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Amy

  • 20152015
  • RR
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
52K
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Amy Winehouse in Amy (2015)
A documentary on singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse that uses previously unseen archive footage to tell the London performer's tragic story in her own words.
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Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.

IMDb RATING
7.8/10
52K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Asif Kapadia
  • Stars
    • Amy Winehouse(archive footage)
    • Mitch Winehouse
    • Mark Ronson
Top credits
  • Director
    • Asif Kapadia
  • Stars
    • Amy Winehouse(archive footage)
    • Mitch Winehouse
    • Mark Ronson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 140User reviews
    • 257Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 51 wins & 48 nominations total

    Videos12

    Theatrical Trailer
    Trailer 2:16
    Theatrical Trailer
    Teaser Trailer
    Trailer 1:30
    Teaser Trailer
    Celebrity Culture
    Trailer 1:25
    Celebrity Culture
    Back To Black
    Clip 2:53
    Back To Black
    Fame
    Clip 0:28
    Fame
    Happy Birthday
    Clip 0:49
    Happy Birthday
    Depression
    Clip 0:37
    Depression
    Clip: "Happy Birthday"
    Clip 0:49
    Clip: "Happy Birthday"
    Celebrity Culture
    Clip 1:25
    Celebrity Culture
    Happy Birthday
    Clip 0:49
    Happy Birthday
    Amy | Depression | Official Movie Clip HD
    Clip 0:37
    Amy | Depression | Official Movie Clip HD
    Exclusive Featurette
    Featurette 1:52
    Exclusive Featurette

    Photos20

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    Asif Kapadia in Amy (2015)
    Chaley Rose at an event for Amy (2015)
    Chaley Rose at an event for Amy (2015)
    Nick Jandl at an event for Amy (2015)
    Amy Winehouse in Amy (2015)
    Amy Winehouse in Amy (2015)
    Amy Winehouse in Amy (2015)

    Top cast

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    Amy Winehouse
    Amy Winehouse
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Mitch Winehouse
    Mitch Winehouse
    • Selfas Self
    Mark Ronson
    Mark Ronson
    • Selfas Self
    Russell Brand
    Russell Brand
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Lauren Gilbert
    • Selfas Self
    Juliette Ashby
    • Selfas Self
    Nick Shymansky
    • Selfas Self
    Tyler James
    Tyler James
    • Selfas Self
    Guy Moot
    Guy Moot
    • Selfas Self
    Chris Taylor
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Nick Gatfield
    • Selfas Self
    Ian Barter
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Garry Mulholland
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Jonathan Ross
    Jonathan Ross
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Janis Collins
    • Selfas Self
    • (as Janis Winehouse)
    Sam Beste
    • Selfas Self
    Bobby Womack
    Bobby Womack
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Salaam Remi
    Salaam Remi
    • Selfas Self
    • Director
      • Asif Kapadia
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
    • All cast & crew

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    Storyline

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    A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs. —grantss
    • drugs
    • montage
    • soul music
    • absent father
    • marijuana
    • 250 more
    • Plot summary
    • Add synopsis
    • Taglines
      • The girl behind the name.
    • Genres
      • Documentary
      • Biography
      • Music
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for language and drug material
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Amy Winehouse's immediate family were initially willing to work with the film's producers and director, having heard about the success of their earlier documentary, Senna (2010). They granted the filmmakers access to hours of archive footage of Amy and her family, as well as giving the filmmakers' their blessing to interview Amy's family and friends. However, they - in particular, Amy's father, Mitch Winehouse - soon began to feel they were being misrepresented in the documentary, that the negative aspects of Amy's life were receiving much more attention than the positive, and that footage had been edited in order to produce an inaccurate narrative of Amy's story, especially the last three years of her life. Mitch Winehouse has said that Amy's fans should consider seeing the film for the rare, previously unseen, archive footage of his daughter, but should pay no attention to the film's general portrayal of her, which he has labeled "preposterous". Even after the film was nominated for an Academy Award as 'Best Documentary', Mitch Winehouse tweeted on 14 Jan. 2016: "Still hate the film though."
    • Goofs
      Amy performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2004. At the time the festival was still in The Hague. (And not -yet- in Rotterdam, as the movie states.) She performed at one of the stages in the basement.
    • Quotes

      Tony Bennett: If she had lived, I would have said:. slow down; you're too important... Life teaches you, really how to live it... if you could live long enough...

    • Connections
      Featured in The EE British Academy Film Awards (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Happy Birthday to You
      Written by Patty S. Hill, Mildred J. Hill

      Performed by Amy Winehouse

      Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd / Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co Ltd

    User reviews140

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    A whole new Amy
    This documentary is presented in an unusual way: using only footage of Amy's home videos, photos, interviews, live performances and voice-overs only for interviews from Amy and the people who knew her best. It certainly makes a nice change from the numerous camera interviews, mixed with footage of the documentary's subject. It's intimate, raw, sympathetic and heartbreaking. With so much footage of her, in the end, you feel like you really knew her. And it's absolutely gut-wrenching when she dies.

    Amy's father Mitch was very critical of the movie, saying it put him in a bad light. But in truth, he already did that himself. Although the film shows him as a loving father that wants what's best for Amy, it does show him as someone who could have done more for her. Other times, he takes a misstep in trying to get his daughter off drugs, such as insisting she doesn't go to rehab the first time, then the second time allowing both her and her drug addicted husband Blake (I curse the day she ever met him) to go clean in the same clinic, which results in them going on a horrific binge later. And another, such as bringing in a horde of cameras on holiday, when the entire purpose was for Amy to get away from all of the cameras and publicity.

    Like Kurt Cobain, she was a fragile human being who couldn't handle the fame. If one doesn't have it in their blood to withstand the pressure, they won't survive. Tragically, neither Kurt nor Amy could handle it.

    This brilliant bio-doc paints an entirely different picture of Amy Winehouse, other than the nasty tabloids story that hampered her over the years. The tense moments when the paparazzi assaults Amy whenever she goes out got me really annoyed. This picture is one of a loving, talented, rebellious, music loving young Jewish girl - caught up in the dangerous parts of the music industry and ultimately crippled by addiction.

    10 out of 10
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    • Avwillfan89
    • Jul 29, 2015

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 3, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • A24 (United States)
      • Altitude (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Untitled Amy Winehouse Documentary
    • Filming locations
      • Camden, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Film4
      • On the Corner Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,413,144
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $222,500
      • Jul 5, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $23,706,386
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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