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5 days ago · The project directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, who had previously helmed the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, will hone in on the singer's early days, her troublesome love story with Blake...
3 days ago · Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson ( Fifty Shades of Grey, Nowhere Boy ), the film notably revisits iconic moments from Winehouse’s career, including her stellar performance at the 50th Grammy...
5 days ago · 2:02. Filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson was eager to cast British actress Marisa Abela as ill-fated singer Amy Winehouse in her biopic “Back to Black” (in theaters Friday). Then she got some shocking...
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5 days ago · British filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson has experience with the musician biopic genre after 2009's "Nowhere Boy," which detailed John Lennon's early years. That does not mean she's the right fit here or that writer Matt Greenhalgh, who also penned "Nowhere Boy," was prepared to go places we would hope a film about Amy Winehouse would go.
5 days ago · By Julie Miller. May 17, 2024. Jeff Kravitz. When Back to Black screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh was first approached about making an Amy Winehouse biopic, he knew a movie about the late icon would...
5 days ago · May 17, 2024, 4:05 AM. 6:29. This image released by Focus Features shows Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in a scene from "Back to Black." Focus Features via AP. There are many things wrong with this sanitized biopic of the uncensored British wild child of song that was Amy Winehouse.
5 days ago · For good measure, screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh, who scripted the John Lennon-inspired Nowhere Boy, also wedges in a mawkish thread about thwarted motherhood and a depiction of Winehouse's...
