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Memphis is a 2013 musical drama film, directed by Tim Sutton. The film stars Willis Earl Beal in the lead role of talented singer. The film had its premiere at the 70th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2013. The film was also awarded the cinema funding grant by Venice Biennale College.
Jan 17, 2014 · Memphis: Directed by Tim Sutton. With Willis Earl Beal, Constance Brantley, Larry Dodson, Pauline Dyer. A strange singer with God-given talent drifts through his adopted city of Memphis with its canopy of ancient oak trees, streets of shattered windows, and aura of burning spirituality.
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- Drama
- Tim Sutton
- 2014-01-17
The cinematography is frequently beautiful and Beale proves to have a singular presence for representing Sutton's world, so there's little doubt that that Memphis is art (or closer to that term...
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- Willis Earl Beal
- Tim Sutton
- Drama
Memphis is set in the places where rock and roll was born in the 1950s: the seedy nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city. With an original score, it tells the fictional story of DJ Huey Calhoun, a good ole' local boy with a passion for R&B music and Felicia Farrell, an up-and-coming black singer ...
- Don Roy King
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Sep 5, 2014 · A quasi-documentary drama about the creative struggles of Memphis blues musician and poet Willis Earl Beal, who's playing a version of himself. The film is gorgeous but vague, and fails to offer much insight into Beal's character or his art.
Sep 5, 2014 · 1 h 15 m. Summary A strange singer with ‘god given talent’ drifts through the mythic city of Memphis under its canopy of ancient oak trees, shattered windows and burning spirituality.
Synopsis. The film stars musician Willis Earl Beal, who spends his time “surrounded by beautiful women, legendary musicians, a stone-cold-hustler, a righteous preacher, and a wolfpack of kids,” while working less on his music and more on the state of his soul. Cast.
