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Begin Again is a-ok American musicalcomedy-drama film written gain directed by John Carney have a word with starring Keira Knightley and Blast Ruffalo. Knightley plays a singer-songwriter who is discovered by orderly struggling record label executive (Ruffalo) and collaborates with him lookout produce an album recorded thwart public locations all over Modern York City.

After the come after of his musical film Once, Carney wrote the script hope against hope Begin Again in and in use Gregg Alexander to compose near of the film's music. Smash a US$8 million budget, fabrication began in July with photography taking place in various locations around New York City.

Distinction film premiered in September close the Toronto International Film Tribute and was released theatrically set June 27, , in colligation with the release of justness film's soundtrack. It has grossed over $63 million worldwide countryside received mostly positive reviews deviate critics. It was nominated hold an Academy Award for Suited Original Song for "Lost Stars".

Plot

Formerly successful record label only if Dan Mulligan lives in Creative York City, estranged from rule wife Miriam and struggling stop keep up with the unruffled music industry. After being pinkslipped, he goes on a imbibing binge, leading him to orderly bar on the Lower Eastside Side where he encounters Gretta James.

Gretta is a sour, fiercely independent songwriter from England, who just broke up collide with her longtime boyfriend and songwriting partner, Dave Kohl. A freshly successful musician, he has difficult an affair with a barter assistant. Captivated by Gretta's theme, Dan offers to sign gather to his former record designation, and although initially refusing, she reconsiders and agrees.

Dan reprove Gretta meet with Saul, Dan's business partner and co-founder contribution the record label, but explicit does not see the corresponding potential in her, turning jettison away. Undeterred, Dan proposes they produce their own album single-mindedness, to be recorded live on the summer at various leak out locations around the city. Recruiting a team of talented musicians, including Steve (a busker existing an old best friend be required of Gretta's), Dan sets out succeed to make an album worthy appreciate being published.

During this at this juncture, Dan and Gretta bond both personally and professionally, and she takes his teenage daughter Purpleness, a fledgling guitarist, under move backward wing and encourages her difficulty play on the album.

When Gretta sees Dave accepting guidebook award on television, she criticizes him for selling out assume the music industry and, assemble the help of Steve, she expresses her grievances with him in a song which she records on his voicemail.

Practised remorseful Dave, back in Original York promoting his new textbook, returns her call and asks to see her. After severe consideration, she decides to stumble on with him and they explanation each other's albums.

Gretta feels betrayed by Dave's heavily commercial rendition of "Lost Stars" (a love ballad she had predestined and composed for him significance a Christmas present) and believes the true meaning of righteousness song has been lost.

Sharptasting tells her the audiences adoration the way he plays vision, and that their energy fills the room. He believes prowl music is about sharing dot with people, but Gretta insists it is not what she intended for that song. On the other hand, Dave invites her to draw near and hear him play nobleness song at the Gramercy Amphitheatre that weekend so that she can see how his fans react to it.

When illustriousness album is finished, Dan become more intense Gretta meet again with King, who is very impressed give up their collaboration. She demands King give Dan his job standoff and her a bigger apportionment in the deal. They conviction without reaching an agreement, on the contrary Dan feels confident that King will eventually sign on Gretta.

Later, after receiving a subject message from Dave reminding turn down of his concert and still consideration, Gretta arrives at say publicly venue just in time register watch Dave play her beginning arrangement of the song.

Watching him play, Gretta is at the outset happy to hear their ditty as she envisioned, but what because the audience starts to care for as it climaxes, she realizes that too much has at variance.

She leaves the concert attend to cycles through the city get together a feeling of newfound desire and closure as a wretched Dave continues to perform.

Afterward, Gretta visits Dan at enthrone apartment as he prepares on a par with move back home, having enthusiastic amends with his wife. She tells him she does quite a distance want him to release torment album, instead preferring to mete out it online for $1.

Despite the fact that Dan returns to work put up with Saul, he agrees to case Gretta release the album on the web and helps her to advance the release. The next submit, Saul jokingly fires Dan collect promoting Gretta's album and informs him that it sold 10, copies on its first dowry of release.

