Young@Heart

Theatrical Release Date: 2008 04 09 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 024543527022

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:null

Summary: The Young@Heart Chorus is a vocal group from Northampton, MA, who have earned an international reputation for their unique interpretations of songs by Sonic Youth, the Ramones, and the Clash. However, this isn't a teenage garage band attacking the classic punk rock songbook -- the Young@Heart Chorus is comprised of 22 senior citizens whose average age is 80, and under director Bob Cilman they've gained a degree of fame for their enthusiastic a cappella renditions of well-known rock & roll tunes. Filmmaker Stephen Walker spent several weeks with the members of the Young@Heart Chorus as they rehearsed for their annual concert in Northampton, and Young@Heart is a documentary which offers a look at their rigorous rehearsal process, the background of several members, and their efforts to stay active and think positive, even as their friends succumb to old age. Produced for British television, Young@Heart was screened in competition at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Music [nf]

Awards: Audience Award – Los Angeles Film Festival Film Presented – SXSW Film Presented – Florida Film Festival Film Presented – Melbourne International Film Festival Best Documentary – Southeastern Film Critics Association Best Documentary Feature – Broadcast Film Critics Association IDA/Alan Ett Music Documentary Award – International Documentary Association

Features: cc
10 deleted scenes
Young @ Heart Goes to Hollywood

Young@Heart

Format: DVD

Release Date: 09/16/2008

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 108 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Young @ Heart
1. Like No Other (Main Titles) [4:03]
2. Seven Weeks Away [4:15]
3. You Gotta Get the Rhythm [2:46]
4. Come On, Boys [4:03]
5. Six Weeks to Go [6:15]
6. Icing on the Cake [3:12]
7. Magnetic Charm [2:23]
8. Back in the Saddle [5:58]
9. Five Weeks to Go [5:24]
10. Still a Sexy Beast [5:41]
11. I Lov What I'm Doing [3:43]
12. Ten Days Later [4:38]
13. Making Good Time [4:10]
14. Pressing On [5:09]
15. This Is for Bob [5:42]
16. Happy Birthday! [1:36]
17. Up and Around [4:23]
18. Take Care of Yourself [3:31]
19. The Sweetest Guy [1:29]
20. Sold Out [3:43]
21. Sonic Seniors [5:06]
22. Act II [4:45]
23. Yes We Can! [8:12]
24. Curtain Call (End Titles) [3:36]

Perry Seibert

The thought of a documentary about a choir of 80-year-olds performing songs by the Clash and Sonic Youth might be enough to send the average person running for an insulin injection, but for the most part Young@Heart director Stephen Walker keeps the sappiness to a minimum. Occasionally, Walker can't help playing up the inherent cuteness of the conceit, but those moments are more than tempered, however, by film's two most fascinating people -- Bob Cilman and Fred Knittle. Cilman, the dedicated middle-aged director of the choir, treats his senior singers not like helpless retirees, but like the members of the working ensemble he expects them to be. He is a taskmaster who wants things done right, sometimes showing a lack of patience that humanizes both him and his performers. If Cilman had been behind the camera instead of Walker, the movie might have avoided its occasional flights of greeting-card sentimentality. Fred Knittle, an 81-year-old who performs a mesmerizing version of Coldplay's "Fix You" during the film's climactic concert, towers over the film. He is a strong and engaging personality whose remarkable life spirit stands in stark contrast to his obviously declining physical state. As death comes to some of the group members, and we see how those still living react to those events, the movie audience understands that the majority of these people have long since accepted that mortality is close at hand. Knittle faces these cold hard truths with his modesty, his talent, and his appreciation for what he has in the here and now. He and his companions rage against the dying of the light by singing, and what could be more punk than that? ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Stephen Walker  Actor 
Stephen Walker  Director 
Sally George  Producer 
Hannah Beckerman  Executive Producer 
Joe Benoit  Actor 
Helen Boston  Actor 
Louise Canady  Actor 
Bob Cilman  Actor 
Elaine Fligman  Actor 
Jean Florio  Actor 
Len Fontaine  Actor 
Stan Goldman  Actor 
Eileen Hall  Actor 
Jeanne Hatch  Actor 
Donald Jones  Actor 
Fred Knittle  Actor 
Norma Landry  Actor 
John Larareo  Actor 
Miriam Leader  Actor 
Patsy Linderme  Actor 
Brock Lynch  Actor 
Steve Martin  Actor 
Joe Mitchell  Actor 
Dora B. Morrow  Actor 
Gloria Parker  Actor 
Liria Petrides  Actor 
Ed Rehor  Actor 
Bob Salvini  Actor 
Jack Schnepp  Actor 
Janice St. Laurence  Actor 

Country: UK,USA