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SXSW: Magnolia Acquires U.S. Rights To ‘Muscle Shoals’

By JEN YAMATO | Tuesday March 12, 2013 @ 8:10am PDTTags: Magnolia Pictures, Muscle Shoals, SXSW

BREAKING: Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Muscle Shoals, the documentary about the iconic Alabama recording studio that hatched some of music’s great tunes. Directed by Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier, the film features interviews with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Percy Sledge, Gregg Allman, Clarence Carter, Alicia Keys, Bono and many others.

The docu first played at Sundance in January, and the deal comes as the film makes its debut at SXSW. Pic is about how Rick Hall overcame crushing personal hardship to put together a recording studio and house band (the Swampers) that became legendary for its electrifying musical chemistry. Luring some of the biggest figures in 20th century pop music, like Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, the Staples Singers, the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Simon and Garfunkel, the studio produced all-time classic songs like “Mustang Sally,” “I Never Loved A Man,” “Wild Horses” and many more, uniting black and white musicians in the deep South during an incendiary period of racial hostility. READ MORE »

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Hot Sundance Trailer: ‘Muscle Shoals’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday January 16, 2013 @ 3:59pm PSTTags: Muscle Shoals, Sundance Wrap-Up

The likes of the Allman Brothers Band, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, the Staples Singers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Wilson Pickett and others were drawn to the Alabama town that producer Rick Hall’s FAME Studio and Muscle Shoals Recording Studios called home. Director Greg “Freddy” Camalier brings … Read More »

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Sundance 2013 Adds Four Films To Lineup

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday December 13, 2012 @ 1:25pm PSTTags: Muscle Shoals, Sundance Film Festival

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute today announced the addition of four films to the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, including Magic Magic (Director: Sebastián Silva), Muscle Shoals (Director: Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier) and Wrong Cops (Director: Quentin Dupieux) as well as El Mariachi (1993) for the From the Collection screening. The 2013 Festival will be January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

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