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PARK CITY (January 28, 2019) – Sony
Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired rights in
North America, The Middle East, Scandinavia, India, South Africa,
Benelux, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Latin America to DAVID
CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME, produced by Academy Award-winning filmmaker
Cameron Crowe. The film, by first time director A.J. Eaton, premiered
at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition.
A
revealing and deeply personal documentary exploring the life and
creative renaissance of music icon David Crosby. A cultural force for
over fifty years, Crosby faced uncertain future after the 2015
dissolution of Crosby, Stills and Nash. Racked with health issues and
personal obstacles, Crosby forged a new path at the age of 77. With
unflinching honesty, self-examination, regret, fear, exuberance and an
unshakable belief in family and the transformative nature of music,
Crosby shares his often-challenging journey with humor and bite.
BMG
and Vinyl Films produced the film, in association with PCH Films.
Cameron Crowe, Michele Farinola, and Greg Mariotti produced with
executive producers Kathy Rivkin Daum, Justus Haerder, James Keach, Jill
Mazursky and Norm Waitt.
Said Cameron Crowe, "I couldn’t be
happier that Tom and Michael acquired our film. I’ve always admired
their work. With their extraordinary track record and passion for
independent cinema, SPC is the perfect home for our film. We are looking
forward to sharing David’s inspiring story with his loyal fans and
legions of new ones."
"It doesn’t get much better than this. I’d
like to take this opportunity to thank BMG, David for his candor and
generosity of spirit, and I can’t thank Cameron and Vinyl Films enough
for their hands-on approach to making this most personal movie sing,"
stated A.J. Eaton.
CAA Media Finance sold the film on behalf of BMG and the filmmakers.
ABOUT SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
Michael Barker and Tom Bernard serve as co-presidents of Sony Pictures
Classics—an autonomous division of Sony Pictures Entertainment they
founded with Marcie Bloom in January 1992—which distributes, produces,
and acquires independent films from around the world. Barker and
Bernard have released prestigious films that have won 39 Academy Awards®
(35 of those at Sony Pictures Classics) and have garnered 169 Academy
Award® nominations (151 at Sony Pictures Classics) including Best
Picture nominations for CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, WHIPLASH, AMOUR, MIDNIGHT
IN PARIS, AN EDUCATION, CAPOTE, HOWARDS END, AND CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN
DRAGON.
ABOUT BMG
BMG is the new model
music company founded by Bertelsmann in 2008. Key to its innovative
approach is representing the traditionally separate music publishing and
recording rights off the same state-of-the-art platform
internationally. Over the past four years, BMG’s endeavor into films
projects yielded its first feature-length documentary, Bad Reputation, a
film on Joan Jett. Additional recent BMG films include The Show’s The
Thing, a documentary about the legendary promoters and agents; The
Children of The Revolution, a documentary film celebrating the music of
T. Rex; and Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records, a celebration
of the music, history and cultural legacy of the pioneering British
record label. Owned by international media, services and education
company Bertelsmann, BMG is a multi-platform perspective, integrated
technology platform and commitment to help artists maximize their
income. www.bmg.com.
ABOUT VINYL FILMS
Vinyl Films is Cameron Crowe’s film and music production company. Started in 1996, it includes such feature films as Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, Elizabethtown and the feature documentaries Pearl Jam Twenty and Elton John: The Union. Their specialty vinyl music releases include the never-before-available soundtrack to Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude.
Crowe and his producing partner, Greg Mariotti have a number of
upcoming projects in the works, including Crowe’s own next film.
ABOUT PCH FILMS
PCH
Films, based in Los Angeles, California, is a multimedia company
founded by James Keach in 2002. The company develops, produces, and
finances feature films, TV and documentaries. Credits include Walk the Line, Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me, Augie, and Turning Point.
ABOUT SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
Sony
Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of
America, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global
operations encompass motion picture production and distribution;
television production and distribution; home entertainment acquisition
and distribution; a global channel network; digital content creation and
distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new
entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of
entertainment in more than 142 countries. For additional information, go
to http://www.sonypictures.com.
