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Attraverso interviste e filmati d'archivio, George Michael e Andrew Ridgeley rivivono l'arco della loro carriera come Wham, dai migliori amici degli anni '70 alle icone pop degli anni '80.Attraverso interviste e filmati d'archivio, George Michael e Andrew Ridgeley rivivono l'arco della loro carriera come Wham, dai migliori amici degli anni '70 alle icone pop degli anni '80.Attraverso interviste e filmati d'archivio, George Michael e Andrew Ridgeley rivivono l'arco della loro carriera come Wham, dai migliori amici degli anni '70 alle icone pop degli anni '80.
- Regia
- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Nominato ai 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 vittoria e 5 candidature totali
Wham!
- Themselves
- (filmato d'archivio)
George Michael
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
Bananarama
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
David Bowie
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
Boy George
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
Phil Collins
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
Mark Dean
- Self - Innervision Records
- (filmato d'archivio)
Helen DeMacque
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
Aretha Franklin
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
Elton John
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
Shirlie Kemp
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
Paul McCartney
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
Freddie Mercury
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
Simon Napier-Bell
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
Kyriacos Panayiotou
- Self
- (filmato d'archivio)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizIn a 2023 interview with Smooth Radio, Chris Smith spoke about the unexpected way archive material was found and how it shaped the film: "The biggest surprise during the process was realizing that Andrew Ridgeley's mother had these scrapbooks. Those ended up, I think there were 50 in total and were this incredible document that sort of charted the rise and the ultimate conclusion of Wham!. To have those as a guide that we were able to come back to time and time and time again as a narrative device was such an incredible break. And then in terms of the actual archive, the process, it wasn't like we collected everything and then we cut the movie. It was ongoing throughout the entire process. And we had heard that there was this fabled footage that existed from the Club Fantastic tour. And I don't think we found that until like a couple of weeks before we finished. It was something that somebody knew someone who knew someone who had a copy of VHS tape on their shelf. It's much more happenstance than I think people would assume. I think that people would assume that this all exists in one centralized location in George Michael's estate. Andrew had a lot of it, but there were a lot of things that were just sort of floating out there that we were fortunately able to find and pull in."
- Citazioni
George Michael: I always get really shy when there's loads and loads of other pop stars about. I just tend to clam up a bit.
- ConnessioniFeatured in 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards (2024)
- Colonne sonoreA Ray of Sunshine
Published by Wham Music Ltd, All rights administered by WC Music Group
Performed by Wham!
Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd
Recensione in evidenza
There are hardly any talking heads in this documentary. Even the old Andrew Ridgeley can only be heard, but is never seen. The story is basically told with archive footage. And what a great story this is, a bit like the Mozart fantasy in Amadeus (1984), but this time in real.
Two teenagers, who behave like stupid teenagers and are considered to be idiots by many experts from the music press, turn out a string of catchy songs that are still - 40 years later - well known and liked. They authentically embodied the youthful energy, genius and lust for life that's at the heart of pop music. When they ended the Wham!-project in 1986 with their final concert, nearly exactly 4 years after the release of their first - and unsuccessful - single in June 1982, the best reason given was that they considered themselves no longer to be adolescents. A rare realization.
Andrew Ridgeley was the moving spirit of Wham!, the energy. George Michael - nicknamed "Yog" by Andrew - was the genius. He became more and more obsessed with writing and producing songs, obsessed with the number 1 spot in the charts. He created most of the music, but turned a bit into a megalomaniac. During his solo career he wrote immortal songs like ... I don't know, actually. Aside from from the first post-Wham! Album, Faith (1987), he only released four more, from 1990 to 2004, with fine, but unremarkable music.
The Wham!-Story is unique, fabulous, magical. Does this documentary reveal the whole truth about this seemingly impossible success? Probably not. But it does a good enough job offering plausible explanations. It should satisfy most of its viewers.
Two teenagers, who behave like stupid teenagers and are considered to be idiots by many experts from the music press, turn out a string of catchy songs that are still - 40 years later - well known and liked. They authentically embodied the youthful energy, genius and lust for life that's at the heart of pop music. When they ended the Wham!-project in 1986 with their final concert, nearly exactly 4 years after the release of their first - and unsuccessful - single in June 1982, the best reason given was that they considered themselves no longer to be adolescents. A rare realization.
Andrew Ridgeley was the moving spirit of Wham!, the energy. George Michael - nicknamed "Yog" by Andrew - was the genius. He became more and more obsessed with writing and producing songs, obsessed with the number 1 spot in the charts. He created most of the music, but turned a bit into a megalomaniac. During his solo career he wrote immortal songs like ... I don't know, actually. Aside from from the first post-Wham! Album, Faith (1987), he only released four more, from 1990 to 2004, with fine, but unremarkable music.
The Wham!-Story is unique, fabulous, magical. Does this documentary reveal the whole truth about this seemingly impossible success? Probably not. But it does a good enough job offering plausible explanations. It should satisfy most of its viewers.
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- 6 lug 2023
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