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Amy

Amy

The girl behind the name.

20157.62h 8m

Overview

A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

Directed by Asif Kapadia
Written by Asif Kapadia
Produced by James Gay-Rees
Box Office0Revenue: $23.7M

Top Cast

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse

Self (archive footage)

Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson

Self

Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett

Self

Pete Doherty

Pete Doherty

Self

Juliette Ashby

Juliette Ashby

Self

Yasiin Bey

Yasiin Bey

Self

Mitch Winehouse

Mitch Winehouse

Self

Tyler James

Tyler James

Self

N

Nick Shymansky

Self

S

Salaam Remi

Self

Themes & Keywords

jazzdrug addictionrehabilitationoverdosejazz singer or musicianbiographyaddictiondrug rehabilitationdrug overdoseaddicteating disorderdownward spiral

About Amy

Amy is a documentary, music film released in 2015 exploring themes of jazz, drug addiction, rehabilitation, overdose, jazz singer or musician, biography. Directed by Asif Kapadia, it stars Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Tony Bennett. A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

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