Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012)

A chronicle of the days leading up to Jeff Buckley's performance at his father's tribute concert in 1991.

Director:

Daniel Algrant

Writers:

Daniel Algrant, David Brendel

Stars:

Penn Badgley, Imogen Poots, Norbert Leo Butz

Cast

Credited cast:
Imogen Poots	...	Allie
Penn Badgley	...	Jeff Buckley
William Sadler	...	Lee Underwood
Kate Nash	...	Carol
Isabelle McNally	...	Jane Goldstein
Norbert Leo Butz	...	Hal Wilner
Ben Rosenfield	...	Tim Buckley
Frank Wood	...	Gary Lucas
Ilana Levine	...	Paula
Jadyn Douglas	...	Linda
Atilla Salih Yücer	...	Hotel Doorman
Alex Ziwak	...	Hells Angel
Jessica Stone	...	Janine Nichols
Rosie Moss	...	Intern
Stephen Tyrone Williams	...	Carter

Storyline

Greetings from Tim Buckley follows the story of the days leading up to Jeff Buckley's eminent 1991 performance at his father's tribute concert in St. Ann's Church. Through a romance with a young woman working at the concert, he learns to embrace all of his feelings toward the father who abandoned him - longing, anger, forgiveness, and love. Culminating a cathartic performance of his father's most famous songs, Jeff's debut stuns the audience and launches his career as one of the greatest young musicians of his time.

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Taglines:

The true story of the rise of Jeff Buckley.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 September 2013 (New Zealand)

Also Known As:

Pozdravi od Tima Buckleyja

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Archer Gray, From A to Z Productions, Smuggler

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Dan Algrant was close to giving up on this project when he viewed Penn's audition tape.

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Goofs

On the train, Jeff tells Allie that when he was eight years old, he met his father Tim Buckley at the Troubadour [in Los Angeles]. The actual meeting took place in the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach.

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Episode #10.23 (2013)

User Reviews

Greetings from Tim Buckley: more Jeff than Tim indeed but it's OK.

The problem is: how would you like to hear more than one hour of Tim Buckley's songs? What do you think about him as a singer and songwriter?

This movie is beautifully made, I doubt that anybody could have done better than Dan Algrant in representing the doomed story of the two Buckleys, their art and their songs.

But if you don't like their music you will find the film boring. If you love the music, on the contrary, you will love the movie too. And if you don't know where to stand (just like me) you will patiently watch and appreciate that films like the present one, obviously destined to a small market niche, are still made.