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  Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 527 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 152.163.252.200 |
Documentary opened in NYC this weekend--fair review. | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 1299 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 70.16.130.56 |
Where is it showing? | ||
Fred (fred) 3-Pundit Username: fred Post Number: 34 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.139 |
Here are the dates for the limited theatrical run. Theatrical Dates Fri Aug 13 Nashville TN Belcourt Theater Fri Aug 13 Brookline MA Coolidge Corner Twin Fri Aug 13 Chicago IL Gene Siskel Film Center Fri Aug 13 Seattle WA Grand Illusion Fri Aug 13 Los Angeles CA LAEM Fairfax Cinema Fri Aug 13 New York NY LTS Quad Theater Fri Aug 13 San Francisco CA Roxie Cinema Fri Aug 13 Washington DC Visions Cinema Fri Aug 13 Fort Lauderdale FL Cinema Paradiso Fri Aug 13 Miami Shores FL Shores Theater Mon Aug 16 Detroit MI Detroit Institute of Arts The DVD will be in stores August 24. I saw the movie in March, 2003. It is not to be missed. The segment of him at the control board working with the original "Layla" master tapes is one of the great moments of the film (maybe any film), but there is a lot more to see. I had the great pleasure to know Tom and watch him work in a studio (with Sam Moore no less). It was like watching Ted Williams hit, or Michael DeBakey do heart surgery. The movie does a great job of capturing Tom's genius and truly warm personality. Go see it, rent it, buy it. More info: http://palmpictures.bluetape.c om/tomdowd/ecard/ | ||
Jimmy Mack (luke) 6-Zenith Username: luke Post Number: 533 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
The review I read said it was too tehnical and not enough singing. | ||
Fred (fred) 3-Pundit Username: fred Post Number: 36 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.139 |
Since Dowd was a technical genius and not a singer, saying there wasn't enough singing in the movie is like criticizing "Lord of The Rings" because it didn't have any car chases. Anyone going in expecting SITSOM or "Only The Strong Survive" is going to be disappointed. The movie is an affectionate and loving portrait of a man who was was a central architect in American popular music for a half-century. On those terms, which are the only valid ones on which the film should be considered, it is a wonderful movie, and true to its goal. | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 1313 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 70.16.134.166 |
I CANT WAIT to see it, as I have been a fan of his work for decades now. I had the pleasure of working on the desks he designed for Atlantic studios, and the one in studio B had "backwards faders", the concept being that when the faders are moved down, the sound was coming toward you and vice versa! Took a while to get used to it but it was cool. | ||
Destruction (destruction) 5-Doyen Username: destruction Post Number: 300 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.225.21 |
Wasn't this on TV around the same time as the Scorsese Blues Series. I could've sworn I saw the last third of a documentary with Tom showing how he mixed the Layla sessions. It was GOOOOD if my memory servers me correct...as it does from time to time. | ||
Vic Doucette (vic_doucette) 2-Debutant Username: vic_doucette Post Number: 17 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.115.63.131 |
Saw it at the DIA. Loved it. | ||
Reese (reese) 4-Laureate Username: reese Post Number: 144 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.15.169.59 |
Destruction, your memory is not failing you. The film aired on the Sundance channel many months ago. | ||
Destruction (destruction) 5-Doyen Username: destruction Post Number: 306 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.224.25 |
Thx Reese...I'm looking forward to watching the first 2/3's. |
