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Her music. Her life. Her terms.

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Jun. 26, 2024

Back to Black

Release Date: Friday, May 17, 2024 Nationwide Tuesday, June 4, 2024 VOD / Digital

Sam Taylor-Johnson, Eddie Marsan, Lesley Manville, Marisa Abela, Jack O'Connell, Alison Owen, Debra Hayward, Matt Greenhalgh, Bronson Webb, Ron Halpern, Ansu Kabia, Juliet Cowan, Anna Marsh, Joe Naftalin

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Plot

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Plot
Back to Black will focus on Amy Winehouse's extraordinary genius, creativity and honesty that infused everything she did. A journey that took her from the craziness and colour of 90’s Camden High Street to global adoration - and back again, BACK TO BLACK crashes through the looking glass of celebrity to watch this journey from behind the mirror, to see what Amy saw, to feel what she felt.
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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Back to Black.

Crew Behind the Film

The Back to Black behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Sam Taylor-Johnson last directed A Million Little Pieces and Fifty Shades of Grey. The film's writer Matt Greenhalgh last wrote Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool and The Look of Love.

Screenwriters
Producers
Debra Hayward
Alison Owen

Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for drug use, language throughout, sexual content and nudity
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
Her music. Her life. Her terms.
Also known as
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Language
English

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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Featuring many of Amy’s hit songs, BACK TO BLACK has the full support of Universal Music Group, Sony Music Publishing and The Amy Winehouse Estate (1/15/2023).
  • Director Sam Taylor-Johnson comments: "My connection to Amy began when I left college and was hanging out in the creatively diverse London borough of Camden. I got a job at the legendary KOKO CLUB, and I can still breathe every market stall, vintage shop and street... A few years later Amy wrote her searingly honest songs whilst living in Camden. Like with me, it became part of her DNA. I first saw her perform at a talent show at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in Soho and it was immediately obvious she wasn’t just ’talent’… she was genius. As a filmmaker you can’t really ask for more. I feel excited and humbled to have this opportunity to realise Amy’s beautifully unique and tragic story to cinema accompanied by the most important part of her legacy – her music. I am fully aware of the responsibility, with my writing collaborator – Matt Greenhalgh – I will create a movie that we will all love and cherish forever. Just like we do Amy (1/15/2023).”

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Production

The film was tagged as Production. Filming is set to begin on Monday, January 16th in London.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Back to Black was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, May 17, 2024. There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including IF, The Strangers: Chapter 1 and The American.



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Wed., Jun. 26, 2024

  • Set film release to VOD / Digital

  • Set the MPA rating to R for drug use, language throughout, sexual content and nudity

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