Senna: The documentary arrives in theaters, and it's a ride you can't miss
Securing mainstream, in-theater U.S. distribution for a documentary film is often a challenge and even more difficult, if not nigh on impossible, when the subject matter is a sport with a relatively low domestic profile. Yet the much-anticipated Senna opens in Los Angeles and New York today, Aug. 12, and 17 additional U.S. cities will play host in the following weeks to the award-winning look at the Brazilian Formula One world champion who died in the San Marino Grand Prix in Italy on May 1, 1994.
Positive word-of-mouth buzz gave this remarkable film enough momentum that Senna --released already in other countries, most of which rank F1 as a spectator sport of choice--has become successful on both commercial and artistic merit. Its appeal as a cinematic experience spreads beyond racing enthusiasts, and it became the best-performing documentary in U.K. history upon its June release.
Early signs indicate that it will fare well in this country, too. The film won two prestigious audience awards--for World Cinema Documentary at January's Sundance Festival and for International Feature at the L.A. Film Festival in June. Reports from early screenings in New York, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas--where F1 is scheduled to return to the United States in 2012--said that audience members who entered theaters knowing little to nothing about F1 and what they were going to witness were visibly emotional, even shaken, by the time the credits rolled.
Autoweek readers, of course, will know how the story ends, but "you don't have to be an F1 aficionado to make this film work for you," says British screenwriter and executive producer Manish Pandey. "We haven't made it so complicated that you need to know the rules in and out. We have reduced it to a series of parables, if you like, and I think the American audiences bring with them passion and energy.
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The Hitchcock film is just one of the treasures uncovered, including John Ford's Upstream, which owe their survival to Murtagh's passion for early cinema. Osborne said his grandfather was an avid collector and some considered him rather eccentric.
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Sadly I’m under no illusions that Pearl Jam have been going nuts grabbing cash wherever they can & imho shitting on the fans since their deal with Sony ended (ironically).
However, I’m still surprised that they warrant such a wide release of this documentary. Having been following the band since the very beginning I remember the very lean years in the mid period & am surprised to see this documentary getting the kind of release one would associate with U2.
RT @: Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest is still playing at Keystone Arts Cinema at 5:15 & 10:00 thru Thursday. 
RT @: Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest is still playing at Keystone Arts Cinema at 5:15 & 10:00 thru Thursday. 
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