AMY, Hailed By Critics as “Stunningly Moving and Powerful,” “Heartbreaking and Extraordinary” Opens July 2015
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- Published on Monday, 18 May 2015 09:24
AMY, from BAFTA award-winning director Asif Kapadia (SENNA,) A24, Playmaker Films, and Universal Music, brings to the screen the incredibly modern, emotional and relevant story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse, in her own words.
Featuring extensive unseen archive footage and previously unheard tracks, this strikingly modern, moving and vital film shines a light on the world we live in, in a way that very few can.
A once-in-a-generation talent, Amy Winehouse was a musician that captured the world's attention. A pure jazz artist in the most authentic sense – she wrote and sung from the heart using her musical gifts to analyze her own problems.
The combination of her raw honesty and supreme talent resulted in some of the most unique and adored songs of the modern era.
Her huge success, however, resulted in relentless and invasive media attention which coupled with Amy's troubled relationships and precarious lifestyle saw her life tragically begin to unravel. Amy Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning in July 2011 at the age of 27.
A24 will open AMY in New York and Los Angeles on July 3, 2015 and nationwide on July 10, 2015.
"Heartbreaking and Extraordinary" - Kaleem Aftab / IndieWire
★★★★★ "Stunningly moving and powerful: intimate, passionate, often shocking, and almost mesmerically absorbing." Peter Bradshaw / The Guardian
"Boasting the same depth of feeling and breadth of archival material that made Kapadia's Senna so rewarding, this immersive portrait will hit hard with viewers who regard Winehouse among the great lost voices not just of a generation, but of an entire musical genre." Guy Lodge / Variety
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Website: http://amy-movie.com/
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