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Rocketman (2019)
Directed by Dexter Fletcher
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Overview
The story of Elton John’s life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Rated R | Length 121 minutes
Actors
Taron Egerton | Jamie Bell | Richard Madden | Bryce Dallas Howard | Gemma Jones | Steven Mackintosh | Tom Bennett | Matthew Illesley | Kit Connor | Charlie Rowe | Peter O'Hanlon | Ross Farrelly | Evan Walsh | Tate Donovan | Sharmina Harrower | Ophelia Lovibond | Celinde Schoenmaker | Harriet Walter | Stephen Graham | Sharon D. Clarke | Aston McAuley | Jason Pennycooke | Alexia Khadime | Carl Spencer | Jimmy Vee | Leon Delroy Williams | David Doyle | Leigh Francis | Dickon Tolson | Diana Alexandra Pocol | Eddie Mann | Josh McClorey | Rachel Muldoon | Benjamin Mason | Guillermo Bedward | Max Mackintosh | Micah Holmes | Charles Armstrong | Barbara Drennan | Jake Shears | Graham Fletcher-Cook | Sian Crisp | Dale Monie | Alex James-Phelps | Fabian Sgoluppi | Alison Ball | Danielle Scott | Leon Cooke | Juozas Statkevicius | Benjamin Lok | Dempsey Bovell | Max Croes | Natalie Adams | Pete McCabe | Rebecca Davis | Titilayo Abiola | Ross Dawes | Alexa Povah | Mark Atkin | Stevee Davies | Nia Towle | Lee Bridgman | Rob Callender | Demetri Goritsas | James Bennett | Stephan Lee Benson | Ava Brennan | Myles Brown | Sophie Carmen-Jones | Nikkita Chadha | Navala Chaudhari | Tom Clark | Zoe Reeve | Miles Coote | Jack Dargen | Michael Downing | Jo Dyce | Mark Ellison | Michael J. Fellows | Rebecca Fennelly | Ross Finnie | Ashley Franklin | Fraser Fraser | Lucia Marin Gonzalez | Martina Gumbs | Jared Martyn-Hageman | Pip Hersee | Connor Hill | Thomas Inge | Sarah Haruko Iwaskow | Luke Jackson | Christopher Jeffers | Hayley Jones | Jamie Karitzis | Emily Kuhl | Wade Lewin | Neeve Martin | Thomas Charles Torrance Mather | Fiona McDonald | Liam Marcinello | Alicia Mencia | Oliver Metzler | Ramzan Miah | Jake Moyle | Ed Munro | Sam Murphy | Myles Newland | Callum Powell | Aishwarya Raut | Lauren-Kate Seymour | Phil Snowden | Nadia Sohawon | Sam Stanley | Amira Stevens | Tristan Temple | Alex Thomas | Grant Thresh | Matt Turner | Megan Westpfel | Josh Weston | Layton Williams | Luke Woolaston | Tom Woolaston | Alexandra Worrall | Luke Wright | Zeng Yixin | Emily Yuen | Ziad Abaza | Christina Andrew | Lasco Atkins | Jamie Bacon | Anna Benamati | Pierre Bergman | Carlos Borrás | Dan Burns | Peter Cerlienco | Eric Coco | David Cradduck | Marco De Marlo | Michele Donockley | Dani Dupont | Healthy Emmie | Amor Evans | Viktorija Faith | Karl Farrer | Delia Florea | Jack French | Inna Georgia | Michel Alexandre Gonzalez | Mark Gooden | Nicholle Hembra | Theo Ip | Nick Kellington | Adnan Kundi | Kamil Lemieszewski | Xiao Xue Xu Lin | Francesco Lucidi | Ketan Majmudar | Giles Martin | Ida May | Elizabeth McCafferty | Solomon Mousley | Adrian Mozzi | Laura Obiols | Tom Ogg | Rory Okey | Richard Price | Jess Radomska | Eddie Register | Kemal Shah | Charlotte Sharland | Sarah Sharman | Mariela Silva | Amanda Smith | Robert Smith | Tanisha Spring | Alisha Tarran | Emily Tebbutt | Dave Thompson | Peter Trevor | Lochlan White | Luke White | Riley White | Sara Wilkins | Samuel Williams | Charlie Bentley | Bethany Harrison
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/17/2019 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
So here’s my prediction: Taron Egerton won’t be nominated for Best Actor despite absolutely owning this role and actually doing all the singing/performances (unlike Rami Malek). And that will royally suck. And holy shit Jamie Bell deserves a Best Supporting nod. He’s so good I didn’t even know that was him.
Admittedly I was reluctant to see this simply b/c I’m not big on biopics esp. biopics at the theater. They always feel like a “watch at home” occasion. But having seen everything else at the theater and having an AList to burn (and not wanting to use it on LION KING tomorrow) I went to ROCKETMAN.
Movie definitely won me over, much of it the music and performances. It really is astounding how fucking talented Elton John + Bernie Taupin are. Altho I don’t really listen to Elton (and haven’t since I was a kid) these songs/performances brought a big smile to face. Can you imagine being one of the hippies at the Troubadour for Elton’s very first show in America?
Only thing I wish they had done: put dates up on the screen to follow the timeline of events. I believe the reason they didn’t was because they are playing a bit loose w/some of the events and didn’t want any asshats calling them out on the timeline.
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