Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.
Release Date: July 3rd, 2015
DVD Release Date: December 1st, 2015
R |2 hr 8 min
Plot SummaryArchival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.
Cast: Tony Bennett, Salaam Remi, Nick Shymansky, Blake Fielder-Civil, Mitch Winehouse, Yasiin Bey
Director: Asif Kapadia
Genres: Documentary , Biography , Music
Production Co: Film4
Keywords: Inspiring, Fall, Creative, Moving, Growing up, Emotional
Tony Bennett
Salaam Remi
Nick Shymansky
Blake Fielder-CivilAs a whole, Amy is an emotionally stirring and technically polished tribute, its sprawling mass of diverse source material elegantly cleaned up, color-corrected and shaped into a satisfying narrative. show more
Amy is both biography and autopsy, an exhaustive chronicle of her rise to the top of the charts and a bare-knuckled indictment of the vulturish men who took advantage of the emotionally vulnerable singer. show more
Amy is a cautionary tale - she was the Janis Joplin of our age, and as it’s the media age, we get to see the full price of fame this time as a fragile talent self-combusts. It’s not a pretty picture. show more
