He was a marvel at singing, songwriting, and performing such hits as splish splash, mack the knife and more, stealing the hearts of fans everywhere. Spacey directed and starred and even did his own singing and. Terrific scene from the film beyond the sea starring kevin spacey and kate bosworth. Kevin spacey did a great job putting together the story of bobby darin, one of the most popular singers of his time in the 60s. Kevin spacey directs and stars in this gripping biopic of one of americas greatest performers, bobby darin. Hes volatile, driven by the love of performing, ambition, perfectionism, and belief that hes living on borrowed time. This is a chutzpah project, an egotrip that made spacey so high that he has even taken to live performances of darins music.
Kevin spacey serves as both director and star for this biopic based on the life and career of legendary entertainer bobby darin, which moves back and forth between his childhood and adult selves to tell the tale of his remarkable life. Because of his enormous range as an actor, he can play both serious and goofy, romantic and evil. Beginning in 1994, kevin spacey first offered his services to portray bobby darin, but the filmmakers believed the actor was too old. Various artists, kevin spacey beyond the sea amazon. Watch beyond the sea online stream full movie directv.
Oscar winner kevin spacey, who is about to hit movie theaters in kpax and the shipping news, has dropped out of making the bigscreen version of the musical chicago with renee zellweger and. Article on kevin spacey film beyond the sea focuses on long, conflictridden process during which original producer arthur friedman was fired. A vanity project par excellence, beyond the sea is more about kevin spacey, the producer, director, writer, star, and even singer, than about its nominal subject, the late singeractor bobby darin. Back in hollywood, actor kevin spacey, who had keen interest in darins life, surfaced as the frontrunner in making a darin biographical film. Kevin spaceys battle for bobby darin the new york times.
He recorded his first millionselling single, splish splash, in 1958. Kevin spaceys bio of singer bobby darin is either a fearless piece of. His film career started in the late 1980s after small parts in heartburn 1986 and working girl 1988. Larry king spacey weaves real life drama with musical setpieces to create a vibrant and whimsical portrait. Kevin spacey believes he was born to play bobby darin.
Beyond the sea is a 2004 american biographical musical drama film based on the life of singeractor bobby darin. I have loved every single thing ive seen that kevin spacey was in. Not content to have merely produced, directed, written and starred in a movie about the life of vocalist bobby darin, oscarwinning actor kevin spacey brought his stunning evocation of darins. The movie focuses mostly on his relationship with his wife sandra dee, played by kate bosworth. Beyond the sea, a film about bobby darin starring kevin spacey. For years, kevin spaceys dream project was a biopic on 60s crooner bobby darin, starring himself as the lead. Bobby darin was a famous and popular teen idol pop singer and band leader. Kevin spacey is and always was a chronic pretender, film historian.
Beyond the sea, a film about bobby darin starring kevin spacey beyond the sea 1991 film, an israeli drama film beyond the sea audio drama, an audio drama based on the tv series doctor who. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies. But now, as correspondent lesley stahl reports, hes really. Beyond the sea audio drama, an audio drama based on the tv series doctor who beyond the sea generator rex, an episode of generator rex beyond the sea the xfiles, an episode of the xfiles. One of spaceys key decisions in the film was to use newly recorded music for the. In 1963 he was nominated for an academy award for best supporting actor in captain newman md. The movie has a good soundtrack and great choreography for some of the dance sequences in the film. In the early 60s bobby darin was on top of the world, but within five years, his career began sliding downhill. Beyond the sea 2004 kevin spacey as bobby darin imdb. While the fighting continued, pbs broadcast the wellreceived documentary, bobby darin.
Starring in the lead role and using his own singing voice for the musical numbers, kevin spacey cowrote, directed, and coproduced the film, which takes its title from darins song of the same name. This is because he gave an excellent and outstanding performance as bobby darin. With kevin spacey, kate bosworth, john goodman, bob hoskins. Suggested by lionsgate i still believe 2020 movie official clip your truth kj apa, britt robertson. A swooning study of mack the knife singer bobby darin and specifically his relationship. Working his way from shady nightclubs to his dream destination, the copacabana, darin lived a ragstoriches life. Well, it took 40 years for melvyn douglas to get a supporting actors face. Kevin spacey takes love of bobby darin to a whole new. Actor kevin spacey american beauty, kpax, the life of david gale, pay it forward, se7en displayed the same passion and tenacity in bringing the bobby darin story to the big screen that bobby darin showed in hitting the big time. Spacey, with the help of seven toupees and the makeup team from the lord of the rings, essentially becomes bobby darin in the film.
