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Thursday, October 11th, 2018 7:55 PM

Live Poll: Movies That Rock: Band + Musical Group Biopics

Which biopic* that focuses on the formative years of a real-life musical group rather than a single performer is your favorite musical biopic or documentary? *bands, singing ensembles, musical duos, song-writing teams, etc.See the partial list of real-life band and musical group biopics and documentaries here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls040319482/ Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/bRA4AIeluJc/

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Honorable Mentions ISSUE: these movies have a lower vote total and are likely not widely seen biopics The Jacksons: An American Dream 1992 | TV Series 7.5 (2,700) Biopic: Jackson Five   The Five Heartbeats 1991 | Movie 7.5 (3,113) Biopic: The Five Heartbeats CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story 2013 | TV Movie 7.8 (1,968) Biopic: TLC Rembetiko 1983 | Movie 8.2 (2,315) Biopic: Rembetes The Harmonists 1997 | Movie 7.2 (2,933)  Biopic: Comedian Harmonists ISSUE: the movie's musical group is not the focus of biopic Saving Mr. Banks 2013 | Movie 7.5 (134,231) Biopic: Robert Sherman & Richard Sherman *song-writing team ISSUE: these movies have yet to be released wide or to be released at all Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 | Movie Biopic: Queen The Dirt | Movie Biopic: Mötley Crüe Rocketman 2019 | Movie Biopic: Elton John & Bernie Taupin *song-writing team ISSUE: I haven't seen the films and I am unsure if the band is enough of a focal part of the story to qualify for poll. God Bless Ozzy Osbourne 2011 | Movie 7.5 (1,668) Documentary: Black Sabbath Control 2007 | Movie 7.7 (56,397) Biopic: Joy Division Marley 2012 | Movie 8.0 (12,232) Documentary: The Wailers ISSUE: these movie's stories are only quasi-biographical A Hard Day's Night 1964 | Movie 7.7 (35,659) Movie: The Beatles *quasi-biographical Purple Rain 1984 | Movie 6.5 (16,999) Movie: The Revolution *quasi-biographical Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny 2006 | Movie 6.8 (94,426) Movie: Tenacious D *quasi-biographical Spice World 1997 | Movie 3.4 (30,484) Movie: Spice Girls *quasi-biographical ISSUE: these movies have a lower vote total and are likely not widely seen documentaries Family Band: The Cowsills Story 2011 | Movie 7.7 (255) Documentary: The Cowsills *real-life Partridge Family The New Edition Story 2017 | TV Miniseries 9.0 (2,291) Documentary: New Edition Shut Up & Sing 2006 | Movie 7.7 (4,601) Documentary: Dixie Chicks Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage 2010 | Movie 8.5 (3,497) Documentary: Rush End of the Century 2003 | Movie 8.0 (3,242) Documentary: Ramones A Band Called Death 2012 | Movie 7.5 (3,181) Documentary: Death Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer 2013 | Movie 7.0 (1,743) Documentary: Pussy RiotISSUE: These movies feature a fictional musical group that became real and performs in real-life This Is Spinal Tap 1984 | Movie 8.0 (117,010) Movie: Spinal Tap *fictional group that became real The Blues Brothers 1980 | Movie 7.9 (162,167)   Movie: The Blue Brothers *fictional group that became real The Commitments 1991 | Movie 7.6 (29,145) Movie: The Commitments *fictional group that became real along with the Brady Bunch and The Monkees TV musical groups

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Biographical Documentary Honorable Mentions The Filth and the Fury 2000 | Movie 7.7 (5,229) Documentary: The Sex Pistols Oasis: Supersonic 2016 | Movie 7.9 (7,915) Documentary: Oasis Shine a Light 2008 | Movie 7.2 (10,357) Documentary: Rolling Stones Buena Vista Social Club 1999 | Movie 7.6 (14,941) Documentary: Buena Vista Social Club

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7 years ago

I wouldn't include any of the documentaries - those are very different animals than biopics.As it is literally just opening, you could put Bohemian Rhapsody at the bottom with a notation like "I'll have to see Bohemian Rhapsody before I make my choice.

