British photographer behind legendary photographs of Faye Dunaway and Elton John, is getting the feature documentary treatment.
Oliver Murray, the filmmaker behind docs including Bill Wyman film The Quiet One and Ronnie Scott portrait Ronnie’s, will direct Iconic: The Terry O’Neill Story.
The feature-length film will be produced by Round World Studios and Iconic Images, the Authentic Brands-backed company that owns O’Neill’s photographic archive. Murray’s Orofena Films will take a co-producer credit and it will be exec produced by Terry Byrne and Eric Woollard-White for Round World Studios, which is also financing, and Robin Morgan, President Iconic Images.
Production is due to start imminently on the film, which will tell the story of O’Neill, who captured frontline of fame over six decades and died in 2019.
From working class London to Hollywood, Terry O’Neill’s candid shots of the famous...
Oliver Murray, the filmmaker behind docs including Bill Wyman film The Quiet One and Ronnie Scott portrait Ronnie’s, will direct Iconic: The Terry O’Neill Story.
The feature-length film will be produced by Round World Studios and Iconic Images, the Authentic Brands-backed company that owns O’Neill’s photographic archive. Murray’s Orofena Films will take a co-producer credit and it will be exec produced by Terry Byrne and Eric Woollard-White for Round World Studios, which is also financing, and Robin Morgan, President Iconic Images.
Production is due to start imminently on the film, which will tell the story of O’Neill, who captured frontline of fame over six decades and died in 2019.
From working class London to Hollywood, Terry O’Neill’s candid shots of the famous...
- 3/8/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Two days before his death, Jimi Hendrix simply wanted to jam. His buddy Eric Burdon, the former Animals frontman, had recently teamed up with Latin-influenced rock band War, who were playing some of their first concerts together. When the group began a residency at London jazz club Ronnie Scott’s, Burdon invited Hendrix to sit in. The artist showed up on the evening of Sept. 16, 1970 for the second set, and played moving, dramatic phrases all across the ensemble’s covers of blues and folk standards “Mother Earth” and “Tobacco Road,...
- 1/28/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
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
As venues around the world open and shutter in sync with the fits and starts of local pandemic containment measures, it’s reassuring to know that one of London’s most cherished institutions, the jazz club Ronnie Scott’s, founded in 1959, is still chugging along. (It’s reopening after a short lockdown again Dec. 4 for socially distant business.) British director Oliver Murray salutes the club, its music, guests, fans and the people who ran it, especially co-founder, namesake and front-of-house-emcee Ronnie Scott himself, with Ronnie’s, a well-measured, if somewhat muted and minor-key-melancholy, tribute.
The feature, Murray’s ...
The feature, Murray’s ...
- 12/4/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
As venues around the world open and shutter in sync with the fits and starts of local pandemic containment measures, it’s reassuring to know that one of London’s most cherished institutions, the jazz club Ronnie Scott’s, founded in 1959, is still chugging along. (It’s reopening after a short lockdown again Dec. 4 for socially distant business.) British director Oliver Murray salutes the club, its music, guests, fans and the people who ran it, especially co-founder, namesake and front-of-house-emcee Ronnie Scott himself, with Ronnie’s, a well-measured, if somewhat muted and minor-key-melancholy, tribute.
The feature, Murray’s ...
The feature, Murray’s ...
- 12/4/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update: This story is being updated this week as the new longlists are unveiled. Today (November 20) the Best Documentary longlist has been published, see below.
Previously, November 17: Organizers of the British Independent Film Awards have confirmed their upcoming ceremony will delay from its traditional end-of-year dates to February, 2021, moving in line with this year’s major awards shows.
This week, the BIFAs will unveil its various longlists of awards, which will be whittled down to its final nominations, to be revealed on December 9.
Today, the New Talent awards longlists have been unveiled, featuring a total of 46 directors, writers and producers. Each of the below will participate in BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development and peer to peer support.
Best Documentary
The Art Of Political Murder Paul Taylor, Teddy Leifer, Regina K. Scully
The Australian Dream Daniel Gordon, Stan Grant, Sarah Thomson, Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell,...
Previously, November 17: Organizers of the British Independent Film Awards have confirmed their upcoming ceremony will delay from its traditional end-of-year dates to February, 2021, moving in line with this year’s major awards shows.
This week, the BIFAs will unveil its various longlists of awards, which will be whittled down to its final nominations, to be revealed on December 9.
Today, the New Talent awards longlists have been unveiled, featuring a total of 46 directors, writers and producers. Each of the below will participate in BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development and peer to peer support.
Best Documentary
The Art Of Political Murder Paul Taylor, Teddy Leifer, Regina K. Scully
The Australian Dream Daniel Gordon, Stan Grant, Sarah Thomson, Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell,...
