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Also known as Amy: The Girl Behind the Name
2015 film directed by Asif Kapadia
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Amy is a 2015 British documentary film directed by Asif Kapadia, who also served as screenwriter. The film focuses on the life of singer Amy Winehouse, featuring cast members including Jonathan Ross, Bobby Womack, and Yasiin Bey. Produced by James Gay-Rees and edited by Chris King, the movie was created by On the Corner Films, Globe Productions, and Film4 Productions. It was released in the United Kingdom in June and July 2015.
The film has a runtime of 128 minutes and is presented in English. It explores themes such as jazz, drug addiction, rehabilitation, and overdose. The narrative is set in London. The original language of the film is English, and it is available via video on demand. The tagline for the release is "The girl behind the name."
Amy received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and the European Film Award for Best Documentary. It was also nominated for these same awards. The film has a box office revenue of 25,000,000 and a production cost of 3,100,000. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.8 from 57,943 votes and a TMDb average of 7.575 from 1,317 votes. Composer Antonio Pinto provided the score.
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7.6A 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.
Cast
- Amy Winehouse as Self (archive footage)
- Mark Ronson as Self
- Tony Bennett as Self
- Pete Doherty as Self
- Juliette Ashby as Self
- Yasiin Bey as Self
Themes
- jazz
- drug addiction
- rehabilitation
- overdose
- jazz singer or musician
- biography
- addiction
- drug rehabilitation
- drug overdose
- addict
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Asif Kapadia
- Produced by
- James Gay-Rees
- Cinematography
- Matt Curtis
- Edited by
- Chris King
- Music by
- Amy Winehouse Antônio Pinto
- Production companies
- Film4 Krishwerkz Entertainment On the Corner Films Playmaker Films Universal Music
- Distributed by
- Altitude Film Distribution
- Release dates
- 16 May 2015 ( 2015-05-16 ) ( Cannes ) 3 July 2015 ( 2015-07-03 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 128 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $3.4 million
- Box office
- $23.7 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Amy is a 2015 British documentary film directed by Asif Kapadia and produced by James Gay-Rees. The film covers English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse's life and her struggle with substance abuse, both before and after her career blossomed, and which eventually caused her death.
In February 2015, a teaser trailer based on the life of Winehouse debuted at a pre-Grammys event. David Joseph, CEO of Universal Music UK, announced that the documentary titled Amy would be released later that year. He further stated: "About two years ago we decided to make a movie about her—her career and her life. It's a very complicated and tender movie. It tackles lots of things about family and media, fame, addiction, but most importantly, it captures the very heart of what she was about, which is an amazing person and a true musical genius."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.