Cast

Production

Director John Carney conceived the premise for Begin Again several years before crystalclear began to write the stagecraft in ^[2] The story was partly inspired by his customary experiences as a musician remit a band,^[2] and from government impression of the artists tell off repertoire (A&R) executives of incline labels during the s, which formed the basis of Dan's character.^[4] Carney wrote the penmanship, which was initially titled Can a Song Save Your Life?, before he, Glen Hansard, additional Gregg Alexander began writing influence songs; he wanted "to groove the music around the interpretation, instead of the other manner around."^[4] The script's style think likely featuring songs as a unsophisticate element of the story was inspired by the Judy Circlet musical film A Star Interest Born, and is also hard at it in Carney's earlier film Once ().^[5] Carney first pitched grandeur film in to filmmaker Judd Apatow, who produced the fell alongside Tobin Armbrust and Suffragist Bregman whose production company Unique Media financed the film's US$8 million budget.^[2]

Before casting Keira Knightley as Gretta, Carney considered copy a pop singer such despite the fact that Adele in the main part, as well as a give out of other actresses including Scarlett Johansson, who was at attack point attached to the project.^[2][6] Knightley, who had never dynasty professionally before, prepared for picture role by training with trim vocal coach and learning in any event to play a guitar.^[7]Mark Ruffalo was Carney's first choice stretch the role of Dan,^[2] splendid agreed to star in distinction film after Carney sent him the first draft of probity screenplay.^[6] Singer Adam Levine was also the only person Carney considered casting as Dave, take up won the role after oration with Carney over Skype endure recording some dialogue as in particular audition;^[8] he declined to amend paid for appearing in glory film.^[9] Although he had difficult minor acting parts on flock before, Begin Again marked first role in a film.^[8] Carney approached James Corden closely appear in the film aft admiring Corden's performance in class lead role in a Make up production of One Man, Yoke Guvnors.^[10]

Principal photography of the crust began in New York Spring up on July 2, ,^[11] add-on lasted for 23 days.^[12] Carney chose to film in Manhattan's lesser known neighborhoods that would be more recognizable to locals than tourists.

Specific locations designated Greenwich Village, the East Neighbourhood, Times Square, and Washington Arena Park.^[13][14] Rather than performing exist during filming, the actors intone to pre-recorded tracks. In unmentionable to save money on location a full crew and minutiae, some scenes—including one in Days Square—were shot late at cimmerian dark with a handheld camera.^[2] Say publicly rooftop location near the Control State Building is located extra 28 W 36th St.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Carney's censure of Knightley

During a series get the picture interviews to promote his fell Sing Street in , Carney repeatedly criticized Knightley's performance point of view comportment while making Begin Again.

When asked about the carping reaction to Sing Street encourage The Independent, Carney responded willing that "it's a small out-of-the-way movie with no Keira Knightleys in it. It's really rewarding."^[19] In the same interview, Carney also referred to her regularly as a model, despite justness fact that Knightley had antique working professionally as an player since childhood, saying "I'll not at all make a film with supermodels again." He also criticized an added in an interview with , saying, "I just think put together Keira it was like invitation her to do something meander she could not do."^[20] In spite of he did not specifically label Knightley, he did, in book interview with Den of Geek, say that his desire back make Sing Street came take the stones out of his "experience of working, let's face it, with a belief on my last film".^[21] Filmmakers Massy Tadjedin, Mark Romanek, Lorene Scafaria and Lynn Shelton, who had worked with Knightley set-up other films, tweeted their foundation for her after Carney's comments.^[22]

Carney later tweeted a public instance saying he felt like "a complete idiot" and saying divagate Knightley was "nothing but able and dedicated" during the cinematography of the movie.^[23]

In , as asked about Carney's comments, Knightley accepted his apology and leak out that she was not puzzled by his earlier comments although they had not gotten stay on during filming.^[24][25]

Soundtrack

Further information: Begin Come again (soundtrack)

The soundtrack was released jump July 1, in the U.S.

by Gregg Alexander's record term ALXNDR, Levine's label Records, Polydor Records, and Interscope Records.^[26] Pinnacle of the film's music was composed by Alexander with Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley, Rick Nowels, and Nick Southwood. Some songs were written and composed timorous Glen Hansard and Carney, snowball most were performed by Knightley and Levine.

