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      Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

      2005, Documentary, 1h 45m

      76 Reviews 10,000+ Ratings

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      A moving, if somewhat uneven, look at the legendary singer-songwriter, I'm Your Man treats Cohen's body of work with the reverence it deserves. Read critic reviews

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      Filmmaker Lian Lunson interviews the prolific Canadian songwriter about his rise to fame and his retreat from the music business. Rufus Wainright, U2, Nick Cave and others take part in a musical tribute to Cohen at Australia's Sydney Opera House. Songs include "If It Be Your Will" and "Tower of Song."

      • Rating: PG-13 (Some Sex-Related Material)

      • Genre: Documentary

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Lian Lunson

      • Producer: Lian Lunson, Mel Gibson

      • Writer: Lian Lunson

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $1.0M

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      • Distributor: Lionsgate Films

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      • Feb 07, 2009
        Loves the Leonard but the movie just weren't all that. Dominated by ho-hum guest artist concert footage.
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      • Apr 11, 2008
        What a disappointment. A critic wrote a review that went "Moments so beautiful, it brought me to tears." Well, this movie brought me to tears all right, I was bored to tears that is. Is this a documentary? Or a concert movie? Half of this movie, no exaggeration, are close-ups of second rate (with the exception of U2) performers defiling Cohen's songs. The other half is old footage, new footage made to feel old (mostly Cohen walking about his home) and Bono going on and on about how he worships Cohen. There were a bits of pieces of clips of Cohen telling some stories, but the style is very plain. Don't get me wrong, I love Cohen, but I didn't learn much about Cohen through this experience. I learned much more about him by spending 5 minutes on the Internet (youtube, wikipedia, etc). There is a lot of interesting things to say about Cohen, but this movie fails to convey any of these. For instance, some of his best songs, "Bird on a Wire" and "Famous Blue Raincoat" (which aren't even mentioned here) were considered "unfinished" by Cohen. I would have liked to seen some of these interesting nuances examined, and I would liked to have heard Cohen's original versions sung by him as part of, shall I say it, a score to the movie. And there is plenty of old concert footage, from when Cohen was in his prime, that could have been included in a chronological telling of his life and career. But this movie has no direction, little organization, and to say that this movie does an injustice to Cohen is an understatement.
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      • Mar 04, 2007
        if you've never heard of leonard cohen, or if you've heard him but don't think you like his music, you must watch this film. if you're already a fan, well, u get it. various artist describe wht the songwriting talents of cohen have done for them; some of the bands i didn't personally care for, but the overall feeling of his work is magical & the love these artists feel for his music comes across as genuine & remarkable.
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      • Nov 14, 2006
        Sure, these musicians love the guy, but why and how exactly is he a legend?
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