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Beyond the Sea (2004)

In the era of cool, he was the soundtrack.

Original Title : Beyond the Sea
Director : Kevin Spacey
Writer : Kevin Spacey
Lewis Colick
Genre : Biography
Drama/Music/Musical
Country : USA
Language : English
Music : Mick Jagger
Christopher Slaski
Photography : Eduardo Serra
Distributor : Lions Gate Films Inc.
MPAA Rating : Rated PG-13 for some strong language and a scene of sensuality.
IMDB ID : 0363473
Official site : http://www.beyondtheseathemovie.com/
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Starring

ÂKevin Spacey Bobby Darin
ÂKate Bosworth Sandra Dee
ÂJohn Goodman Steve Blauner
ÂBob Hoskins Charlie Cassotto Maffia
ÂBrenda Blethyn Polly Cassotto
ÂGreta Scacchi Mary Duvan
ÂCaroline Aaron Nina Cassotto Maffia
ÂPeter Cincotti Dick Behrke
ÂMichael Byrne Dr. Andretti
ÂMatt Rippy David Gershenson
ÂGary Whelan Jules Podell
ÂWilliam Ullrich Little Bobby Darin
ÂJake Broder 1st Assistant Director
ÂTayfun Bademsoy Ahmet Ertegun
ÂTomas Spencer Delivery Guy
ÂTom Mannion Movie Set Reporter
ÂMarcus Brigstocke Radio Host
ÂCurtis Victor Dodd Mitchell Cassotto, 11 Years
ÂEnrique Alberto Saunders Dodd Mitchell Cassotto, 6 Years
ÂVinzenz Kiefer Las Vegas Bellhop
ÂHarvey Friedman Sandra Dee's Make-up Artist
ÂAndrew Laws Director (as Andrew James Laws
ÂTorben Liebrecht 1st Trumpet Player
ÂJeffrey Mittleman Bass Player
ÂToni Nissl Drummer
ÂClayton Nemrow Guitarist
ÂAndreas Renell Ralph Edwards
ÂMatthew Burton Producer
ÂNatalie O'Hara Script Supervisor
ÂSabine Winterfeldt Costume Designer
ÂRichie Gibson Production Assistant
ÂLorenzo Fruzza Production Assistant
ÂRené Ifrah 2nd Assistant Director
ÂMartin Arno Sound Mixer
ÂHoward Cooper Sound Engineer
ÂJoseph Sumner Sound Assistant
ÂJ.J. Straub Friend of Charlie
ÂHolly-Jane Rahlens Friend of Nina
ÂCornell Adams Bobby's World Player
ÂWil Röttgen Bodyguard
ÂMehmet Yilmaz Bodyguard
ÂTim Williams Bodyguard
ÂTurgay Manduz Bodyguard
ÂOrhan Güner Bodyguard
ÂAlberto Fortuzzi Kitchen Waiter
ÂMegan Gay Nanny
ÂShaun Lawton Italian Movie Director
ÂVittorio Alfieri Italian Bellhop
ÂPeter Cotton Safari Club Heckler
ÂMaria Schuster Heckler's Date
ÂJohnny Challah Safari Club Drummer
ÂRicky Watson Copa Waiter
ÂAmadeus Martin-Reid George Kirby
ÂGeorg Schramm Variety Show Host
ÂSam Douglas Variety Show Host
ÂJohn Keogh Journalist
ÂAndy Gatjen Journalist
ÂGabriel Walsh Journalist
ÂAndrew Weale Journalist
ÂMichael Traynor Journalist
ÂJoost Siedhoff Mourner
ÂLeon Alderton Dancer
ÂGary Amers Dancer
ÂChris Bailey Dancer
ÂPaul Basleigh Dancer
ÂJeffrey Broadhurst Dancer
ÂAnna Jane Casey Dancer
ÂVikki Coote Dancer
ÂLara Costa Dancer
ÂSimon Coulthard Dancer
ÂPhyllida Crowley Smith Dancer
ÂFrancesco D'Astici Dancer
ÂSimone De La Rue Dancer
ÂKathryn Dunn Dancer
ÂGavin Eden Dancer
ÂAdrian Edmeades Dancer
ÂMatt Flint Dancer
ÂMelanie A. Gage Dancer (as Melanie Gage
ÂJason Gardiner Dancer
ÂRebecca Giacopazzi Dancer
ÂRoberto Giuffrida Dancer
ÂCharlotte Gorton Dancer
ÂGillian Grueber Dancer
ÂArthur Gurunlian Dancer
ÂZoe Hardman Dancer
ÂMelissa Hetherington Dancer
ÂSean Martin Hingston Dancer
ÂDenise Holland Dancer
ÂJoann Hunter Dancer (as JoAnn M. Hunter
ÂBarnaby Ingram Dancer
ÂDamien Jackson Dancer
ÂJacqui Jameson Dancer
ÂChris Jarvis Dancer
ÂLaura Jayne Dancer
ÂPip Jordan Dancer
ÂSimon Karaiskos Dancer
ÂGavin Lee Dancer
ÂShannon Lewis Dancer
ÂFergus Logan Dancer
ÂNunzio Lombardo Dancer
ÂMari MacKenzie Dancer
ÂAlec Mann Dancer
ÂScott Marshall Dancer
ÂMagdalena Maslik Dancer
ÂCarol Lee Meadows Dancer
ÂHelen Otway Dancer
ÂAlastair Postlethwaite Dancer
ÂKimmi Richards Dancer
ÂPaul Robinson Dancer
ÂJake Samuels Dancer
ÂTom Sapsford Dancer
ÂWolfgang Schwingler Dancer
ÂCraig Scott Dancer
ÂAaron Sillis Dancer
ÂSpencer Soloman Dancer
ÂNatalie Somerville Dancer
ÂAlex Splendore Dancer
ÂLorraine Stewart Dancer
ÂSummer Strallen Dancer
ÂScarlett Strallen Dancer
ÂTristan Temple Dancer
ÂSuzanne Thomas Dancer
ÂBarnaby Thompson Dancer
ÂEmma Tunmore Dancer
ÂIan Waller Dancer
ÂSimon Williams Dancer
ÂJoel Kirby Journalist
ÂNina Franoszek Patty Duke (uncredited
ÂKai Maurer Copa Maitre D' (uncredited
ÂGeorge Sobotta Waving Asian Man on Sidewalk (uncredited
ÂDavid Westhead Dr. Fields (uncredited
 

