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Searching for Sugar Man

released

MusicDocumentary

musician1970smayor

Searching for Sugar Man

Great Art Always Survives

20121h 25mPG-13Languages: EnglishFrom Sweden, United Kingdom

Ratings

Bashi Score

NR

Our Score

8.2

7.9

🍅95%

M79

Box Office

$3.7M

Bashi Score

NR

Our Score

IMDb

8.2

75,728 votes

TMDB

7.9

993 votes

🍅Rotten Tomatoes

95%

Critics

MMetacritic

79

Average

Users

-

0 votes

Box Office

Worldwide Gross

$3.7M

🏆 Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 44 wins & 33 nominations total

Internal Ratings

Pee Meter

Not reviewed yet

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Not reviewed yet

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Storyline

“Great Art Always Survives”

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

Stephen Segerman

Self

Rodriguez

Self

Regan Rodriguez

Self

Eva Rodriguez

Self

Mike Theodore

Self

Dennis Coffey

Self

Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy

Self

Clarence Avant

Self

Steve Rowland

Self

Malik Bendjelloul

Self (uncredited)

Dan DiMaggio

Self

Jerome Ferretti

Self

Director

Malik Bendjelloul

Malik Bendjelloul

Director

Writers

Malik Bendjelloul

Malik Bendjelloul

Writers

Craig Bartholomew Strydom

Writers

Stephen Segerman

Stephen Segerman

Writers

Cinematographer

Camilla Skagerström

Cinematographer

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Status: released
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Rated: PG-13
Languages: English
Countries: Sweden, United Kingdom
Production: Passion Pictures, Red Box Films, Canfield Pictures
Budget: $1.0M
Box Office: $3.7M
Website: Visit official site

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