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Movie Info

Filmmakers follow the jazz musician over 18 months, as he collaborates in-studio with Sting, Annie Lennox, Paul Simon, Christina Aguilera, Carlos Santana, and include clips of Hancock playing with Miles Davis, as well as his groundbreaking video for "Rockit."

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Doug Biro, Jon Fine
Producer:

Doug Biro, Alex Gibney, Jason Kliot, Alan Mintz, Joana Vicente
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA):

$1.8K
Runtime:

1h 30m
Production Co:

HDNet
Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Cast & Crew

Doug Biro
Director

Jon Fine
Director

Doug Biro
Producer

Alex Gibney
Producer

Jason Kliot
Producer

Alan Mintz
Producer

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Critic Reviews for Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

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[Possibilities] feels more like a behind-the-scenes CD promo than a fully realized film.

April 17, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Josh Kun
Los Angeles Times
As directed by Doug Biro and Jon Fine, the film plays like one long commercial.

April 14, 2006 | Rating: 1/4

V.A. Musetto
New York Post
This documentary portrays the intense collaborative efforts that went into the recording of Herbie Hancocks latest album, Possibilities.

April 13, 2006 | Rating: 3/5

Laura Kern
New York Times
What we have here is a solid documentary covering one of the icons of modern music.

April 12, 2006

Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
Possibilities will likely draw in only the most hardcore of Hancock's fans.

April 11, 2006 | Full Review…

Phil Gallo
Variety
With its straightforward track-by-track recording-session clips, it feels like something you'd find on the bonus disc of a deluxe package.

April 11, 2006

Luke Y. Thompson
Village Voice
A cynic might regard Herbie Hancock: Possibilities as a glorified 'making of' video, fleshed out with some archival footage and clips from recent concerts.

May 1, 2006 | Full Review…

Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International
[The archival clips] are more interesting than the present-day material, which has the bland smoothness of a promotional press kit.

April 14, 2006 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide
With elder-statesman words of wisdom from the man himself, Possibilities celebrates an impulse that's too rare in modern music: the love behind the labor of creation.

April 13, 2006

Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly