February 18, 2012

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Magnolia Pictures released the official U.S. trailer Friday for Marley, director Kevin Macdonald's documentary about the iconic reggae artist. Bob Marley fans will be jammin’ as they get a first real look at the film’s in-depth portrait of the musician, told through the words of the people who knew him best.

Marley premiered earlier in the week at the Berlin Film Festival, where it drew strong praise from critics for its straightforward portrait of the artist’s life. Magnolia picked up the rights to the film just a day after Marley’s birthday, February 6, and plans to release the film on April 20, 2012, commemorating the appropriately semi-related date associated with smoking marijuana.

Macdonald’s previous work includes The Last King of Scotland and The Eagle, as well as the documentariesOne Day in September and Touching the Void.

Marley is the first fully authorized documentary about the life of Bob Marley, and his family members as well as his record label have offered their support as it advances towards its theatrical and VOD release.

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Counting the days till 04/20....

Identity said:

February 18, 2012

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Magnolia Pictures released the official U.S. trailer Friday for Marley, director Kevin Macdonald's documentary about the iconic reggae artist. Bob Marley fans will be jammin’ as they get a first real look at the film’s in-depth portrait of the musician, told through the words of the people who knew him best.

Marley premiered earlier in the week at the Berlin Film Festival, where it drew strong praise from critics for its straightforward portrait of the artist’s life. Magnolia picked up the rights to the film just a day after Marley’s birthday, February 6, and plans to release the film on April 20, 2012, commemorating the appropriately semi-related date associated with smoking marijuana.

Macdonald’s previous work includes The Last King of Scotland and The Eagle, as well as the documentariesOne Day in September and Touching the Void.

Marley is the first fully authorized documentary about the life of Bob Marley, and his family members as well as his record label have offered their support as it advances towards its theatrical and VOD release.

He's so much greater and more worthy than this lame association

Sorry stoned!

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Glad they went along with this than a biopic. Now hopefully Marvin Gaye's family can stop beefing and let producers do a documentary for Marvin too... but anyway looking forward to Bob's.

Timmy84 said:

Glad they went along with this than a biopic. Now hopefully Marvin Gaye's family can stop beefing and let producers do a documentary for Marvin too... but anyway looking forward to Bob's.

What is going on with Marvins?

Can't wait to see it!!!!

Gunsnhalen said:

Timmy84 said:

Glad they went along with this than a biopic. Now hopefully Marvin Gaye's family can stop beefing and let producers do a documentary for Marvin too... but anyway looking forward to Bob's.

What is going on with Marvins?

Apparently whenever a movie is about to be made, there's always some disagreements but I'm hearing it's usually from Marvin's second ex, Janis. Marvin's immediate family were in talks to do a documentary on Marvin and Cameron Crowe or Julien Temple was gonna direct it as one of them is closing in on Marvin's musical rights from EMI.

mynameisnotsusan said:

He's so much greater and more worthy than this lame association

Sorry stoned!

Nah...I hear what you're saying, but at the same time, herb was such a huge part of who Bob was that the 420 thing is somewhat approriate.

The man was said to have smoked a POUND A WEEK (A POUND A WEEK??!! I smoke daily and maybe go through an ounce every month). He also described herb as "the healing of the nation".

Preach on, Bob.

I can't wait for this and I hope its just as good as the Tribe Called Quest one last year.

Documentary Gets an April Release, DVD Release Gets Plenty of Bonus Material

March 15, 2012

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Magnolia Pictures has set the not-so-surprising release date of April 20 for the documentary Marley - more commonly referred to as 4/20 - but director Kevin Macdonald has already plotted the bonus material for the DVD package.

The two hour, 24-minute film will be accompanied with a disc that contains concert footage of four songs previously unseen, a 20-minute interview with Bunny Wailer, an interview with Stephen Marley that did not make it into the film and 20 minutes of people all around the world speaking about Marley and his music.

The film will be released theatrically, digitally and through video on demand simultaneously; a two-CD and three-LP soundtrack will be released April 17. There is no release date yet for the DVD.

While the film sticks closely to the story of Bob Marley's rise as reggae's first international superstar, Macdonald became involved only after he had assurances from the Marley family that he would be allowed to do the film he wanted. This authorized biography was first in the hands of Martin Scorsese, who could never fit it into his schedule, and then Jonathan Demme, who went down a path that the Marley's felt was inappropriate.

"I once made a film, about 10 years ago, with Mick Jagger," says Macdonald, a Scottish director known for documentaries and the much-lauded "The Last King of Scotland." "I followed him around for six months with a little camera. In the end his company was financing the movie and we disagreed about the cut. It was not a happy experience for me so I didn't want to get into that situation again. I was very clear and they were very clear that I would make the film I wanted to make. I would listen to what they have to say but I had to have editorial control."

Ziggy Marley, the first child of Bob and Rita Marley and the most visible musician with that iconic surname, backed up Macdonald's take on the process.

"On some stuff I gave my opinion, but Kevin override and I say OK because I trust Kevin," Ziggy Marley says. "He's a director, I'm not. I did my little part to get him access (to people in Jamaica).

"I'm a movie person . I know what makes a good movie is taking that ride -- laughter and the tears. When I saw the first cut, we were on the right track."

After viewing a three-hour cut of the movie that obviously needed to be trimmed,Marley recalls, "I said don't take out the sad stuff, because that's the stuff you really feel deep inside of you."

Macdonald set out to make a film that would inform the Marley children and grandchildren about Bob's life, which led to Billboard posing the question to Ziggy Marley about which stories he had never heard. One concerned his father's concern about his fair skin, the other about the song "Small Axe," which has long been seen as a song about taking down corrupt governments. In reality, it was about specific people in the Jamaican music industry.

"This film is not hearsay," Ziggy notes. "This is the real stuff here."

CANT WAIT!

Yassssssss!

Timmy84 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

What is going on with Marvins?

Apparently whenever a movie is about to be made, there's always some disagreements but I'm hearing it's usually from Marvin's second ex, Janis. Marvin's immediate family were in talks to do a documentary on Marvin and Cameron Crowe or Julien Temple was gonna direct it as one of them is closing in on Marvin's musical rights from EMI.

Huh? Why is she so involved for? Didn't she leave Marvin at a time when he was at his absolute worst and in need of someone's help?

Can't wait, definitely looking forward to this!

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^ Just to let you know this 2001 documentary is pretty good.

Looking forward to this!