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

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:

black sabbath | england | heavy metal | subject name in title | reference to black sabbath | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | Music

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 2011 (UK)

Also Known As:

Herra Ozzya siunatkoon

Company Credits

Production Co:

Next Entertainment, Schweet Entertainment

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

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

User Reviews

Ozzy rules

A heavy metal fan I'm not, the only Ozzy song I know is Sabbath's "Paranoid" and I didn't see a single episode of "The Osbournes" and yet somehow you feel you know this massive personality very well. Broken into two lots pre- and post- his days with Black Sabbath, this bio-documentary covers a lot of ground and does so entertainingly. Even though it's co-produced by his son Jack, it pulls no punches in its true telling of Osbourne's long journey of near self-destruction before he at long last kicked his various habits in his 60's.

Yes, he seems somewhat shambling, even ridiculous at times as he warms up his voice before a gig, but elsewhere, as you'd expect, the man himself is brutally honest in his self-assessment, as indeed are almost all his coterie of family and friends. Of course much of the early scene-setting material comprises celebrity endorsements from members of Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Metallica and even Sir Paul McCartney, before the story goes back to his post -war Birmingam roots and takes us chronologically through his larger-than-life and times.

As you can probably tell there isn't much originality in the techniques used to bring Ozzy's story to life, even the act of taking him back to his childhood haunts, which recalls nothing so much as the well-known re-election Party Political Broadcast by the then Tory Prime Minister, John Major. Yes some of the over-the-top segments seem apocryphal, even by Osbourne standards and sure, the relentless loud HM music blasted way over my head much of the time. All his well-documented vices, particularly drink and drugs, are aired without much shame or regret and yet you do believe he's turned the corner himself.

Looking at him today, rather like the other best-known "dead man walking" Keith Richards, you wonder just how he is, to paraphrase Elton John, still standing, but, sanctimonious title apart, this was an intriguing and watchable insight into the life of an old warrior who may just have found peace in his own time, in the nick of time.