Listen to Me Marlon (2015)

A documentary that utilizes hundreds of hours of audio that Marlon Brando recorded over the course of his life to tell the screen legend's story.

Director:

Stevan Riley

Writers:

Stevan Riley, Peter Ettedgui (co writer)

Stars:

Marlon Brando, Connie Chung, Elia Kazan

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 5 wins & 20 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Marlon Brando	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Connie Chung	...	Herself (archive footage)
Elia Kazan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Rocky Marciano	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ed Sullivan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Galina Ulanova	...	Herself (archive footage)

Storyline

With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.

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Taglines:

The definitive Brando. In his own words.

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lying for a Living

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$38,080, 2 August 2015, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$426,130

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$517,793

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cutler Productions, Passion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Brando described his own father as an imposing man who ruled the household with a rod of iron.

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Quotes

Marlon Brando, Himself: The astounding thing, that most people don't realize, all motion pictures today, all acting today, stems from Stella Adler.

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Connections

References City Lights (1931)

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Soundtracks

Infra 2
Written by Max Richter
Performed by Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner, Nick Barr (as Nick Carr), Ian Burdge and Chris Worsey

User Reviews

Amazing and haunting experience

Greetings from Lithuania.

I was dying to see "Listen to Me Marlon" (2015) from the first moment i heard about it. I won't lie - i'm a huge Marlon Brando fan so i was really looking forward to see a good documentary about the man himself. "Listen to Me Marlon" is a superb experience. Experience, because it is not a traditional straightforward biopic documentary. It is told by Brando himself, using audiotapes that he was recording during his life. We do get so see glimpses and most important aspects from his life from a childhood till the end. It shows a bit about the infamous movies he made. But more it is about listening to his thoughts, and they are haunting. It is like listening to extended version of Kurtz himself.

Overall, i highly enjoyed "Listen to Me Marlon". It is informative, superbly paced and very self confident and fascinating documentary. It is a haunting experience, not for everyone i guess, but if you liked the acting of this screen legend and would like to go a bit beyond the face of a man, "Listen to Me Marlon" is a must see.