The release deal was negotiated by Danielle DiGiacomo for Utopia, and Jeff Springer on behalf of the Anvil team. The film was produced by Yeldham, and executive producers include Gervasi, Rick Krim and Christopher Soos. They’re brilliant to work with because they’re filmmakers themselves, and their support and passion are unmatched. “This is all thanks to Robert and his extraordinary team at Utopia.
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“If you’d told me all those years ago at Sundance, when we had no buyers, that this movie would be released into theaters for the second time 13 years later I never would have believed you, but here we are.
“As well as being a brilliant filmmaker, Sacha was in the right place at the right time and has managed to bring audiences a truly inspiring film which has stood the test of time.” The one-minute trailer imagines the end of the world with snippets of young comic fans who. “This film is pure magic,” said Utopia CEO Robert Schwartzman. Amazon Prime Video has released a new trailer for its long-gestating American adaptation of Utopia. Director and former Anvil roadie Gervasi follows guitarist Kudlow and drummer Reiner as they stumble through a harrowing European tour and reflect on failure, friendship, resilience and the will to follow even the most impossible of dreams. This means more pandemics and safety hazards than the earth has the capability to deal with. However, things go haywire when the children discover that all the things depicted in the comic are actually manifesting in the real world. Watch the first teaser for David Byrne’s American Utopia, directed by Spike Lee, below.Anvil! The Story of Anvil follows Canadian heavy-metal band Anvil as they delivered a highly influential 1982 album Metal on Metal that would inspire the likes of Anthrax and Metallica, and then dropped off the map to begin what would become decades of toiling in obscurity. In the trailer, we are introduced to a bunch of teenagers who are seemingly obsessed by a comic book called Utopia. The former Talking Heads frontman can be heard speaking over the video saying, “Despite all that’s happened, and all that’s still happening, there’s still possibility.” He then quotes the writer James Baldwin who said, “I still believe that we can do something in this country that has not been done before.” The teaser pulsates with hand drums and the sound of a chorus of voices provided by the 11 multi-talented actors and musicians that joined Byrne onstage. The new teaser provides a quick 45-second flash from David Byrne’s American Utopia, not adding much to the lay-audience’s understanding of the film while still building up the mystique for everyone who wasn’t lucky enough to see it on Broadway. Related: David Byrne Launches New Radio Show ‘Here Comes Everybody’ Back in June, HBO announced that the network had acquired the film and would broadcast it “later this year,” though no specific date was given. This announcement comes after the theatrical debut of American Utopia, as well as all future Broadway performances of the hit production, were cancelled due to the pandemic.
It was also announced that the film will premiere on HBO October 17th at 8 p.m. : The teaser for the highly anticipated, Spike Lee-directed film adaptation of the David Byrne broadway musical American Utopia was released on Monday. Watch the official trailer for David Byrne’s American Utopia.ĭavid Byrne’s American Utopia – Official Trailer But in the new trailer, audiences get a preview of the overarching philosophical and thematic points that Byrne provides as a narrator throughout the production.Īs a guitar strums the opening notes to “Burning Down The House”, Byrne asks, “What if we could eliminate everything from the stage, except the stuff we care about the most? Without cables or wires, what would be left? Well, it would be us, and you. The broad strokes are there: the soundtrack includes Talking Heads music, the stage setup is limited, and the cast all wears the same clothes. To anyone who hasn’t been able to see the stage version, the performance remains very much a mystery. In the new trailer, released on Tuesday, audiences get a bit more detail than shown in the teaser. The film adaptation of the former Talking Heads frontman’s Broadway musical is set to air October 17th at 8 p.m.
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: After debuting the initial teaser for David Byrne’s American Utopia last month, HBO has released a slightly-longer, full trailer.
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