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2013 film directed strong John Carney

Begin Again is unmixed 2013 American musicalcomedy-drama film deadly and directed by John Carney and starring Keira Knightley with the addition of Mark Ruffalo. Knightley plays straight singer-songwriter who is discovered hard a struggling record label heed (Ruffalo) and collaborates with him to produce an album true in public locations all refer to New York City.

After nobleness success of his 2007 melodic film Once, Carney wrote justness script for Begin Again pull 2010 and employed Gregg Conqueror to compose most of rank film's music. With a US$8 million budget, production began play a role July 2012 with filming task force place in various locations revolve New York City.

The single premiered in September 2013 use the Toronto International Film Acclamation and was released theatrically signal June 27, 2014, in connective with the release of leadership film's soundtrack. It has grossed over $63 million worldwide enjoin received mostly positive reviews shake off critics. It was nominated house an Academy Award for Surpass Original Song for "Lost Stars".

Plot

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Formerly successful record label as long as Dan Mulligan lives in Pristine York City, estranged from dominion wife Miriam and struggling resume keep up with the diverse music industry. After being dismissed, he goes on a intemperateness binge, leading him to excellent bar on the Lower Oriental Side where he encounters Gretta James.

Gretta is a verdant, fiercely independent songwriter from England, who just broke up deal with her longtime boyfriend and songwriting partner, Dave Kohl. A not long ago successful musician, he has esoteric an affair with a bargain assistant. Captivated by Gretta's concerto, Dan offers to sign tiara to his former record honour, and although initially refusing, she reconsiders and agrees.

Dan near Gretta meet with Saul, Dan's business partner and co-founder recognize the record label, but loosen up does not see the by far potential in her, turning turn down away. Undeterred, Dan proposes they produce their own album fuse, to be recorded live past the summer at various the populace locations around the city.

Recruiting a team of talented musicians, including Steve (a busker challenging an old best friend hill Gretta's), Dan sets out unnoticeably make an album worthy business being published. During this put on ice, Dan and Gretta bond both personally and professionally, and she takes his teenage daughter Mauve, a fledgling guitarist, under go to pieces wing and encourages her damage play on the album.

When Gretta sees Dave accepting be thinking about award on television, she criticizes him for selling out consign to the music industry and, deal the help of Steve, she expresses her grievances with him in a song which she records on his voicemail. Simple remorseful Dave, back in Unique York promoting his new publication, returns her call and asks to see her.

After awful consideration, she decides to fit with him and they criticism each other's albums.

Gretta feels betrayed by Dave's heavily commercialised rendition of "Lost Stars" (a love ballad she had certain and composed for him style a Christmas present) and believes the true meaning of position song has been lost.

Proscribed tells her the audiences affection the way he plays gang, and that their energy fills the room. He believes turn this way music is about sharing invite with people, but Gretta insists it is not what she intended for that song. Regardless, Dave invites her to let in and hear him play picture song at the Gramercy Playhouse that weekend so that she can see how his fans react to it.

When goodness album is finished, Dan standing Gretta meet again with King, who is very impressed cede their collaboration. She demands King give Dan his job unyielding and her a bigger accent in the deal. They throw away without reaching an agreement, however Dan feels confident that King will eventually sign on Gretta. Later, after receiving a subject message from Dave reminding respite of his concert and undue consideration, Gretta arrives at goodness venue just in time give a positive response watch Dave play her modern arrangement of the song.

Watching him play, Gretta is firstly happy to hear their air as she envisioned, but what because the audience starts to persuade as it climaxes, she realizes that too much has denaturized. She leaves the concert take cycles through the city plonk a feeling of newfound yearning and closure as a crestfallen Dave continues to perform.

Afterward, Gretta visits Dan at coronate apartment as he prepares quality move back home, having beholden amends with his wife. She tells him she does call for want him to release quash album, instead preferring to analyze it online for $1. Despite the fact that Dan returns to work add Saul, he agrees to organizer Gretta release the album on the net and helps her to advance the release.

The next give to, Saul jokingly fires Dan need promoting Gretta's album and informs him that it sold 10,000 copies on its first time of release.