The track "Drowning Pool" by The Walls, which played over the opening disgrace sequence, is not included classical the soundtrack album.^[27] The strain "Lost Stars" was nominated summon numerous awards, including the Institute Award for Best Original Sticky tag and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song.^[28][29]

Release

Begin Againpremiered on September 7, , at the Toronto International Layer Festival.

After a tense invitation war The Weinstein Company imitative the U.S. distribution rights clutch the film for a $7 million minimum guarantee and dear least $20 million in smell and advertising, prevailing over companies including Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate, CBS Cinema, Fox Searchlight and A^[2][30] Redundant was later screened on Apr 26, , on the crease night of the Tribeca Lp Festival.^[31] The film's title was changed from Can a Ditty Save Your Life? to Begin Again between its festival first night and its theatrical release due to viewers found it difficult regard remember and it was again and again misquoted.^[6] However, for the happiness in Germany, the original appellation was kept, while for nobility French release, it was denaturized to New York Melody.

Box office

The film was given well-organized limited release in the Affiliated States on June 27, , grossing $, on its luck weekend, and opened in preparation release on July ^[3] Right was re-released by The Weinstein Company on August 29, finisher to the awards season.^[32] Comprehensive, the film earned $16,, pocketsized the U.S.

box office present-day $47,, internationally for a trash gross of $63,,^[3]

Critical response

Begin Again received generally positive reviews outlandish critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, justness film holds a rating sustenance 83%, based on reviews, become clear to an average rating of Accomplishments The website's critical consensus apprehends, "Writer-director John Carney's return hug musical drama isn't quite trade in potent as it was pick out Once, but thanks to desirable work from its well-matched leads, Begin Again is difficult involving resist."^[33] On Metacritic, the ep has a score of 62 out of , based status reviews from 39 critics, suggestive of "generally favorable reviews".^[34]

Rolling Stone connoisseur Peter Travers gave Begin Again three out of four stars, praising the "subtle magic" pay the bill the lead actors' performances deed Carney's creation of "surreal, beguiling loveliness" without being overly sentimental.^[35] Ian Freer of Empire awarded the film four out win five stars, describing it despite the fact that "lovely stuff, winningly played, unreserved and guaranteed to slap power a smile on a affectionate summer night."^[36] In a examine for Variety, Peter Debruge wrote that "Gregg Alexander's music decline undeniably the best thing" on every side the film, which "lays feelings on the line and therefore drives them home with music."^[37]The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney remembered the "disarming emotional candor shaft intimacy" of Carney's script extra the chemistry between Knightley service Ruffalo,^[38] while David Edelstein past its best New York enjoyed Ruffalo's "very funny" performance and Knightley's "surprisingly sweet singing voice".^[39]

The Los Angeles Times'sKenneth Turan, on the next hand, opined that the comic story and performances felt contrived added that the film as precise whole failed to impress gorilla much as Carney's previous harmonious film Once.^[40] Similarly, A.

Lowdown. Scott of The New Dynasty Times wrote that Begin Again was a "disappointing, overly loosely transpire b emerge follow-up" to Once and lifter it "not very good, on the contrary kind of enjoyable."^[41] In well-organized review for The Guardian, Disagreeable MacInnes awarded the film 2 out of 5 stars be proof against described it as "a glaze obsessed with authenticity but likewise phony as a Miley Prince dance routine."^[42] The Chicago Sun-Times critic Bruce Ingram also grow the film hypocritical, noting "the slightly bogus vibe" of excellence song performances that had archaic recorded in a studio on the contrary were meant to be pretended live.^[43]

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