- 11/20/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
‘The Reason I Jump’, ‘White Riot’ also make the list.
Films about Irish singer Shane MacGowan and natural historian David Attenborough are among the 13 titles on the best documentary longlist for the 2020 British Independent Film Awards.
The longlist is the final of four to be announced this week, following lists for new talent, most promising newcomer and international film.
Julien Temple’s Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan is a look at the celebrated Irish punk musician and singer, combining archive and family footage with animation. It debuted at San Sebastián in September; Altitude has the rights for the UK and Ireland,...
Films about Irish singer Shane MacGowan and natural historian David Attenborough are among the 13 titles on the best documentary longlist for the 2020 British Independent Film Awards.
The longlist is the final of four to be announced this week, following lists for new talent, most promising newcomer and international film.
Julien Temple’s Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan is a look at the celebrated Irish punk musician and singer, combining archive and family footage with animation. It debuted at San Sebastián in September; Altitude has the rights for the UK and Ireland,...
- 11/20/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Christian D Bruun's Calendar Girl on Ruth Finley, the creator of the Fashion Calendar, is a Doc NYC highlight. Other feature films of note include Chris McKim’s Wojnarowicz (on David Wojnarowicz); Nathan Grossman’s I Am Greta (on Greta Thunberg); Ulrike Ottinger’s Paris Calligrammes; Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s The Meaning of Hitler; Oliver Murray’s Ronnie’s (on Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club); Katja Hogset, Margreth Olin, and Espen Wallin’s Self Portrait (Selvportrettet) (on photographer Lene Marie Fossen); Yael Bridge’s The Big Scary "S" Word; and two shorts, Jennifer Callahan’s Making The Case on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s handbags (thank you to Alessandro Nivola and Emily Mortimer) and Alison Klayman’s Flower Punk (on artist Azuma Makoto).
Calendar Girl (written with producer Natalie Nudell) features interviews with the who’s who of the fashion world (including Bill Cunningham; Carolina Herrera, who designed the white pantsuit and pussy-bow blouse.
Calendar Girl (written with producer Natalie Nudell) features interviews with the who’s who of the fashion world (including Bill Cunningham; Carolina Herrera, who designed the white pantsuit and pussy-bow blouse.
- 11/18/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
If you've ever wondered what it might be like to step inside Ronnie Scott's jazz club but have never had the chance, this documentary will take you there, it's steady pace allowing director Oliver Murray to drink in the atmosphere via a rich seam of archival footage, while also giving the history of the club, Ronnie and his partner Pete King a chance for solo riffs in the spotlight.
"Only an idiot would go into the jazz club business," Scott declares in one of the interviews that pepper this film. But, of course, Murray goes on to show that not only was Ronnie no idiot, he was also a fine saxophonist in his own right, a genial host and a savvy negotiator whose efforts to bring US talent to British shores paid off well beyond the walls of his club in terms of allowing a two-way street for musicians between the.
"Only an idiot would go into the jazz club business," Scott declares in one of the interviews that pepper this film. But, of course, Murray goes on to show that not only was Ronnie no idiot, he was also a fine saxophonist in his own right, a genial host and a savvy negotiator whose efforts to bring US talent to British shores paid off well beyond the walls of his club in terms of allowing a two-way street for musicians between the.
- 11/18/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Did ex-Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and the late London jazz club impresario Ronnie Scott ever cross paths? As key figures of the last century of music, it is certainly possible. And based on the documentaries Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan and Ronnie’s, it is enticing to ponder the conversation that might ensue between the ragged Irish eccentric (MacGowan) and the witty tenor sax man turned club owner (Scott). The gobsmackingly entertaining Crock of Gold and well-made if less enthralling Ronnie’s make a strong case that both figures have left an indelible mark on music. And while director Julien Temple’s Gold is far more memorable than Oliver Murray’s Ronnie’s, both films deserve attention. Crock of Gold is making its North American premiere at the Doc NYC festival, while Ronnie’s is making its international premiere.
It should come as no surprise that...
It should come as no surprise that...
- 11/12/2020
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
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
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
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
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
An underdeveloped look at the life of the former Rolling Stone has led to outrage over its portrayal of an alleged sexual predator
It should probably surprise no one that a new documentary about “the quiet” Rolling Stone, Bill Wyman, has kicked up a controversy over what it doesn’t say rather than what it does. Last month, a planned showing of the Oliver Murray-directed film The Quiet One at the Sheffield Doc/Fest drew outrage, and was cancelled, due to what was seen as its insufficient probing of Wyman’s 1989 marriage to Mandy Smith, who was 18 at the time, but whom he began allegedly grooming when she was five years younger than that.. Back then, the story raised some eyebrows in the Us, and inspired reams of harrumphing coverage in the British tabloids, but not quite the censorious outrage it might have received today.
