Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

PG-1306/30/2012Music, Documentary1h 25m
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Overview

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.

Top Billed Cast

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    Stephen Segerman

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    Rodriguez

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  3. Cast 1

    Regan Rodriguez

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    Eva Rodriguez

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  5. Mike Theodore

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    Dennis Coffey

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    Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy

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    Clarence Avant

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    Steve Rowland

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This is probably the most enjoyable documentary film I've ever seen. It's about a singer from the 70s whom I've never heard of (although I'm old enough) even though he's clearly a better poet and songwriter than Bob Dylan (yes, I said that and I'm a poet so there's my credentials). If you know anything about the record industry, and about the reality of discrimination in the United States, then it's easy to understand how a Mexican singer/song writer of the 70s was ignored by the payola controlled DJs of the time and screwed by the record industry. The low-budget film itself is full of surpris...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$1,000,000.00

Revenue $3,696,196.00

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