2008 AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM Nantucket Film Festival
2008 AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY Sarasota Film Festival
2008 AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY Palm Beach Int’l Film Festival
Festivals
2008 OFFICIAL SELECTION
-- SXSW Film Fest (WORLD PREMIERE) -- AFI Fest -- Woodstock Film Fest -- Sao Paolo Int’l Film Fest -- Sarasota Film Fest -- Nashville Film Fest -- Nantucket Film Fest -- Hawaii Int’l Film Fest -- Atlantic Film Festival -- Maine Int’l Film Fest -- Berkshire Int’l Film Fest -- Palm Beach Int’l Film Fest -- Sound Unseen Film & Music Festival
2009 OFFICIAL SELECTION
-- Don’t Knock The Rock Festival
-- Independent Film Festival of Boston
-- Waterfront Film Festival
-- Tiburon Film Festival
-- Gasparilla Int’l Film Festival
-- Oxford Film Festival
-- Noise Pop Film & Music Festival
-- ACMI First Look (Melbourne, AUS)
Don't Knock The Rock Festival
SAT Aug 22, 2009 @ 500pm
at the Silent Movie Theater
611 N. Fairfax Ave.
LA, CA 90036
Screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dennis Lambert and some very special guests including songwriter/producer Brian Potter (The Four Tops, Glen Campbell); record exec Steve Barri (ABC/Dunhill Records); songwriter Franne Golde (co-writer of "Nightshift", "Don't Look Any Further"); Peter Beckett (Player, "Baby Come Back").
"Of All The Things" has been selected to be part of the American Film Institute’s AFI Project 20/20, an international initiative designed to enhance cultural exchange, understanding and collaboration through filmmakers and their films from the US and abroad.
It is an unprecedented cultural diplomacy effort that is the only international filmmaker exchange supported by all of America's cultural agencies--National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) -- and the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
“OF ALL THE THINGS”
The most unique comeback story of the year. Dennis Lambert was one of the most successful and diverse songwriter/producers of the ‘70s and ‘80s, with hits like “Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got)”, “Rhinestone Cowboy”, "Don't Pull Your Love", “Baby Come Back” and “Nightshift”. He had chart-toppers in almost every genre of music -- at one point four of his songs were simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a feat previously accomplished only by The Beatles.
That was then. Today, he’s a 60-year-old family man selling real estate in Florida. But it turns out his obscure 1972 solo album is huge… in the Philippines. A Filipino concert promoter has been begging Dennis to come tour for decades, and in 2007 he finally agreed.
“Of All The Things” is a hilarious and touching pop/rock/country/R&B documentary that follows Dennis on his whirlwind tour as he rediscovers his passion for music -- a two-week adventure that takes him from the comforts of Boca Raton to a sold-out show at Manila's famous Araneta Coliseum for thousands of fans he never knew he had. Some lives deserve an encore.
WINNER: AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
Nantucket Film Festival
WINNER: AUDIENCE AWARD BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sarasota Film Festival
WINNER: AUDIENCE FAVORITE DOCUMENTARY
Palm Beach Int'l Film Festival
"A thoroughly engaging doc ... a celebration of contributions by an unsung hero of pop culture."
-- VARIETY
"A hilarious, hugely moving film."
-- LA WEEKLY
"With intimacy and a gentle sense of irony... 'Of All The Things' has an irresistible, down-to-earth charm."
-- THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"There’s a real warmth to the discovery of this talent, long since locked away."
-- AIN'T IT COOL NEWS
“It’s all terribly engrossing as we’re along for the ride with Dennis Lambert’s big comeback tour.”
-- FILM THREAT
"This is a real human drama about an ordinary guy rising above his own fears to shine in the spotlight again, and it's at once touching and compelling to watch."
-- CINEMATICAL
“Of All The Things is like American Bandstand, Soul Train and Solid Gold all rolled up into a moving tribute to an artist who has had us singing along to his words for years even if we didn’t know his voice.”
-- EFILMCRITIC.COM
"A testament to the complete and utter absurdity that is life on this crazy, beautiful planet."
-- HAMMER TO NAIL
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