Magnolia Footage has introduced its acquisition of the US rights to the upcoming documentary, It’s By no means Over, Jeff Buckley. After premiering on the Sundance Movie Competition to widespread acclaim, the movie will open in theaters on August eighth, adopted by its launch on HBO and HBO Max this winter.
Directed by Amy Berg, the documentary seems again on the lifetime of the beloved and influential rock musician via never-before-seen footage from Buckley’s private archives. It additionally options intimate interviews together with his mom, Mary Guibert; former companions Rebecca Moore and Joan Wasser; former bandmates Michael Tighe and Parker Kindred; and contemporaries together with Ben Harper and Aimee Mann.
“I’ve spent virtually my whole profession making an attempt to make this movie, which takes a really intimate take a look at one of many best singers and songwriters of all time,” Berg mentioned in a press assertion. “I’m so excited Magnolia and HBO have come on board to share this movie with the world and provides outdated followers and new audiences an opportunity to expertise Jeff from this distinctive vantage level. I couldn’t think about a greater staff to roll this into the world!”
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Buckley was solely 30 years outdated when he died in an unintentional drowning in Memphis’ Wolf River in Might 1997. Although he solely launched one studio album throughout his lifetime, 1994’s Grace, it is broadly thought to be among the best albums of all time and accommodates some of the definitive variations of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”
Revisit our 2019 function celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of Grace, the place artists together with Pete Yorn, Oozing Wound, and Jason Hawk Harris mirrored on the album and its impression right here.
