A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.
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7.9/10
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- Director
- Stars
- Bob Marley(archive footage)
- Ziggy Marley
- Rita Marley
Top credits
- Director
- Stars
- Bob Marley(archive footage)
- Ziggy Marley
- Rita Marley
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 8 nominations total
Videos1
Bob Marley
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Lee 'Scratch' Perry
- Selfas Self
- (as Lee Perry)
Bunny Wailer
- Selfas Self
- (as Neville Bunny Wailer Livingston)
Aston Barrett
- Selfas Self
- (as Aston Family Man Barrett)
Storyline
Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. The definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international super-stardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, there is rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best. —Magnolia Pictures
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for drug content, thematic elements and some violent images
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaTo his surprise, Kevin Macdonald discovered that there is not one single piece of footage of Bob Marley from the first 10 years of his performing career (1962 - 1973).
- Quotes
Bob Marley: [historical footage] My father is a white and my mother black. Now them call me half-caste or whatever. Well, me don't deh pon nobody's side. Me don't deh pon the black man's side nor the white man's side. But, upon God's side, the man who create me, who cause me to come from black and white.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.129 (2012)
Top review
Tremendously moving film -- see it in the theater
I'm old enough to have dug Bob Marley when he was actually alive and performing. AND I was fortunate enough to produce some jingles in Tuff Gong Studio for Air Jamaica. So I was around the scene, post-Marley, and I played his music endlessly for a decade or two.
Then I discovered salsa, and Latin Jazz, and the Afro-Cuban sound, and let my Marley go.
Well, now I have my Marley back. This film took me into parts of Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica that I have never seen and never want to see. Even after reading Timothy White's marvelous biography of Marley, "Catch A Fire," I couldn't imagine how horrible Trenchtown was until this movie.
It gave me a deep appreciation for how far this young man traveled in his tragically brief time on this particular planet.
He wasn't nice, he wasn't easy, but he was brilliantly talented and surrounded himself with other talented, fascinating people. Yes, folks are moaning about the movie not having enough music, but ... it has lots of heart and conversation and laughs and empathetic understanding of the Marley story -- and the story of Jamaica, one of the most beautiful and agonizing places I have ever been. I can't recommend this film highly enough. (Gosh, I hope there are no spoilers here. Can you write a spoiler for a documentary of a widely known figure?)
Then I discovered salsa, and Latin Jazz, and the Afro-Cuban sound, and let my Marley go.
Well, now I have my Marley back. This film took me into parts of Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica that I have never seen and never want to see. Even after reading Timothy White's marvelous biography of Marley, "Catch A Fire," I couldn't imagine how horrible Trenchtown was until this movie.
It gave me a deep appreciation for how far this young man traveled in his tragically brief time on this particular planet.
He wasn't nice, he wasn't easy, but he was brilliantly talented and surrounded himself with other talented, fascinating people. Yes, folks are moaning about the movie not having enough music, but ... it has lots of heart and conversation and laughs and empathetic understanding of the Marley story -- and the story of Jamaica, one of the most beautiful and agonizing places I have ever been. I can't recommend this film highly enough. (Gosh, I hope there are no spoilers here. Can you write a spoiler for a documentary of a widely known figure?)
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- JamieNYC
- May 4, 2012
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Bob Marley: Stay with the Rhythm
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,413,480
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $262,004
- Apr 22, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $3,842,919
- Runtime2 hours 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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