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Back to Black
The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.
2024 · Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson · 122 min · Music · History · Drama · 19 frames
Tagline
Her music. Her life. Her legacy.
Crew
- Screenplay: Matt Greenhalgh
- Cinematography: Polly Morgan
- Edited by: Martin Walsh
- Music: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
- Production design: Sarah Greenwood
- Produced by: Alison Owen, Debra Hayward, Nicky Kentish Barnes
Cast
- Marisa Abela as Amy
- Jack O'Connell as Blake
- Eddie Marsan as Mitch
- Lesley Manville as Cynthia
- Juliet Cowan as Janis
- Sam Buchanan as Nick Shymansky
- Pete Lee-Wilson as Perfume Paul
- Thelma Ruby as Great Auntie Renee
- Michael S. Siegel as Uncle Harold
- Matilda Thorpe as Auntie Melody
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Monumental Pictures, StudioCanal UK
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Box office: $51,001,975
- Themes: biography, addiction, based on true story, alcoholism, mental illness, singer-songwriter, substance abuse, 1980s, 1990s, alcohol problems
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