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Listen to Me Marlon

  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
7.7K
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Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
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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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.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.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
  • Stars
    • Marlon Brando
    • Stella Adler
    • Bernardo Bertolucci
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    7.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Stevan Riley
    • Writers
      • Stevan Riley
      • Peter Ettedgui
    • Stars
      • Marlon Brando
      • Stella Adler
      • Bernardo Bertolucci
    • 43User reviews
    • 92Critic reviews
    • 87Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 5 wins & 21 nominations total

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    Listen To Me Marlon: Screen Test
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    Listen To Me Marlon: Self Hypnosis
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    Marlon Brando and Christian Brando in Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
    Marlon Brando and Cheyenne Brando in Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
    Hussain Currimbhoy and Stevan Riley at an event for Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
    Rebecca Brando at an event for Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
    John Battsek, R.J. Cutler, and Stevan Riley at an event for Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
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    Marlon Brando in Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
    Marlon Brando in Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
    Marlon Brando in Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
    Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor in Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
    Marlon Brando in Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
    Marlon Brando and Anna Kashfi in Listen to Me Marlon (2015)

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    Marlon Brando
    Marlon Brando
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (voice)
    Stella Adler
    Stella Adler
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Bernardo Bertolucci
    Bernardo Bertolucci
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Michael Borne
    • Young Marlon Brando
    • (uncredited)
    Marlon Brando Sr.
    Marlon Brando Sr.
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Christian Brando
    Christian Brando
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Dick Cavett
    Dick Cavett
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Connie Chung
    Connie Chung
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Montgomery Clift
    Montgomery Clift
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Francis Ford Coppola
    Francis Ford Coppola
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Bette Davis
    Bette Davis
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Joel Grey
    Joel Grey
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Anna Kashfi
    Anna Kashfi
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Elia Kazan
    Elia Kazan
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Robert F. Kennedy
    Robert F. Kennedy
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Martin Luther King
    Martin Luther King
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Sacheen Littlefeather
    Sacheen Littlefeather
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Dorothy Malone
    Dorothy Malone
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Stevan Riley
    • Writers
      • Stevan Riley
      • Peter Ettedgui
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      A documentary made entirely out of archive footage and Marlon Brando's own words from recordings, confessionals, and self hypnosis.
    • Quotes

      Marlon Brando, Himself: Everything that you do - make it real as you can. Make it alive. Make it tangible. Find the truth of that moment.

    • Connections
      Features City Lights (1931)
    • Soundtracks
      Infra 1
      Written by Max Richter

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

    User reviews43

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    Featured review
    8/10
    A fascinating look into the life and very mind of a legendary actor
    We've been extremely lucky over recent years with a plethora of fantastic and visionary documentaries on a range of different subject matters. From Man on Wire, The Act of Killing through to last year's Virunga and Amy, documentary craftsmanship has really gone from strength to strength as filmmakers look at ways to tell stories and shine a light on their subjects in all new ways and Stevan Riley's Listen to Me Marlon is quite possibly the first documentary of its kind.

    An unquestionably fascinating look into not only the life but the very mind of legendary screen actor Marlon Brando, Riley and his crew had the rare opportunity to unearth boxes upon boxes of recordings that Brando himself had made through his entire career. These tapes range from confessionals through to self-hypnosis works but no matter what they're labelled as there all an insight into the inner workings of a man that dealt from a very young age with inner demons and wants that Hollywood could not heal.

    For any fan of Brando or really any fan of movie history, Listen to Me Marlon offers a once in a lifetime like chance to hear the game changing method actor speak openly about his life as a kid, as a budding star, as a reclusive island wanderer and later in life a man that held many regrets and unfortunately found himself apart of a number of tragedies that clearly affected his life unmeasurably. Some of the most fascinating and open revelations we hear from Brando include his thoughts on acting as merely a means to be able to live his life and his deep love for the island of Tahiti and how he saw that as a place that showcased the best of humanity.

    Listen to Me Marlon is a fabulously constructed documentary and while it would've been nice in a way to hear from others involved in Brando's life what better way to hear about his story is there than hearing from the man himself? An historic figure of depth and emotional nuances, Listen to Me Marlon is a must watch for any fan of cinema and easily one 2015's best documentary features.

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    • Release date
      • July 29, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Trái Tim Yêu Thương
    • Production companies
      • Cutler Productions
      • Passion Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $425,831
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $30,068
      • Aug 2, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $516,337
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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