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Elle Driver Buys Foreign On ‘Twenty Feet From Stardom’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday January 20, 2013 @ 6:32pm PSTTags: Elle Driver, Radius-TWC, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Wrap-Up, Twenty Feet From Stardom
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After landing a domestic deal from Radius-TWC on Friday, Twenty Feet From Stardom has been acquired for foreign rights by Elle Driver/Wild Bunch at the Sundance Film Festival. Here’s the announcement.

Park City, UTAH January 20, 2012 – Gil Friesen Productions and director Morgan Neville/Tremelo Productions announced today that they have sold all foreign rights to TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM to Elle Driver/Wild Bunch. Produced by legendary record executive, Gil Friesen, whose dream was to tell this story about the unheralded back up singers, TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM is directed by Grammy nominated Morgan Neville. READ MORE »

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Sundance: Radius-TWC Makes First Fest Deal With Backup Singer Saga ‘Twenty Feet From Stardom’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday January 18, 2013 @ 12:10pm PSTTags: Radius-TWC, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Wrap-Up, Twenty Feet From Stardom
Mike Fleming

Park City, UTAH January 18th, 2012 – RADiUS-TWC is proud to announce that it has acquired North American rights to the Sundance hit TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM that celebrated its world premiere with an overwhelming standing ovation at last night’s Eccles screening. Produced by the beloved late A&M Records executive Gil Friesen whose dream was to tell this story about the unheralded back up singers to the world’s greatest industry legends, TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM was directed by Grammy nominated Morgan Neville.

The film is a celebration of the voices from the edge, which brought shape and style to the soundtracks of our lives. Neville follows half a dozen diverse and gifted back up singers from throughout music history, each of whom has a story to tell of life in the shadows of superstardom (Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Joe Cocker, Bette Midler to name just a few). These talented artists represent a range of styles that come from all eras of popular music, but each singer belongs to the first family of American voice. Now is their turn for the spotlight.

RADiUS will release the film theatrically with a target date of late summer 2013.

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