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Begin Again (film)
Begin Again is a 2013 American musical comedy-drama film written and directed by John Carney, and starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. Knightley plays a singer-songwriter who is discovered by a struggling record label executive (Ruffalo) and collaborates with him to produce an album recorded in public locations all over New York City.
After the success of his 2007 musical film Once, Carney wrote the script in 2010 and employed Gregg Alexander to compose most of the film's music. With a US$8 million budget, production began in July 2012 with filming taking place in various locations around New York City. The film premiered under its original title Can a Song Save Your Life? at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released theatrically on June 27, 2014, in conjunction with the release of the film's soundtrack. It has grossed $63.4 million worldwide and received mostly positive reviews from critics. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lost Stars".
Formerly successful record label executive Dan Mulligan lives in New York City, estranged from his wife Miriam and teenage daughter Violet and struggling to keep up with the changing music industry. After being fired in front of his daughter, he goes on a drinking binge, leading him to a bar on the Lower East Side where he encounters Gretta James, singing.
Gretta is a young, fiercely independent songwriter from England, whose longtime boyfriend and songwriting partner is Dave Kohl, a newly successful musician. After he has an affair with a production assistant while in Los Angeles for the weekend, Gretta breaks up with him. After meeting with old best friend Steve, she is invited to come perform at an open-mic night at a club before going home.
Captivated by Gretta's music, Dan offers to sign her to his former record label, and although initially refusing, she reconsiders and agrees. Dan and Gretta meet with Saul, Dan's business partner and co-founder of the record label, but he does not see the same potential in her, turning her away. Undeterred, Dan proposes they produce their own album together, to be recorded live during the summer at various public locations around the city. Recruiting a team of talented musicians, including Steve (a busker), Dan sets out to make an album worthy of being published. During this time, Dan and Gretta bond both personally and professionally, and she takes Violet, a fledgling guitarist, under her wing and encourages her to play on the album.
When Gretta sees Dave accepting an award on television, she criticizes him for selling out to the music industry and, with the help of Steve, she expresses her grievances with him in a song which she records on his voicemail. A remorseful Dave, back in New York promoting his new album, returns her call and asks to see her. After some consideration, she decides to meet with him and they critique each other's albums.
Gretta feels betrayed by Dave's heavily commercialized rendition of "Lost Stars" (a love ballad she had written and composed for him as a Christmas present) and believes the true meaning of the song has been lost. He tells her the audiences love the way he plays it, and that their energy fills the room. He believes that music is about sharing it with people, but Gretta insists it is not what she intended for that song. Nevertheless, Dave invites her to come and hear him play the song at the Gramercy Theatre that weekend so that she can see how his fans react to it.
When Gretta's album is finished, she and Dan meet again with Saul, who is very impressed with their collaboration. She demands Saul give Dan his job back and her a bigger share in the deal. They leave without reaching an agreement, but Dan feels confident that Saul will eventually sign on Gretta. Later, after receiving a text message from Dave reminding her of his concert. After much consideration, Gretta goes to the venue, arriving mid-performance. Standing onstage, Dave has not realised she is in the wings. Calling out to her, he tells the crowd that he's going to play "her arrangement" of Lost Stars and asks that, if she is around, please could she come up and sing and play, that there is a guitar there for her.
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Begin Again (film)
Begin Again is a 2013 American musical comedy-drama film written and directed by John Carney, and starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. Knightley plays a singer-songwriter who is discovered by a struggling record label executive (Ruffalo) and collaborates with him to produce an album recorded in public locations all over New York City.
After the success of his 2007 musical film Once, Carney wrote the script in 2010 and employed Gregg Alexander to compose most of the film's music. With a US$8 million budget, production began in July 2012 with filming taking place in various locations around New York City. The film premiered under its original title Can a Song Save Your Life? at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released theatrically on June 27, 2014, in conjunction with the release of the film's soundtrack. It has grossed $63.4 million worldwide and received mostly positive reviews from critics. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lost Stars".
Formerly successful record label executive Dan Mulligan lives in New York City, estranged from his wife Miriam and teenage daughter Violet and struggling to keep up with the changing music industry. After being fired in front of his daughter, he goes on a drinking binge, leading him to a bar on the Lower East Side where he encounters Gretta James, singing.
Gretta is a young, fiercely independent songwriter from England, whose longtime boyfriend and songwriting partner is Dave Kohl, a newly successful musician. After he has an affair with a production assistant while in Los Angeles for the weekend, Gretta breaks up with him. After meeting with old best friend Steve, she is invited to come perform at an open-mic night at a club before going home.
Captivated by Gretta's music, Dan offers to sign her to his former record label, and although initially refusing, she reconsiders and agrees. Dan and Gretta meet with Saul, Dan's business partner and co-founder of the record label, but he does not see the same potential in her, turning her away. Undeterred, Dan proposes they produce their own album together, to be recorded live during the summer at various public locations around the city. Recruiting a team of talented musicians, including Steve (a busker), Dan sets out to make an album worthy of being published. During this time, Dan and Gretta bond both personally and professionally, and she takes Violet, a fledgling guitarist, under her wing and encourages her to play on the album.
When Gretta sees Dave accepting an award on television, she criticizes him for selling out to the music industry and, with the help of Steve, she expresses her grievances with him in a song which she records on his voicemail. A remorseful Dave, back in New York promoting his new album, returns her call and asks to see her. After some consideration, she decides to meet with him and they critique each other's albums.
Gretta feels betrayed by Dave's heavily commercialized rendition of "Lost Stars" (a love ballad she had written and composed for him as a Christmas present) and believes the true meaning of the song has been lost. He tells her the audiences love the way he plays it, and that their energy fills the room. He believes that music is about sharing it with people, but Gretta insists it is not what she intended for that song. Nevertheless, Dave invites her to come and hear him play the song at the Gramercy Theatre that weekend so that she can see how his fans react to it.
When Gretta's album is finished, she and Dan meet again with Saul, who is very impressed with their collaboration. She demands Saul give Dan his job back and her a bigger share in the deal. They leave without reaching an agreement, but Dan feels confident that Saul will eventually sign on Gretta. Later, after receiving a text message from Dave reminding her of his concert. After much consideration, Gretta goes to the venue, arriving mid-performance. Standing onstage, Dave has not realised she is in the wings. Calling out to her, he tells the crowd that he's going to play "her arrangement" of Lost Stars and asks that, if she is around, please could she come up and sing and play, that there is a guitar there for her.