Apr 26, 2015 amy winehouses family has criticised a documentary about her life. Jul 08, 2015 documentary seeks to free amy winehouse from her tabloid legacy in the dawning of the digital age, she was the unlucky one to be having a nervous breakdown in public at the time, amy director. My sister the heroin addict, the methadone user, the crack dabbler, the erstwhile alcoholic. How accurate is the amy documentary to amy winehouses life. Rumors like this are what make people view her as solely a crack head. Throughout the sensitive, 128minute probe into the life of singersongwriter amy winehouse, we see footage of and presumably shot by the paparazzi that plagued her, the performances that defined part of her career, the public inebriation that overshadowed it. The film was directed by asif kapadia and produced by james gayrees, george pank, and paul bell and coproduced by krishwerkz entertainment, on the corner films, playmaker films, and universal music, in association with film4. 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. Amy winehouse was one of the most discussed singersongwriters of her generation. Espanol youtube amy winehouse full the untold story documentary channel 5 duration.
The veteran should know better than most, judging by his wonderfully gentle handling of winehouse in earlier behindthescenes footage of the two of them recording the jazz standard body and soul at. Watch fulllength trailer for amy winehouse documentary, amy. Having been in the grip of a gargantuan crack cocaine and heroin addiction for most of the previous two yea. The question at the center of asif kapadias new documentary amy is. May 20, 2015 watch fulllength trailer for amy winehouse documentary, amy.
Jul 07, 2015 there are many ways to get a sense of winehouses life before amy comes around, but be sure to check out the film when it does arrive in a theater near you. She was like a lot of kids, going out bingedrinking. Amy winehouse, my sister and addiction music the guardian. This article appears in the june 29, 2015 issue of new york magazine. Amy 2015 720p brray direct torrent download 700mb amy 2015 720p brrip direct download from directdownloadnow. Anthony lane writes that a new documentary about amy winehouse is. Winehouse has gained huge publicity for her drug abuse along with psychological health problems. The amy winehouse documentary amy is alternately thrilling and. May 26, 2015 in the new documentary, amy, amy winehouses death seems as inevitable as it does heartbreaking. Jul 07, 2015 amy the documentary on the late, great amy winehouse is the perfect tribute to a lost artist. Documentary examining the life, career and drugrelated death at age 27 of singer and pop star amy winehouse. Featuring extensive unseen archival 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.
Amy winehouse film ranks among highestearning specialty docs. Amy a devastatingly sad look at the life of amy winehouse the. Amy winehouse in concert in asif kapadias documentary. At the 50th annual grammy awards in 2008, amy winehouse cleaned up in more ways than one. Jul 10, 2015 although amy winehouse is often painted simply as a tragic figure, the documentary amy, directed by asif kapadia, gives viewers an allencompassing view of the late, great soul singer. Having been in the grip of a gargantuan crack cocaine and heroin. With amy winehouse, mitch winehouse, mark ronson, russell brand. This documentary about her has been made by asif kapadia who directed the film senna 2010 which remains one of the most highly respected documentaries of.
Winehouse documentary amy reveals the lethal effects of celebrity. At a young age of 27, amy winehouse found dead on her apartment in london. Amy winehouse documentary is misleading, says family amy. Amy is a sledgehammer 2015 documentary portrait of grammywinning british pop singer and songwriter amy winehouse that gives new, poignant and heartbreaking meaning to the phrase, hello, i must be going. Now asif kapadia, the hackneyborn director who lived in and around camden for 10 years, brings us amy 2015, a documentary about the woman whose blend of talent and troubles seduced so many of us. How to watch amy, one of this years most moving oscar. Ratings info very strong language, strong drug references. Amy winehouse documentary lets nobody off the hook the new.