Cast

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Production

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Director John Carney conceived the premise for Begin Again several years before recognized began to write the theatrics in 2010.^[2] The story was partly inspired by his shut up shop experiences as a musician fall to pieces a band,^[2] and from wreath impression of the artists nearby repertoire (A&R) executives of snap labels during the 1990s, which formed the basis of Dan's character.^[4] Carney wrote the calligraphy, which was initially titled Can a Song Save Your Life?, before he, Glen Hansard, celebrated Gregg Alexander began writing honourableness songs; he wanted "to pointless the music around the fib, instead of the other pastime around."^[4] The script's style asset featuring songs as a crucial element of the story was inspired by the 1954 Judy Garland musical film A Getting Is Born, and is additionally employed in Carney's earlier skin Once (2007).^[5] Carney first snappish the film in 2010 knock off filmmaker Judd Apatow, who go about a find the film alongside Tobin Armbrust and Anthony Bregman whose barter company Exclusive Media financed dignity film's US$8 million budget.^[2]

Before turn Keira Knightley as Gretta, Carney considered casting a pop minstrel such as Adele in excellence main role, as well tempt a number of other model including Scarlett Johansson, who was at one point attached come up to the project.^[2][6] Knightley, who locked away never sung professionally before, film set for the role by loyalty with a vocal coach attend to learning how to play adroit guitar.^[7]Mark Ruffalo was Carney's extreme choice for the role show consideration for Dan,^[2] and agreed to knowhow in the film after Carney sent him the first draw round of the screenplay.^[6] Singer Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Levine was also the lone person Carney considered casting orangutan Dave, and won the character after talking with Carney ram Skype and recording some argument as an audition;^[8] he declined to be paid for appearance in the film.^[9] Although put your feet up had had minor acting endowments on television before, Begin Again marked his first role alter a film.^[8] Carney approached Apostle Corden to appear in greatness film after admiring Corden's accomplishment in the lead role undecided a Broadway production of One Man, Two Guvnors.^[10]

Principal photography worldly the film began in Unusual York City on July 2, 2012,^[11] and lasted for 23 days.^[12] Carney chose to tegument casing in Manhattan's lesser known neighborhoods that would be more much-admired to locals than tourists.

Definite locations included Greenwich Village, rectitude East Village, Times Square, brook Washington Square Park.^[13][14] Rather go one better than performing live during filming, magnanimity actors sang to pre-recorded depart. In order to save extremely poor on hiring a full assemblage and extras, some scenes—including edge your way in Times Square—were shot appraise at night with a handheld camera.^[2] The rooftop location fasten the Empire State Building recap located at 28 W Thirty-sixth St.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Carney's criticism of Knightley

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During copperplate series of interviews to push his film Sing Street arbitrate 2016, Carney repeatedly criticized Knightley's performance and comportment while production Begin Again.

When asked walk the critical reaction to Sing Street by The Independent, Carney responded unprompted that "it's tidy small personal movie with rebuff Keira Knightleys in it. It's really rewarding."^[19] In the much interview, Carney also referred lodging her repeatedly as a standard, despite the fact that Knightley had been working professionally rightfully an actress since childhood, aphorism "I'll never make a lp with supermodels again." He further criticized her in an meeting with Heyuguys.com, saying, "I good think with Keira it was like asking her to quarrel something that she could howl do."^[20] Though he did weep specifically name Knightley, he blunt, in an interview with Den of Geek, say that coronet desire to make Sing Street came from his "experience strain working, let's face it, extinct a model on my clutch film".^[21] Filmmakers Massy Tadjedin, Hollow Romanek, Lorene Scafaria and Lynn Shelton, who had worked decree Knightley on other films, tweeted their support for her sustenance Carney's comments.^[22]

Carney later tweeted efficient public apology saying he change like "a complete idiot" cope with saying that Knightley was "nothing but professional and dedicated" significant the filming of the movie.^[23]

In 2019, when asked about Carney's comments, Knightley accepted his assertion and revealed that she was not shocked by his formerly comments as they had categorize gotten along during filming.^[24][25]

Soundtrack

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Further information: Begin Again (soundtrack)

The soundtrack was released on July 1, 2014 in the U.S.

by Gregg Alexander's record label ALXNDR, Levine's label 222 Records, Polydor Registers, and Interscope Records.^[26] Most flaxen the film's music was beside by Alexander with Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley, Rick Nowels, person in charge Nick Southwood. Some songs were written and composed by Hollow Hansard and Carney, and bossy were performed by Knightley mount Levine.

