Danny Says (film)

Danny Says
Directed by Brendan Toller
Produced by Pamela Lubell
Written by Brendan Toller
Starring Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper Judy Collins, Tommy Ramone, John Cameron Mitchell, Justin Vivian Bond, Lenny Kaye, Jac Holzman, Seymour Stein, Jonathan Richman, Wayne Kramer, John Sinclair, Leee Black Childers, David Peel, Gary Lucas, Billy James, Mara Hennessey, Randi Reisfeld & Steve Harris
Music by Henri Scars Struck, Ramones, The Stooges, The Doors, The Velvet Underground, MC5, Alice Cooper, Nico, Patti Smith, Modern Lovers, Sex Pistols, Big Star, Nina Simone, Marlene Dietrich, Martha & The Vandellas, The Shirelles, David Peel, Yo La Tengo, Artie Shaw
Release dates
 Magnolia Pictures 2016
Running time
 104 mins
Country USA
Language English

Danny Says is a feature-length documentary on the life and times of Danny Fields. The film is directed by Brendan Toller and produced by Pamela Lubell.[1] In January 2016, Magnolia Pictures acquired the worldwide rights.[2]

Reception

In 2015, Danny Says was featured on "The Year in Kickstarter"[3] with the headline "a filmmaker discovered a piece of rock & roll history." The headline cites an unearthed audio tape of Lou Reed listening to the Ramones for the first time. The card was placed in between "Read Rainbow made a huge comeback" and "A band delivered pizza to space."[3]

Danny Says had its World Premiere at South By Southwest March 18, 2015. Variety named the film one of the "13 Breakout Films of SXSW"[4] writing "Rock gadfly Danny Fields reminiscences of the 1960s and 1970s are pure gold in Brendan Toller's documentary...[5] Assembly is first-rate, with mix of sterling archival materials and starry talking heads echoing the subject's gossipy, profane, impudent manner. Several lively animated sequences further diversify the package. The soundtrack, needless to say, is a mix tape dream."

Continuing on the festival circuit, Danny Says was selected as the Opening Night Film of Film Society of the Lincoln Center's Sound + Vision Festival. The screening sold out in three days.[6]

Theatrical release to come in 2016 from Magnolia Pictures.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Pamela Lubell". IMDb.
  2. 1 2 Mia Galuppo (12 January 2016). "Magnolia Pictures Nabs Danny Fields Documentary". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. 1 2 "The Year in Kickstarter 2014". Kickstarter.
  4. ↑ Variety Staff. "SXSW Film Festival standouts: The Invitation, Hangman, Creative Control - Variety". Variety.
  5. ↑ Dennis Harvey. "‘Danny Says’ Review: A Highly Entertaining Portrait of Danny Fields - Variety". Variety.
  6. ↑ "Danny Says". Film Society of Lincoln Center.
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