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| Murderous Music Producer's Family Likes Movie |
| By reuters.com |
| Published: 08/20/2010 |
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The film, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector," is based on a 3-1/2-hour interview conducted for the BBC before the music icon's first trial for murdering a struggling actress at his mansion in 2003. A witty Spector regales director Vikram Jayanti with the stories behind his biggest productions, such as the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and Ike and Tina Turner's "River Deep Mountain High." Complete versions of 21 songs that Spector produced are often played over courtroom footage, sometimes with chilling effect such as when John Lennon's "Woman is the Nigger of the World" accompanies testimony relating to his victim, Lana Clarkson. But for the most part, Spector considers himself a lifelong victim, abandoned by a father who committed suicide, bullied at school, and disrespected by the music industry. Jayanti said following a screening in Hollywood on Thursday that he frequently got the sense from Spector that 40-year-old Clarkson "had come into his house and ruined his life" by dying of a gunshot blast through the mouth. Read More. |
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