Searching for Sugar Man [videorecording] / a Red Box Films & Passion Pictures production in association with Canfield Pictures & the Documentary Company ; a film by Malik Bendjelloul ; produced by Simon Chinn, Malik Bendjelloul ; written, directed, and edited by Malik Bendjelloul.
2013
ML420.R637 S43 2013
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Searching for Sugar Man [videorecording] / a Red Box Films & Passion Pictures production in association with Canfield Pictures & the Documentary Company ; a film by Malik Bendjelloul ; produced by Simon Chinn, Malik Bendjelloul ; written, directed, and edited by Malik Bendjelloul.
Uniform Title
Searching for Sugar Man (Motion picture)
Publication Details
[New York] : Sony Pictures Classics ; Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2013]
Language
English
Language Note
English dialogue; with optional French subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Description
1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
043396413665
Call Number
ML420.R637 S43 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
782.42162/13
Distributor No.
41366 Sony Pictures Classics
Summary
In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career. Unknown to him, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon. Long rumored there to be dead, two fans, record store owner Stephen Segerman and journalist Craig Bartholomew-Strydom, decided to seek out the truth of his fate.
Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2012.
Special features: commentary with Malik Bendjelloul and Rodriguez; making Sugar Man; an evening with Malik Bendjelloul and Rodriguez; theatrical trailer.
Special features: commentary with Malik Bendjelloul and Rodriguez; making Sugar Man; an evening with Malik Bendjelloul and Rodriguez; theatrical trailer.
Credits
Director of photography, Camilla Skagerström ; original songs by Sixto Rodriguez.
Performer
Steve Segerman, Sixto Rodriguez.
Cast
Steve Segerman, Sixto Rodriguez.
Audience
Rating: PG-13; for brief strong language and some drug references.
System Details Note
DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.78) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Awards
Academy Awards, 2012: Best feature documentary.
Added Author
Bendjelloul, Malik, 1977-2014
Chinn, Simon.
Rodriguez, Sixto.
Segerman, Stephen.
Bartholomew-Strydom, Craig.
Chinn, Simon.
Rodriguez, Sixto.
Segerman, Stephen.
Bartholomew-Strydom, Craig.
Added Corporate Author
Red Box Films.
Passion Pictures (Firm)
Canfield Pictures (Firm)
Documentary Company (London, England)
Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Passion Pictures (Firm)
Canfield Pictures (Firm)
Documentary Company (London, England)
Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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