Related: Bill Wyman documentary...
It should probably surprise no one that a new documentary about “the quiet” Rolling Stone, Bill Wyman, has kicked up a controversy over what it doesn’t say rather than what it does. Last month, a planned showing of the Oliver Murray-directed film The Quiet One at the Sheffield Doc/Fest drew outrage, and was cancelled, due to what was seen as its insufficient probing of Wyman’s 1989 marriage to Mandy Smith, who was 18 at the time, but whom he began allegedly grooming when she was five years younger than that.. Back then, the story raised some eyebrows in the Us, and inspired reams of harrumphing coverage in the British tabloids, but not quite the censorious outrage it might have received today.
Related: Bill Wyman documentary...
- 5/3/2019
- by Jim Farber
- The Guardian - Film News
While the Tribeca Film Festival usually has strong music entries, this year has such a bounty that narrowing our top picks down to 10 was a challenge. This year’s offerings range from documentaries on the legendary Apollo Theater, the Wu-Tang Clan and Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman to music-adjacent films like Danny Boyle’s “Yesterday” (about a world with no Beatles), and anniversary editions of ‘90s classics “Say Anything,” “Reality Bites” and “This Is Spinal Tap” — all three of which have special Q&As with castmembers after the screenings. Covering Tribeca’s 2019 music offerings alone, it’s possible to spend upwards of 30 hours in movie theaters over the next few days — be sure to check back for Variety’s reviews of many of these films.
All I Can Say [Shannon Hoon documentary]. The unofficial chief cinematographer for this documentary about the late Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon is: Shannon Hoon.
All I Can Say [Shannon Hoon documentary]. The unofficial chief cinematographer for this documentary about the late Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon is: Shannon Hoon.
- 4/24/2019
- by Jem Aswad and Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
European premiere of The Quiet One is cancelled after complaints about the former Rolling Stone’s alleged grooming of his second wife, Mandy Smith, when she was a child
A new documentary about former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman has been dropped from the programme of the forthcoming Sheffield Doc/Fest following protests about the circumstances of Wyman’s second marriage.
The Quiet One, which is billed as “a first-hand journey through Wyman’s extraordinary experiences”, is director Oliver Murray’s first feature and utilises the bassist’s collection of extensive diaries, as well as photos and videos.
A new documentary about former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman has been dropped from the programme of the forthcoming Sheffield Doc/Fest following protests about the circumstances of Wyman’s second marriage.
The Quiet One, which is billed as “a first-hand journey through Wyman’s extraordinary experiences”, is director Oliver Murray’s first feature and utilises the bassist’s collection of extensive diaries, as well as photos and videos.
- 4/8/2019
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: The Quiet One, the feature doc about former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, has had its European premiere pulled by the Sheffield Doc/Fest.
The film, which is directed by Oliver Murray, was due to screen at the British documentary festival, held in the northern UK city, on June 7. Wyman, who was the bass guitarist in the (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction rockers between 1962 and 1992, was also due to appear in conversation with director Murray at the festival.
The festival confirmed to Deadline that it had cancelled the screening and the event. It is thought that the decision came after the festival received a number complaints on social media about screening the film about Wyman, particularly regarding his previous relationship with Mandy Smith, who he started dating when she was 13 and he was 47. They married when she was 18 and divorced a few years later.
The film is set to...
The film, which is directed by Oliver Murray, was due to screen at the British documentary festival, held in the northern UK city, on June 7. Wyman, who was the bass guitarist in the (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction rockers between 1962 and 1992, was also due to appear in conversation with director Murray at the festival.
The festival confirmed to Deadline that it had cancelled the screening and the event. It is thought that the decision came after the festival received a number complaints on social media about screening the film about Wyman, particularly regarding his previous relationship with Mandy Smith, who he started dating when she was 13 and he was 47. They married when she was 18 and divorced a few years later.
The film is set to...
- 3/23/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
New documentaries about D’Angelo, Woodstock, Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman and Blind Melon’s late lead singer Shannon Hoon are among the music films set to premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
The stacked lineup also includes films about Linda Ronstadt, Sublime and late Inxs frontman Michael Hutchence. Jared Leto is also set to debut his new film, A Day In the Life of America, a collaborative project filmed in all 50 states over the course of a single July 4th. The Tribeca Film Festival will take place April 24th...
The stacked lineup also includes films about Linda Ronstadt, Sublime and late Inxs frontman Michael Hutchence. Jared Leto is also set to debut his new film, A Day In the Life of America, a collaborative project filmed in all 50 states over the course of a single July 4th. The Tribeca Film Festival will take place April 24th...
- 3/5/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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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