Searching for Sugar Man

PG-13

(953)

6/30/2012

EN

1h 25min

Music

Documentary

Searching for Sugar Man

Tagline

Great Art Always Survives

Overview

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.

Director

Malik Bendjelloul

Writer

Malik Bendjelloul

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  • Status

    Released

  • Budget

    $1,000,000.00

  • Revenue

    $3,696,196.00

  • Original Language

    English

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Featured Reviews

Andres Gomez 4/5/2014

An interesting story in a well driven story and high quality cut. However, it tries to be much more epic than what it actually is.

Cavalli 8/11/2019

An unlikely and interesting story that is part historical, part investigation and ultimately satisfying. The historical backdrop of South Africa's dictatorship years and of the lack of communication i ...Show More

Igbochild 7/6/2022

An endlessly fascinating and compelling story involving Rodriguez, a talented American singer-songwriter that should have been a household name, but instead quickly faded into obscurity. Long rumored ...Show More

badelf 9/10/2022

This is probably the most enjoyable documentary film I've ever seen. It's about a singer from the 70s whom I've never heard of (although I'm old enough) even though he's clearly a better poet and song ...Show More

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