God Bless Ozzy Osbourne (2011)

Ozzy Osbourne's four decade track record as a culturally relevant artist is unprecedented, but his personal struggles have been shrouded in secrecy, until now. Featuring never before seen ... See full summary »

Directors:

Mike Fleiss, Mike Piscitelli

Stars:

Blasko, Brandon Boyd, Mike Brodin

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Blasko	...	Self
Brandon Boyd	...	Self
Mike Brodin	...	Self
Geezer Butler	...	Self
Tony Dennis	...	Self
John Frusciante	...	Self
Ross Halfin	...	Self
Gillian Hemming	...	Self - Ozzy's Sister
Jessica Hobbs	...	Self
Tony Iommi	...	Self
Iris James	...	Self - Ozzy's Sister
Tommy Lee	...	Self
Paul McCartney	...	Self
Billy Morrison	...	Self
Colin Newman	...	Self

Storyline

Ozzy Osbourne's four decade track record as a culturally relevant artist is unprecedented, but his personal struggles have been shrouded in secrecy, until now. Featuring never before seen footage uncovered from the archives and interviews with Paul McCartney, Tommy Lee and others, God Bless Ozzy Osbourne is the first documentary to take viewers inside the complex mind of rock's great icon. Emerging from a working class family in war torn England, Osbourne and his neighborhood friends formed Black Sabbath and invented heavy metal. Plagued by self doubt, Osbourne the solo superstar went on a binge that lasted 40 years. God Bless Ozzy Osbourne will relive the highs of his triumphs as well as his journey to sobriety, which Ozzy regards as his greatest accomplishment.

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Plot Keywords:

heavy metal band | musician | black sabbath | england | heavy metal | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | Music

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Judi Dench/Ansel Elgort/GZA with Tom Morello (2015)

User Reviews

Entertaining Doc on Ozzy

God Bless Ozzy Osbourne (2011)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Very good documentary on the life and times of Ozzy Osbourne who is certainly one of a kind. The film covers Ozzy's early days growing up poor and follows him to Black Sabbath, the fame, the drugs, the partying, the solo career and of course his comeback, which itself had many highs and lows. GOD BLESS OZZY OSBOURNE is an appropriate title because if you know anything about the madman then it's really amazing that he survived the 70s. The documentary uses behind the scenes footage mixed in with both past and present interviews as well as news footage. All of this is perfectly mixed together and in the end you really get a great idea of who Ozzy is and why he did some of the crazy stuff that he did. The majority of the running time deals with the craziness, which of course means a lot of wild pranks, drugs and alcohol. There's no question that all of these stories are used for entertainment because as sad as it might be to see a father neglect his children, the crazy lifestyle Ozzy was leading just puts a smile on your face because he survived it all. Had Ozzy died then it's doubtful these same stories would have been as amusing as they are today. We get interviews with his family, friends and fellow musicians who all tell their stories of what Ozzy means to them. At just 91-minutes the documentary goes through pretty much every stone leading up to the musicians current state.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 2011 (UK)

Also Known As:

Herra Ozzya siunatkoon

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,199

Company Credits

Production Co:

Next Entertainment, Schweet Entertainment

Technical Specs

Color:

Color