DETROIT, MI – Don’t expect fame to change Rodriguez, a 70-year-old partially-blind folk singer from Detroit who is the star of a documentary film nominated for an Oscar. The focus of the “Searching for Sugar Man” film is expected to stay put in a Detroit home in the city’s Woodbridge neighborhood he bought for $50ContinueContinue reading “Wife of Oscar-nominated ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ star Rodriguez says he’ll stay in $50 Detroit home | MLive.com”
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Rodriguez to bridge 42-year album gap? | News | phantom.ie
Forget the five years it took for The Stone Roses to produce Second Coming, or the 22 years it will have taken My Bloody Valentine to follow-up Loveless. Rodriguez, the focus of Oscar-nominated documentary Searching For Sugar Man, could be about to record his first album since 1971’s Coming From Reality. Speaking to Rolling Stone,ContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez to bridge 42-year album gap? | News | phantom.ie”
“Searching for Sugar Man” wins PGA award » Realscreen
The documentary Searching for Sugar Man won its latest prize yesterday (January 26), taking home the best documentary award at the 24th annual Producers Guild Awards. Malik Bendjelloul’s film, produced by Man on Wire‘s Simon Chinn, has taken the award for outstanding producer of documentary theatrical motion pictures, the latest trophy for the doc, whichContinueContinue reading ““Searching for Sugar Man” wins PGA award » Realscreen”
The Resurrection of Sixto Rodriguez :: SACSIS.org.za
Searching for Sugarman, Malik Bendjelloul’s film about the reception of Sixto Rodriguez in South Africa, continues to accumulate awards, critical acclaim and commercial success as its momentum gathers in the lead up to the Academy Awards at the end of next month. It is carrying Rodriguez, seventy years old and partially blind, onto the stagesContinueContinue reading “The Resurrection of Sixto Rodriguez :: SACSIS.org.za”
France Is Sweet on ‘Sugar Man’ – NYTimes.com
A love story is developing between the French and Rodriguez, the Detroit-born musician who flopped in the 1970s, was a star without knowing it in apartheid South Africa and was rediscovered last summer in the United States when the documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” was released. The film tells the extraordinary story of a talentedContinueContinue reading “France Is Sweet on ‘Sugar Man’ – NYTimes.com”
Malik Bendjelloul talks about his Oscar-nominated movie ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | Yahoo! Movies Oscars Blog – Yahoo! Movies
The Oscar-nominated documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” tells the strange story of singer-songwriter Rodriguez. Back in the early 1970s, the record company had high hopes for him. With eminently hummable tunes and lyrics that eloquently spoke to life on the mean streets of Detroit, Rodriguez seemed poised to be the next Bob Dylan. But hisContinueContinue reading “Malik Bendjelloul talks about his Oscar-nominated movie ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | Yahoo! Movies Oscars Blog – Yahoo! Movies”
Guest Colum – Rodriguez: rock and roll’s last great mystery by Searching For Sugar Man’s director – News – QTheMusic.com
One of Q’s films of 2012, Searching For Sugar Man recounted the heart-warming tale of singer-songwriter Rodriguez. A commercial flop when he released his music in the early 1970s, he became one of the biggest artists in South Africa… without him – or the outside world – knowing. With the documentary just released on DVD,ContinueContinue reading “Guest Colum – Rodriguez: rock and roll’s last great mystery by Searching For Sugar Man’s director – News – QTheMusic.com”
Rodriguez Announces March Shows in New Zealand – Music News at Undertheradar
Rodriguez, star of the most talked about documentary of 2012 Searching For Sugar Man, has been announced to play two New Zealand shows in March. The Detroit based singer-songwriter renowned for his haunting and experimental folks songs, was lifted from 30 years of obscurity by two South African fans who thought he was dead andContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez Announces March Shows in New Zealand – Music News at Undertheradar”
The Man Who Searched For Sugar Man | Cape Times, 14 January 2013
Searching for Sugar Man is Critics’ Choice | Channel24
Los Angeles – Just hours after receiving an Oscar nomination on Thursday, SA-filmed musical documentary Searching for Sugar Man won Best Documentary Feature at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The film, which is a UK/Sweden co-production, tells the story of Detroit singer-songwriter Rodriguez who, as portrayed in the film, became a source of hope andContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man is Critics’ Choice | Channel24”
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ director says Oscar nom feels ‘surrealistic, crazy’ | Movies | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
On Thursday morning, “Searching for Sugar Man” director Malik Bendjelloul was still getting used to the reality of having made an Oscar-nominated film. “It feels surrealistic, crazy. Oscar is, the word itself, it’s something you’ve heard about since you were a kid. It never occurred to be that it was something anyone ever achieved. IContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ director says Oscar nom feels ‘surrealistic, crazy’ | Movies | Detroit Free Press | freep.com”
Oscar Contender ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Passes $1 Million in Scandinavia – The Hollywood Reporter
The documentary follows Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul’s quest to discover the story of 70s singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez. Searching for Sugar Man, the acclaimed music documentary from Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul and one of the 15 titles on the 2013 Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary, has racked up an impressive $1 million in box office revenuesContinueContinue reading “Oscar Contender ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Passes $1 Million in Scandinavia – The Hollywood Reporter”
Searching For Sugar Man included in Oscar Documentary Top 15 List | Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews | Indiewire
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 15 films in the ever-controversial Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 85th Academy Awards. A whopping 126 pictures had originally qualified in the category. This list often stirs up considerable controversy, and there are definitely a few major omissionsContinueContinue reading “Searching For Sugar Man included in Oscar Documentary Top 15 List | Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews | Indiewire”
Rodriguez – Live At Royal Festival Hall, London | Reviews | Clash Magazine
If you don’t know the story of Rodriguez yet, then don’t read this – go and watch this year’s amazing documentary Searching for Sugar Man, then come back to us. For those who know the tale behind the man, you may still be in a sense of awe that he is here: one halfContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez – Live At Royal Festival Hall, London | Reviews | Clash Magazine”
How rock ‘n’ roll fairytale led Sixto Diaz Rodriguez to be one of the most acclaimed musicians of his time – Scotland – Scotsman.com
Rodriguez Scotland on Sunday Feature 11 nov 2012 While he was long forgotten in the US, Rodriguez was unwittingly achieving mythical status in South Africa. Decades later, he tells Fiona Shepherd about fame after 40 years in the wilderness IN THE internet age, it seems inconceivable that an artist could be unaware of theirContinueContinue reading “How rock ‘n’ roll fairytale led Sixto Diaz Rodriguez to be one of the most acclaimed musicians of his time – Scotland – Scotsman.com”
Searching for Sugar Man wins In-Edit international prize | Film Festival Watch
The Searching for Sugar Man juggernaut rolls on as Malik Bendjelloul’s sleeper hit about the unlikely resurrection of singer-songwriter Rodriguez copped the jury prize for Best International Documentary at the 10th Beefeater In-Edit music documentary festival in Barcelona. The awards were presented Saturday on the penultimate night of In-Edit, which drew around-the-block queues for dozensContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man wins In-Edit international prize | Film Festival Watch”
Searching For Sugar Man: world exclusive trailer – video
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, mysterious 1970s folk rocker, Rodriguez. Malik Bendjelloul’s acclaimed documentary premiered at the Sundance film festival, where it won two awards, opened last week’s Sheffield DocFest, went down a storm at this week’s Los Angeles film festival and opens in the UKContinueContinue reading “Searching For Sugar Man: world exclusive trailer – video”
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