Overview:
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.| Status: | Released (2012-06-30) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 44 wins & 33 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $3,696,196 |
| Screen: | Malik Bendjelloul, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Craig Bartholomew Strydom |
| Productions: | Passion Pictures, Red Box Films, Canfield Pictures |
| Production Countries: | Sweden, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Recommendations
Casts
- 1133583: Stephen Segerman - Self
- 1133582: Rodriguez - Self
- 1852402: Regan Rodriguez - Self
- 1852405: Eva Rodriguez - Self
- 1181323: Mike Theodore - Self
- 1132085: Dennis Coffey - Self
- 1852410: Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy - Self
Crews
- 1181321: Simon Chinn - Producer - Production
- 930708: Malik Bendjelloul - Director - Directing
- 930708: Malik Bendjelloul - Writer - Writing
- 1545272: Camilla Skagerström - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1545273: Hjalmar Palmgren - Executive Producer - Production
- 1133582: Rodriguez - Songs - Sound
- 1545269: Sheryl Crown - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
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An interesting story in a well driven story and high quality cut. However, it tries to be much more epic than what it actually is.
Continue reading ->Cavalli
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An unlikely and interesting story that is part historical, part investigation and ultimately satisfying. The historical backdrop of South Africa's dictatorship years and of the lack of communication it had with the outside world are key in understanding why this strange story could h ....
Continue reading ->Igbochild
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An endlessly fascinating and compelling story involving Rodriguez, a talented American singer-songwriter that should have been a household name, but instead quickly faded into obscurity. Long rumored to have died under tragic circumstances, his music develops a cult following among t ....
Continue reading ->badelf
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This is probably the most enjoyable documentary film I've ever seen. It's about a singer from the 70s whom I've never heard of (although I'm old enough) even though he's clearly a better poet and songwriter than Bob Dylan (yes, I said that and I'm a poet so there's my credentials). I ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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This is quite a curious documentary that at times made me wonder if the whole story was an hoax. It's all about Sixto Rodriguez who made a couple of albums in the early 1970s that had some critical acclaim but didn't track at all with the audience. Well not in the USA, they didn't. I ....
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