Searching for Sugar Man

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Rated:

PG-13 (foir brief strong language and some drug references)

Running time:

85 minutes

Synopsis:

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN tells the true story of the greatest '70s US rock icon who never was, how he was rediscovered in a far off land and finally became the legend he always deserved to be. It is a story of hope, inspiration and the power of music.

Release date:

July 27, 2012

Website:

http://www.sonyclassics.com/searchingforsugarman/

Quick review:

A surprising, inspiring documentary about Rodriguez, a forgotten singer/songwriter who recorded a pair of great and greatly overlooked albums in the early 1970s, and who -- unbeknownst to him -- became a star in South Africa, the apartheid nation cut off from the rest of the world. A beautiful, revelatory film, full of songs that sound like classics.