Special Events 2019 / Pavarotti / United Kingdom, USA 2019
In another acclaimed music documentary, Oscar-winning director Ron Howard takes a look at the fascinating life of the legendary Italian tenor. Howard presents the personal realm and more than fifty-year career of the “King of the High Cs,” Luciano Pavarotti, through rare archive footage and interviews with friends and family. The director also looks at the singer’s role in popularizing opera, and includes controversial moments from his private life.
In another acclaimed music documentary, Oscar-winning director Ron Howard takes a look at the fascinating life of the legendary Italian tenor. Using rare archive footage and interviews with friends and family, Howard delves into Luciano Pavarotti’s personal realm and his more than fifty-year career as the “King of the High Cs.” The director looks at the singer’s role in popularizing opera but also includes controversial moments from his private life. “I love characters and I’m fascinated by the way high achievers in particular are tested and challenged,” says Howard. “With Pavarotti my question was: where did this tremendous artistry come from? It doesn’t only come from the remarkable voice. It has to come from the heart. That’s the only way you can create performances so true that they resonate forever.”
Karel Och
114 min / Color, DCP
Director Ron Howard
/ Screenplay Mark Monroe
/ Editor Paul Crowder
/ Producer Nigel Sinclair, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Michael Rosenberg, Jeanne Elfant Festa
/ Production Imagine Entertainment, White Horse Pictures, Polygram Entertainment, StudioCanal
/ Sales HanWay Films
/ Distributor Bontonfilm, a.s.
www: www.pavarottifilm.com
Ron Howard (b. 1954, Duncan, Oklahoma, USA). Selected filmography: Backdraft (1991), Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Cinderella Man (2005), Frost/Nixon (2008), Rush (2013), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years (2016, doc.), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Pavarotti (2019, doc.)
Bontonfilm, a.s.
Na Poříčí 1047/26, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 257 415 111
E-mail: [email protected]
HanWay Films
8 Basing Street, W11 1ET, London
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 207 290 0750
E-mail: [email protected]
Ondřej Kulhánek
Distributor, Producer
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