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Pavarotti

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Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
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Pavarotti pays entertaining tribute to a towering cultural figure with a documentary whose evident affection for its subject proves contagious.

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Clarisse Loughrey Independent (UK) 12/10/2020
3/5
The film offers such a rich array of archival footage, interviews, and candid photography that it's no struggle to put together a picture of the kind of man Pavarotti was. Go to Full Review
Stephen Romei The Australian 10/25/2019
4/5
I walked out of this movie feeling good, which I think is the gift Pavarotti returned to everyone. Go to Full Review
Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald 10/22/2019
3.5/5
Director Ron Howard knows how to make it emotional and appealing, to make us love the man as well as the extraordinary voice, as he skims the surface of a grand life and career. Go to Full Review
Tom Beasley VultureHound 08/16/2020
3/5
A useful primer for those unfamiliar with Pavarotti's career and works as a charming trip down memory lane for people who are already fans. Go to Full Review
Joanne Laurier World Socialist Web Site 08/06/2020
One of the film's most compelling moments, aside from "Nessun Dorma," is the performance of The Three Tenors, Pavarotti, Spaniards Plácido Domingo and José Carreras... Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/24/2020
B
An acceptable but nevertheless disappointing conventional biopic. Go to Full Review
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Iain M 02/10/2023 What comes across in spades from this film is the beauty of this man, and I think whether deliberately or not, it hinted that his astonishingly powerful voice was borne out of having a beautiful soul. There were few sad moments throughout this film, and yet tears were pouring down my face for most of it, Pavarotti's voice reaching into my very core. Ron Howard knows his subject, and as far as I am concerned, he knows his audience too. See more 12/30/2021 Great informative film, the presence of bono spoiled it though. See more 05/26/2020 Loved every minute of this film. See more @Robert55 05/16/2020 Documentaries, especially those about Opera and singing, can be dull. Ron Howard, again, has taken the icon Pavarotti and made it a very entertaining film. It makes you want to learn more about the artist and the voice of the century See more 03/26/2020 It was beautifully done. The music was of course fantastic. The context seemed to cover some of the great events in his life and was extremely moving. I laughed, cried and swooned (because I love his singing). See more 03/11/2020 It’s a documentary basically but he was a fascinating character and I learned so much. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
Director
Ron Howard
Producer
Nigel Sinclair, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Michael Rosenberg, Jeanne Elfant Festa
Screenwriter
Mark Monroe
Distributor
CBS Films
Production Co
Imagine Entertainment, White Horse Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Brief Strong Language|A War Related Image)
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 7, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 24, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.6M
Runtime
1h 54m
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