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I was on the fence about documentaries as biopics too for the same reason.I would prefer this poll gets published after Bohemian Rhapsody debuts as it would be more timely. As with many of my recent poll suggestions, I am being forward thinking about films on the horizon and just getting a head start. IE The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) and A Private War (2018) Live Poll: Eye Carumba, a Movie Eye Patch PollJohnny English Strikes Again (2018) PS: Funniest Spy Franchise or Comedic MovieOn the Basis of Sex (2018) PS: Which Movie Best Makes Legal History?Vice (2018)PS: Second Bananas: Movie and TV U.S. Vice President Portrayals

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Yes, do include Control.This is a similar poll - https://www.imdb.com/poll/3FiZXCVk04c/FYC:What We Do Is Secret - The GermsWhat's Love Got to Do with It - Ike and Tina Turner Review/Tina Turner

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Thanks for the insight on Contriol and the suggestions. I was aware of the other poll, but it seems like it focuses, as well as, almost 90% of  all music biopics seem to focus on a single performer.The upcoming Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) along with the past success of the few other band biopics that have been made, makes the sub-genre seem to me a neglected category in the polls. The genre seems to have tons of potential story lines that could be developed, most would have a built in audience and appeal to the general public.Which Classic Rock Band Is Most Overdue For The Biopic Treatment? The fights, the break-ups, the tragic deaths, the wild lifestyle and meteoric rise to stardom seems to provide plenty of fodder for a biopic treatment.It seems like the few band biopic that do get made, like to find the most notable member of the band and focus on his or her story. Even worse, the ones about the bands themselves studios seem to market the film as a story about its lead member. I picked a few for this suggestion that I felt the band's story seems to get equal treatment. The whole category seems a bit cursed to me with titles like the Allman Brother's Midnight Rider never seeing completion. Hollywood seems to prefer giving biopics like Brian Wilson's biopic Love & Mercy (2014) the full theatrical treatment, while a Beach Boys' biopic The Beach Boys: An American Family destiny seems to lie as a TV movie.

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6 years ago

Band Biopic Bohemian Rhapsody bump

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Live Poll https://www.imdb.com/poll/bRA4AIeluJc/

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Congratulations urbanemovies on your 237th live poll! As of 14-Nov-2018 9:51 PM Pacific your polls have 404,269 or more votes, for an average of 1,706 votes per poll.Movies That Rock: Band and Musical Group Biopics7073rd Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/bRA4AIeluJc/ Seen: http://www.imdb.com/seen/ls040319482/This is the 3,162nd Title poll. Such polls have a total of 7,617,759 votes for an average of 2,409 votes per poll.Total Number of Votes 16,357,936 Projected Date of 20 Million Votes 20-Mar-2020 Days Until 20 Million Votes 490 This is the list of urbanemovies' polls as of 9-Nov-2018:Sorted Alphabetically http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2014/05/imdb-polls-alphabetical-by-author.html#urbanemoviesIn Decreasing Order of Votes http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2015/03/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes-by.html#urbanemoviesAlphabetical List of Polls http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2014/03/imdb-polls-alphabetical.htmlTop IMDb Polls http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2015/07/top-imdb-polls.htmlIMDb Polls - Descending Order of Votes http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2013/12/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes.htmlSummary Statistics http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2016/05/summary-statistics.htmlKey Threads - IMDb Poll FAQs Index https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/faq-key-threads-imdb-poll-faqs-indexHow to Improve the Chance of Having your Poll on the Home Page https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/faq-how-to-improve-the-chance-of-having-your-poll-on-the-hom...

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Rocketman 2019 | Movie Biopic: Songwriters Elton John and Bernie Taupin Added Taron Egerton ... Elton John Jamie Bell ... Bernie TaupinThe Rocketman (2019)movie seems to focus on the Elton-Bernie songwriting collaboration (music by / lyrics by) more than the Elton John Band members who have performed with him on stage and in the studio since 1970. Davey Johnstone - Elton JohnNigel Olsson - Elton JohnRay Cooper - Elton John

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The Dirt (2019)TV-MA | 107 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama 7.0 Based on the bestselling autobiography from Mötley Crüe, the film is an unflinching tale of success and excess as four misfits rise from the streets of Hollywood to the heights of international fame. Director: Jeff Tremaine | Stars: Douglas Booth, Iwan Rheon, Machine Gun Kelly, Daniel Webber