Everything: The Real Thing Story

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Everything: The Real Thing Story

2019

1h 34m

Documentary

Music

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The musical group the Real Thing becomes Britain's most celebrated originators of soul, funk and disco.

Stuart Jeffries

Guardian

The only failing of Simon Sheridan's fond documentary is in explaining what went wrong when Jeff Wayne asked Chris Amoo to sing Forever Autumn and Thunder Child for his musical version of HG Wells's novel.

Rated: 5/5

Aug 10, 2020

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Deborah Ross

The Mail on Sunday (UK)

This was not a groundbreaking documentary. It was the usual. Talking heads. Old footage. But it was still absorbing as the surviving band members recollected.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 10, 2020

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Ed Potton

Times (UK)

While Sheridan's film can be formulaic, it's an invaluable document of a different era of racial intolerance.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 24, 2020

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

A worthwhile musical-history footnote, particularly for those who'd like to explore every nook and cranny of the original disco era.

Feb 18, 2021

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Alison Rowat

The Herald (Scotland)

All told it was a fascinating story, albeit one that could have easily been captured in an hour rather than 90 minutes (too many talking heads, too little editing).

Rated: 4/5

Aug 10, 2020

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Joe Muggs

The Arts Desk

Overall this is a masterful bit of storytelling -- about a brilliant band, who, after decades of being all but written out of history, deserve nothing less.

Rated: 5/5

Aug 10, 2020

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Synopsis

The musical group the Real Thing becomes Britain's most celebrated originators of soul, funk and disco.

Director: Simon Sheridan
Producer: Alan Byron
Production Co: Baker Street Media, Screenbound Productions
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: British English
Runtime: 1h 34m