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68% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Brendan Toller Written by Brendan Toller Country USA Director Brendan Toller Music director Henri Scars Struck | 6.8/10 IMDb 2/4 Roger Ebert Produced by Pamela Lubell Running time 104 mins Initial release 18 March 2015 Screenplay Brendan Toller Producer Pamela Lubell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 18, 2015 (2015-03-18) (SXSW) Cast Danny Fields, Iggy Pop, Judy Collins, Alice Cooper, Justin Vivian Bond Similar Gimme Danger, Tab Hunter Confidential, The Adonis Factor, Packed in a Trunk: The Lost, Bi the Way Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danny Says is a feature-length 2015 documentary on the life and times of Danny Fields. The film is directed by Brendan Toller and produced by Pamela Lubell. Magnolia Pictures acquired the worldwide rights in January 2016.
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In 2015, Danny Says was featured on "The Year in Kickstarter" 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.
danny says 2015 official documentary trailer
Release
Danny Says had its world premiere at South by Southwest on 18 March 2015.
Critical response
Danny Says has received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 53%, based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 62 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Variety named the film one of the "13 Breakout Films of SXSW," writing, "Rock gadfly Danny Fields reminiscences of the 1960s and 1970s are pure gold in Brendan Toller's documentary... 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."
Box office
Continuing on the festival circuit, Danny Says was selected as the Opening Night Film of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Sound + Vision Festival. The screening sold out in three days.
The film is scheduled for limited theatrical release from Magnolia Pictures beginning 30 September 2016.