| Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man | |
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| Directed by | Lian Lunson |
| Produced by | Lian Lunson Mel Gibson |
| Written by | Lian Lunson |
| Based on | "Came So Far for Beauty" by Hal Willner |
| Starring | Leonard Cohen Nick Cave Rufus Wainwright Martha Wainwright Bono Perla Batalla |
| Music by | Leonard Cohen |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Hall John Pirozzi |
| Editing by | Mike Cahill |
| Studio | Sundance Channel Horse Pictures |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
| Release date(s) | June 21, 2006 (limited) |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,398,424[1] |
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man is a 2005 film by Lian Lunson about the life and career of Leonard Cohen. It is based on a January 2005 tribute show at the Sydney Opera House titled "Came So Far for Beauty", which was produced by Hal Willner. Performers at this show included Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, The Handsome Family, Beth Orton, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Linda Thompson, Antony, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, with Cohen's former back-up singers Perla Batalla and Julie Christensen as special guests. The end of the film includes a performance by Leonard Cohen and U2, which was not recorded live, but filmed specifically for the film, in New York in May 2005.
The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2005, and was released the same month in Canada by Lions Gate films along with the Sundance Channel. It was subsequently released in various other countries during 2006 and 2007. The film is distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment. A soundtrack CD is also available from Verve.
The DVD of the film contains extra performances.
The film's soundtrack was released by Verve Forecast in July 2006. It included performances mostly recorded at an earlier incarnation of the show in Brighton, May 2004.
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