Pavarotti

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ron Howard directs. Paul Crowder cuts. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in Italian, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 7 years ago.
• 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, English.
• 3International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
• 4Editor Paul Crowder shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Luciano Pavarotti and Bono and Harvey Goldsmith carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "Genius is forever".
• 7IMDB entry: tt6964076 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Only 84 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
• 9Classified under 10 themes, including "artists' life", "interview", "biography", "archive footage".

The technical file

Editing

Paul Crowder

Sound

Sal Ojeda

Runtime

115 min · 1h 55m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

PG-13

IMDB

Pavarotti (2019) ↗

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  PAVAROTTI - Official Trailer - HD

  Trailer · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• SWITCH.2019-10-20
  ★ 5/10

  ‘Pavarotti’ isn't a bad film, it just isn’t a particularly noteworthy one. The only real impression we get about Pavarotti is that he was a truly great opera singer and he was beloved by his peers, family and fans, but I doubt anyone going into this film didn’t know that already. It plays like an artist bio mixed with a best-of album, its perfunctory nature all the more disappointing considering how other filmmakers have begun to subvert and develop the biographical documentary form. Maybe if Ron Howard had been less in love with his subject and more willing to ask genuine questions of the man and the world he came from, this could have been a genuinely engaging and insightful film. As it is, it offers nothing new and leaves almost no impression, thoroughly unlike its legendary subject. - Daniel Lammin Read Daniel's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-pavarotti-a-perfunctory-portrait-of-an-opera-superstar

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Production companies

Who made it

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  HanWay Films

  GB

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  Imagine Entertainment

  US

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  White Horse Pictures

  US

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  Diamond Docs

  US

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  Imagine Documentaries

  US

Key crew

• Production ManagerEmily Precious
• ProducerJeanne Elfant Festa
• Location ScoutJennifer Quesenbery
• Supervising ProducerMark McCune
• ProducerNigel Sinclair
• ProducerBrian Grazer
• Executive ProducerNicholas Ferrall
• Production ManagerEllie Dunbar
• ProducerRon Howard
• ProducerMichael Rosenberg
• Additional EditorRobert A. Martinez
• Executive ProducerDavid Blackman
• Executive ProducerDickon Stainer
• Executive ProducerGuy East
• Executive ProducerPaul Crowder
• Executive ProducerMark Monroe
• Co-Executive ProducerCassidy Hartmann
• Story ConsultantCassidy Hartmann
• Sound Re-Recording MixerSal Ojeda
• Sound Re-Recording MixerChris Jenkins
• Co-Executive ProducerMarc Ambrose
• Co-Executive ProducerMario Gianani
• Co-Executive ProducerLorenzo Mieli
• Co-Executive ProducerLorenzo Gangarossa

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• artists' life
• interview
• biography
• archive footage
• opera singer
• portrait of an artist
• life and career
• testimony
• pavarotti
• concert footage

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical (limited)2019-06-04PG-13· Fathom Events
• Physical2019-09-24PG-13