Plot

Consummate entertainer Bobby Darin (1936-1973) is making a movie about his life. He's volatile, driven by the love of performing, ambition, perfectionism, and belief that he's living on borrowed time. He begins in the Bronx: a fatherless lad learning music and dance from his mom. His career starts slowly, then "Splish Splash" puts him at the top of the charts and on "Bandstand." He wants to be an entertainer, not a pop star, so he aims for the Copacabana, then it's on to the movies, where he meets and marries Sandra Dee. After, it's balancing career, health, marriage and family life, balances he doesn't always keep. Throughout, conversations with his boyhood self give him perspective.
 

Comments

Well acted, but not quite a top notch film, 1 January 2005 Author: Vash2001 from Arizona, USA I went to see this movie with no expectations at all. I did not know much about Bobby Darin, except that he was a popular singer who died young. I did not know any of his songs, but I had heard that he had married Sandra Dee, who I saw in a rented tape of Summer Place. I saw an interview of Spacey on Larry King Live and it got me interested because Darin's son seemed to support this movie. I like Kevin Spacey as an actor and he does a very good job of bringing out the person in the Darin character. I was amazed to see that he could sing and dance quite well. Kate Bosworth, who looks beautiful as Sandra Dee, does justice to the character. Considering her young age, it is astonishing that she played the actress over a range of age. I liked the first half of the movie. The movie should have attained greater heights in the second half but it did not. SPOILERS AHEAD.... The child 'Bobby Darin' kept interfering with the flow of the story. Introducing the child worked well in the first part of the movie, but toward the end it brought the movie down quite a bit. Particularly the last conversation between the two Darins, and the sing & dance after Darin's death were uncalled for, or it should have been very brief. The movie lost its intensity due to the addition. Earlier, when the secret about Bobby's mother is out, and he publicly acknowledges her as his mother, it was a high point of the movie, but it got lost. Toward the end when he performs great ("He is back!!") in a night club, just before he is rushed to the hospital, it was another high point. Darin's conversation with his son, and the son opening the suitcase which indicated that Bobby had passed on, were touching. However, again, the final song diluted it for me. It would have been much more effective to not bring back the child for so long, and instead a gallery of Darin's pictures while performing would have been more effective after his death in the movie. Another way would have been to simply add a footnote after his death. From what I heard, in real life Darin and Dee divorced (the movie shows the tensions between them quite well) and he remarried. From the movie one would think that they never divorced, and that they were separated for only a brief period while Darin moved to an isolated spot and lived in a trailer in an effort to discover himself. I was shocked when I first heard that Kevin Spacey was going to play Bobby Darin. I thought he was too old to play someone who died at age 37. Spacey does an admirable job of portraying the character, and directing the movie. Still it was hard for me to forget the difference in age. I cannot comment on the singing because I have not heard Bobby Darin's songs. Inspite of its flaws this is a pretty good movie (7/10). Definitely worth seeing once. However, those more acquainted with Bobby Darin's work, may have a different reaction to it.
 
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