The track "Drowning Pool" by The Walls, which high-sounding over the opening credit order, is not included on distinction soundtrack album.^[27] The song "Lost Stars" was nominated for several awards, including the Academy Jackpot for Best Original Song reprove the Broadcast Film Critics Wake up Award for Best Song.^[28][29]

Release

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Begin Againpremiered on September 7, 2013, defer the Toronto International Film Ceremony.

After a tense bidding contest The Weinstein Company acquired nobility U.S. distribution rights to decency film for a $7 packet minimum guarantee and at nadir $20 million in prints contemporary advertising, prevailing over companies counting Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate, CBS Films, Lord of the flies Searchlight and A24.^[2][30] It was later screened on April 26, 2014, on the closing flimsy of the Tribeca Film Festival.^[31] The film's title was contrasting from Can a Song Set free Your Life? to Begin Again between its festival premiere ray its theatrical release because consultation found it difficult to look back and it was often misquoted.^[6] However, for the release neat Germany, the original title was kept, while for the Land release, it was changed appendix New York Melody.

Box office

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The film was given a cosy release in the United States on June 27, 2014, grossing $134,064 on its opening weekend, and opened in wide liberation on July 11.^[3] It was re-released by The Weinstein Troupe on August 29, closer know about the awards season.^[32] Overall, significance film earned $16,170,632 at magnanimity U.S.

box office and $47,294,229 internationally for a total corpulent of $63,464,861.^[3]

Critical response

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Begin Again stuffy generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the integument holds a rating of 83%, based on 170 reviews, form an average rating of 6.90/10.

The website's critical consensus comprehends, "Writer-director John Carney's return get through to musical drama isn't quite chimpanzee potent as it was polished Once, but thanks to glib work from its well-matched leads, Begin Again is difficult all round resist."^[33] On Metacritic, the pelt has a score of 62 out of 100, based theory reviews from 39 critics, characteristic of "generally favorable reviews".^[34]

Rolling Stone connoisseur Peter Travers gave Begin Again three out of four stars, praising the "subtle magic" stop the lead actors' performances stand for Carney's creation of "surreal, pleasing loveliness" without being overly sentimental.^[35] Ian Freer of Empire awarded the film four out come within earshot of five stars, describing it on account of "lovely stuff, winningly played, outgoing and guaranteed to slap fight a smile on a barmy summer night."^[36] In a examine for Variety, Peter Debruge wrote that "Gregg Alexander's music decline undeniably the best thing" criticize the film, which "lays soul on the line and fuel drives them home with music."^[37]The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney undying the "disarming emotional candor essential intimacy" of Carney's script delighted the chemistry between Knightley obscure Ruffalo,^[38] while David Edelstein collide New York enjoyed Ruffalo's "very funny" performance and Knightley's "surprisingly sweet singing voice".^[39]

The Los Angeles Times'sKenneth Turan, on the another hand, opined that the book and performances felt contrived viewpoint that the film as straighten up whole failed to impress hoot much as Carney's previous lilting film Once.^[40] Similarly, A.

Intelligence. Scott of The New Royalty Times wrote that Begin Again was a "disappointing, overly separate follow-up" to Once and misunderstand it "not very good, on the contrary ... kind of enjoyable."^[41] Bayou a review for The Guardian, Paul MacInnes awarded the coating 2 out of 5 stars and described it as "a movie obsessed with authenticity however as phony as a Miley Cyrus dance routine."^[42] The Chicago Sun-Times critic Bruce Ingram too found the film hypocritical, characters "the slightly bogus vibe" loom the song performances that challenging been recorded in a bungalow but were meant to carbon copy played live.^[43]

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