Range Media Partners on Tuesday announced its formation of a music publishing division headed up by industry vet Casey Robison.
Robison is just the latest to come aboard at the ever-expanding management and production company, which recently tapped William Lowery and Shawn McSpadden to help broaden the reach of label Range Music from Nashville.
He comes to Range from Hipgnosis Songs Group, where he served as Executive Vice President, A&r. Robison’s time there followed his work to cement 2020 Hipgnosis’ acquisition of Big Deal Music Group, the indie music publisher where he served as Co-President and Partner, building and overseeing the pop division, while solidifying joint ventures with Ricky Reed’s Nice Life Music and Julian Bunetta & John Ryan’s Big Family Music.
In a statement shared with Deadline on Monday, Range Media Partners co-founder and Range Music founding partner Matt Graham noted that “Casey and the team believe...
Robison is just the latest to come aboard at the ever-expanding management and production company, which recently tapped William Lowery and Shawn McSpadden to help broaden the reach of label Range Music from Nashville.
He comes to Range from Hipgnosis Songs Group, where he served as Executive Vice President, A&r. Robison’s time there followed his work to cement 2020 Hipgnosis’ acquisition of Big Deal Music Group, the indie music publisher where he served as Co-President and Partner, building and overseeing the pop division, while solidifying joint ventures with Ricky Reed’s Nice Life Music and Julian Bunetta & John Ryan’s Big Family Music.
In a statement shared with Deadline on Monday, Range Media Partners co-founder and Range Music founding partner Matt Graham noted that “Casey and the team believe...
- 9/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The new TBS show Power Slap: Road to the Title is generating controversy on social media because its sole premise is to watch men and women slap each other – sometimes to the point of unconsciousness.
A video tweet by Dr. Chris Nowinski, a neuroscientist and founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, has garnered more than 15 million views after showing a particularly disturbing moment from show, hosted and created by UFC president Dana White. In the first few minutes of the program that debuted Wednesday, a contestant named Chris Kennedy is literally knocked to the ground after the first slap by opponent Chris Thomas. It takes a few beats before Kennedy, who shows the tell tale signs of a concussion by clenching his arms and fists, regains consciousness after hearing a doctor tell him what happened.
“Got knocked out doing what, was I fighting?” replies Kennedy.
“This is so sad,” Nowinski tweets.
A video tweet by Dr. Chris Nowinski, a neuroscientist and founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, has garnered more than 15 million views after showing a particularly disturbing moment from show, hosted and created by UFC president Dana White. In the first few minutes of the program that debuted Wednesday, a contestant named Chris Kennedy is literally knocked to the ground after the first slap by opponent Chris Thomas. It takes a few beats before Kennedy, who shows the tell tale signs of a concussion by clenching his arms and fists, regains consciousness after hearing a doctor tell him what happened.
“Got knocked out doing what, was I fighting?” replies Kennedy.
“This is so sad,” Nowinski tweets.
- 1/20/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
When Netflix is desperate, the knives come out, but fine cutlery is useless on glass. In the Knives Out sequel, the gentleman detective Benoit Blanc, once again played by Daniel Craig with that unplaceable Southern accent, travels to Greece to solve a new crime. He’s apparently been listening to the Beatles for inspiration. Directed by a returning Rian Johnson, the follow-up film will be called Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Here’s another clue for you all. The Walrus did it, and the Walrus was Paul.
“That’s some heavy-duty conjecture,” the Knives Out sleuths might say, but “Glass Onion” was all about double meanings. The second song off the band’s 1968 double-album, The Beatles (more famously known as “the White Album”) is the most over-interpreted of all the Beatles songs, which makes it an ironic classic, because it was making fun of exactly that kind of compositional scrutiny.
“That’s some heavy-duty conjecture,” the Knives Out sleuths might say, but “Glass Onion” was all about double meanings. The second song off the band’s 1968 double-album, The Beatles (more famously known as “the White Album”) is the most over-interpreted of all the Beatles songs, which makes it an ironic classic, because it was making fun of exactly that kind of compositional scrutiny.
- 6/14/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
When producer T Bone Burnett’s soundtrack to the Coen Brothers’ 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou? was released 20 years ago this month, it launched a roots-music boom. Many artists on the album — from new traditionalists Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss to bygone legends like Ralph Stanley — saw boosts to their careers, while package tours of old-timey music, like Down From the Mountain, sold out around the country.
