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Everything: The Real Thing Story

Play trailer Poster for Everything: The Real Thing Story 2019,  1h 34m,  Documentary/ Music Play Trailer Watchlist
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The musical group the Real Thing becomes Britain's most celebrated originators of soul, funk and disco.

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Stuart Jeffries Guardian Aug 10, 2020
5/5
The only failing of Simon Sheridan's fond documentary is in explaining what went wrong when Jeff Wayne asked Chris Amoo to sing Forever Autumn and Thunder Child for his musical version of HG Wells's novel. Go to Full Review
Deborah Ross The Mail on Sunday (UK) Aug 10, 2020
3/5
This was not a groundbreaking documentary. It was the usual. Talking heads. Old footage. But it was still absorbing as the surviving band members recollected. Go to Full Review
Ed Potton The Times (UK) Jan 24, 2020
4/5
While Sheridan's film can be formulaic, it's an invaluable document of a different era of racial intolerance. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Feb 18, 2021
A worthwhile musical-history footnote, particularly for those who'd like to explore every nook and cranny of the original disco era. Go to Full Review
Alison Rowat The Herald (Scotland) Aug 10, 2020
4/5
All told it was a fascinating story, albeit one that could have easily been captured in an hour rather than 90 minutes (too many talking heads, too little editing). Go to Full Review
Joe Muggs The Arts Desk Aug 10, 2020
5/5
Overall this is a masterful bit of storytelling -- about a brilliant band, who, after decades of being all but written out of history, deserve nothing less. Go to Full Review
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Simon Sheridan

Director

Jacob Anderson

Actor

Eddie Amoo

Actor

Chris Amoo

Actor

Dave Smith

Actor

Billy Ocean

Actor

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Everything: The Real Thing Story

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Movie Info

Synopsis The musical group the Real Thing becomes Britain's most celebrated originators of soul, funk and disco.
Director
Simon Sheridan
Producer
Alan Byron
Production Co
Baker Street Media, Screenbound Productions
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
British English
Runtime
1h 34m
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