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Although Song Sung Blue is about American music culture, there’s something Indian too about impersonators performing songs by their favourite musical artists. India has a similar scene of Kishore Kumar sound-alikes and Lata me-toos proving that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
This act of one-way, expectation-free love for a celebrity far removed the fan’s orbit is the basis of Craig Brewer’s charming Song Sung Blue. Available to rent on BookMyShow Stream, the latest movie from the director of Hustle & Flow and Footloose is led by Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson.
Both actors perform nearly all the songs in their own voices. Jackman has already proven his singing talent in the soundtrack for the musicals Les Miserables and The Greatest Showman. Hudson too has previously performed in her movies, and has been nominated for an Oscar for best actress for Song Sung Blue.
The 132-minute film is adapted from the Greg Kohs’s documentary of the same name, about the couple Mike and Claire Sardina. Before they set up the tribute band Lighting and Thunder, Mike (Jackman) and Claire (Hudson) are struggling with other personas. When the song’s over and the applause stops, I’m just another drunk, Mike remarks.
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