Most importantly, the unlikely success of the soundtrack, which placed Jimmie Rodgers-era country-blues (“In the Jailhouse Now”) alongside stark mountain spirituals...
Most importantly, the unlikely success of the soundtrack, which placed Jimmie Rodgers-era country-blues (“In the Jailhouse Now”) alongside stark mountain spirituals...
- 12/4/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Break out your container of Dapper Dan, because the cast of the Coen Brothers’ stylish adventure film O Brother, Where Art Thou? is getting the band back together. George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, and Chris Thomas King are among those who are set to reunite next month – virtually, of course – to celebrate […]
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- 9/23/2020
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
George Clooney, Dan Tyminski, Tim Blake Nelson, Chris Thomas King, and John Turturro are just a few of the names featured in the Coen Brothers’ 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou? who will be reuniting for the film’s 20th anniversary next month.
The digital event is part of the Nashville Film Festival, which gets underway in a virtual format the first week of October. In addition to King, who played the role of bluesman Tommy Johnson in the film, artists including Tyminski (George Clooney’s singing voice on “Man...
The digital event is part of the Nashville Film Festival, which gets underway in a virtual format the first week of October. In addition to King, who played the role of bluesman Tommy Johnson in the film, artists including Tyminski (George Clooney’s singing voice on “Man...
- 9/22/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
The sirens on the rocks are summoning everyone back. The Nashville Film Festival will celebrate the impending 20th anniversary of the release of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” with an online reunion of principal cast members, plus musical performances from figures who appeared on the soundtrack and others.
George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson and Chris Thomas King will be getting the old chain gang back together for the event, which is part of the festival’s Oct. 1-7 virtual proceedings. King will reprise his musical performance from the film in addition to being interviewed.
Also offering musical performances will be Dan Tyminski of Alison Krauss & Union Station, who provided Clooney’s “Soggy Bottom Boys” singing voice on “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” and other songs in the film, and two representatives of the Carter Family whose early 20th century sound was repopularized by the film, Carlene Carter...
George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson and Chris Thomas King will be getting the old chain gang back together for the event, which is part of the festival’s Oct. 1-7 virtual proceedings. King will reprise his musical performance from the film in addition to being interviewed.
Also offering musical performances will be Dan Tyminski of Alison Krauss & Union Station, who provided Clooney’s “Soggy Bottom Boys” singing voice on “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” and other songs in the film, and two representatives of the Carter Family whose early 20th century sound was repopularized by the film, Carlene Carter...
- 9/22/2020
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Chris Jay; web designer, photographer, writer, director, producer, carpenter, action figure collector, lover of video games. All of these titles Chris Jay carries proudly but the key one is filmmaker. Jay has a vision and is going after his dream with a focus. His Darkrider Studios is still pushing their indie underground hit Lethal Obsession with a new film called Mother's Blood soon to follow, along with a few other projects also in the plans. Check out my latest "Versus" to find out more about this very cool filmmaker Chris Jay.
Brian S- First off Chris, you started in web design and photography and got into to film making from there. Can yell me how this happened?
Chris Jay- Nope, its a secret. Really though, it was a natural progression. We offer a range of services with our "real life" business and part of that is media content production...
- 12/4/2010
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
First Look International recently released a brand new movie poster from the upcoming Steven Seagal action film “Kill Switch” aka A Higher Form of Learning by director Jeff King (Ruslan) and starring Steven Seagal (Pistol Whipped, The Onion Movie), Holly Dignard (Pole Reversal, Eureka), Chris Thomas King, Michael Filipowich and the late Isaac Hayes (South Park, Return to Sleepaway Camp). Synopsis: Written by action star Steven Seagal, “Kill Switch” follows a troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest “Kill Switch” movie news and movie posters.
- 9/21/2008
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
First, there was the film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the film begot a soundtrack. And the soundtrack begot a concert. And the concert begot another film. And that film begot another soundtrack. And so on.
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
First, there was the film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the film begot a soundtrack. And the soundtrack begot a concert. And the concert begot another film. And that film begot another soundtrack. And so on.
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
First, there was the film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the film begot a soundtrack. And the soundtrack begot a concert. And the concert begot another film. And that film begot another soundtrack. And so on.
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 6/26/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
First, there was the film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the film begot a soundtrack. And the soundtrack begot a concert. And the concert begot another film. And that film begot another soundtrack. And so on.
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 6/20/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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