Amy winehouse documentary lets nobody off the hook the. From bafta awardwinning director asif kapadia senna, amy tells the incredible story of sixtime grammywinner amy winehouse in her own words. Summary amy is a documentary exploring the life and work of singersongwriter amy winehouse. Watch amy starring tony bennett in this documentary on directv. Amy movie clip in the studio with mark ronson 2015 amy winehouse documentary. Thankfully, amy ends on a high note, with one of her idols, tony bennett, eulogizing winehouse by placing her among the ranks of dinah washington, billie holliday and aretha franklin. New amy winehouse documentary will leave you heartbroken and. Her husband blake fieldercivil introduced her to crack cocaine. Amy 2015 tt2870648 a documentary on the life of amy winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. Montage of heck, about the nirvana front man, a fellow member of the 27 club and whose own struggles in the limelight closely parallel winehouses. Amy winehouse in her own words bbc documentary 2015 duration. Jun 28, 2015 amy, says the guardian, is an overwhelming story, and despite everyone knowing the ending, it is as gripping as a thriller.
Her soulful voice won her critical acclaim, scores of awards and fans from all walks of. The singer amy winehouse, as seen in the documentary amy, directed by asif kapadia. The agony and the ecstasy and the crack cocaine of. In the devastating documentary amy, director asif kapadia tells the. The film is by turns as honest, heartbreaking and amusing as the singers best work and is certain to elicit many tears, thoughts of. Amy winehouse, the subject of asif kapadias documentary amy. The film covers winehouses life and her struggle with. Jul 24, 2015 amy s already secured its position as the highestgrossing documentary of 2015 thus far, and with a24 distribution chief heath shapiro planning further expansion in the coming weeks, that numbers. Asif kapadias 2015 documentary on the singer amy winehouse is distinctive. Apr 02, 2015 senna director asif kapadias forthcoming documentary focuses on interviews with parents, friends and exhusband of singing star amy winehouse guardian film thu 2 apr 2015 09. Nov 06, 2015 amy was a compassionate and horrifying amy winehouse documentary chronicling her brief, doomed arc through superstardom. In fact, kapadia doesnt call amy a documentary at all. Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of british singersongwriter amy winehouse. Amy the documentary on the late, great amy winehouse is the perfect tribute to a lost artist.
Amy a devastatingly sad look at the life of amy winehouse. May 20, 2015 the first full length trailer for the upcoming amy winehouse documentary, titled simply amy, has just been released and it is even more heartbreaking than you could have imagined. Even though we begin watching this film knowing that winehouse died in 2011 at the age of 27 from alcohol poisoning, by the time we reach its conclusion we find ourselves praying that the. Its one of the many intimate, and often horrific, revelations in the new documentary on the doomed stars life, amy, which opens july 3. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Amy winehouse firts time with crack and cocaine sub. New amy winehouse documentary will leave you heartbroken and furious. But what sets amy apart from similar trainwreck biodocs arent necessarily any new revelations. Blake fieldercivil, who introduced amy to crack cocaine and heroin and. Amy, an intimate diary of amy winehouses rise and destruction. Toward the end of amy, asif kapadias devastatingly sad documentary on the life of neosoul singer amy winehouse, the screen flashes a succession of images taken by winehouse late at night. Also with mitchell winehouse, janis winehouse, yasiin bey, mark ronson, tony bennett, blake fieldercivil and raye cosbert. The soundtrack is a mix of album cuts and live material, and it fails to. Watch the trailer for the acclaimed amy winehouse documentary.
Amy winehouse isnt the most interesting of characters, but taken as a documentary on the trappings of fame, its worth a watch. The singer, who died in 2011, is the subject of amy, which will be shown at at this years cannes film festival. May 07, 2020 the 2015 film amy chronicled her career through the use of documentary footage and interviews with her colleagues and intimates. Amy is a 2015 british documentary film about the life and death of british singersongwriter amy winehouse. She won five grammys and married blake fieldercivil, the boyfriend who had introduced her to crack cocaine.
Immediately following its cannes film festival debut the filmmakers of the controversial. This year has already brought a wellreceived documentary, kurt cobain. Download amy iii 2015 full movie documentary video. Amy is a cautionary tale she was the janis joplin of our age, and as its the media age, we get to see the full price of fame this time as a fragile talent selfcombusts. Apr 02, 2015 the first trailer for a documentary on the life and music of late british singer amy winehouse was released thursday. Winehouses rollercoaster relationship with fieldercivil, whom she met when. Sequence analysis 2 addiction to crack cocaine and blake 1. How amy winehouses family enabled her deadly downward spiral. The saddest moment in asif kapadias new documentary amy, and.
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