Beyond the sea starring kevin spacey as the legendary vocalist bobby darin is a well done biopic of the singers life. Links concerning kevin spaceys movie, beyond the sea. He looks a little like darin and sounds a lot like him, and apparently when he was growing up he formed one of those emotional connections with a performer where admiration is mixed with pity. Kevin spacey is an american actor who began his acting career on stage. Beyond the sea depicts darins rise to success in both the music and film industry during the 1950s and 1960s as well as his marriage to sandra dee, portrayed by kate bosworth. Beyond the sea 910 movie clip simple song of freedom. Bobby darin was an american singer, songwriter and actor who became a ubiquitous presence in pop entertainment in the late 1950s and 1960s. He was the focal point of a family that fostered and encouraged his love of music. Spacey has an older brother, randy fowler, who is a limousine driver and rod stewart impersonator in boise, idaho, and a sister, julie ann fowler keir, an office worker. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices.
Then i heard they were going to make a movie about bobby darins life, and this. Beyond the sea 2004 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Beyond the sea 2004 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Knowing that hes living on borrowed time, bobby works nonstop to conquer the pop and jazz worlds with hits like splish splash and mack the knife. Kevin spacey full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Severe rheumatic fever as a child scarred his heart and led to an overprotected and pampered childhood. His rise to stardom from life in the bronx to his new life on the stage. Kevin spacey serves as both director and star for this biopic based on the life and career of legendary entertainer bobby darin, which moves back and forth between his childhood and adult selves. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music. My momma used to tell me a story when i was a kid that in the middle ages, one of the knights in king arthurs court, he laid down his sword between himself and guinevere, and he promised that he would never cross over to the other. An interesting comment made on the beyond the sea dvd in the about the making of the film extras, related to kevin spaceys singing on the film, an interviewee said sometimes it was hard to tell if it was kevin or bobby darin singing i paraphrase slightly but the quality of kevin spaceys renditions of bobby darins works is superb and. After over a decade of struggling to get it made, he finally got a green light in the early 2000s to start production, not just as the lead actor, but as the director and producer of beyond the sea.
As a boy, bobby darin kevin spacey nearly died from rheumatic fever. Kevin spacey sings mack the knife in the movie tribute to bobby darin beyond the sea. Kevin spacey movie bio of bobby darin, beyond the sea. Bobby darin full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Born bobby cassotto and raised in the bronx, young bobby played as a child by william ullrich was raised by his mother, polly brenda blethyn, his brotherin. John mcclanes car chase, dwayne johnson turns informant and kevin spacey is a powerful.
Kevin spacey was 44 years old when he made this movie, an age the real bobby. I believe he was born to play more interesting characters, and has, and will, but i can see his point. I have seen this movie at least a dozen times but the first time i saw it, i was blown away when i saw that keven spacy, wrote, directed, starred and did all the singing and dancing. Cnn larry king live interview of dodd, steve and kevin. Beyond the sea is a musical film created in the year 2004 about the famous singer, songwriter and actor bobby darin, played by kevin spacey. He started his career as a songwriter for connie francis. He bought a rolls royce and became active in the movie field. Mack the knife kevin spacey as bobby darin youtube. Consummate entertainer bobby darin 19361973 is making a movie about his life. I have seen this movie at least a dozen times but the first time i saw it, i was blown away when i saw that keven. Contact info view agent, publicist, legal on imdbpro. Kevin spacey fowler, better known by his stage name kevin spacey, is an american actor of screen. Spacey wrote the screenplay, directed it, starred in.
Kevin spacey has directed one movie prior to his direction of beyond the sea albino aligator and this one is worth a viewing. May 14, 1936 december 20, 1973 was an american singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and actor in film and television. Kevin spacey has crafted a film that is very personal and important to him. An old song made popular by bobby darin, now sang by kevin spacey in motion picture beyond the sea, one of the movies which moved me the most. When beyond the sea is released in theaters, there will be many people out there that learn for the very first time who bobby darin was. His music career started out with writing songs and taking demos around to. Bobby darin, the pop singer he plays in beyond the sea, died in 1973 at. Kevin spacey has crafted a film that is very personal and important to him, and was only able to do so through years of patience and careful planning. Walden robert cassotto, nicknamed bobby, was born in the bronx, new york, in 1936. While it left him with a weakened heart, it didnt weaken his desire to become the most popular singer in the country. From the age of seven, walden robert cassottolittle bobby knows the. Beyond the sea 2004 stream and watch online moviefone.
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