Quincy

Name: Quincy
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 21, 2018
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 60
Cast: Beyoncé Knowles, Chloe Bailey, Clarence Avant, Dave Chappelle, Halle Bailey

2018

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Netflix | Release Date: September 21, 2018

Starring: Beyoncé Knowles, Chloe Bailey, Clarence Avant, Dave Chappelle, Halle Bailey, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lady Gaga, Lina Bielsten, Mary J. Blige, Michael Caine, Peggy Lipton, Quincy Jones, Rashida Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks, Tony Bennett, Will Smith

Summary: Quincy is an intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. The film seamlessly threads personal vérité moments with private archival footage to reveal a legendary life like no other. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into theQuincy is an intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. The film seamlessly threads personal vérité moments with private archival footage to reveal a legendary life like no other. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America. Beyond his own acclaim as a trumpeter, producer, conductor, composer and arranger, Jones’s inimitable gift to discover the biggest talents of the past half of the century is unprecedented. He has mentored and cultivated the careers of young talents, from Lesley Gore and Michael Jackson to Oprah Winfrey and Will Smith. [Netflix]… Expand

Director: Alan Hicks and Rashida Jones

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 124 min

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IndieWire - Jude Dry

Sep 12, 2018

Quincy is refreshingly devoid of talking-head interviews, relying instead on the measured ruminations of the man himself and the extensive archives Jones and Hicks had the difficult job of paring down. The result is a jaunty stroll through the last half-century of music history, and a fitting tribute to a living legend. Read full review

The New York Times - Glenn Kenny

Sep 20, 2018

The movie alternates between the present, with Mr. Jones on the go, and a retrospective of his life and career, narrated by the man himself. His hardscrabble early years on the South Side of Chicago are scary; his triumphs from the earliest points of his career onward are exhilarating; the racism he is obliged to endure throughout is infuriating. Read full review

Movie Nation - Roger Moore

Sep 19, 2018

There’s no sense being modest at this phase in his Oscar-winning/Oscar producing career, but even as he’s feted, from Montreux to Stockholm, New York to Washington, there’s a refreshing lack of pretense to the sharp-dressed octogenarian at the center of all this fuss. Read full review

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - Brad Wheeler

Sep 12, 2018

Tireless, ultra-talented and exceedingly charismatic, he emerges as a survivor in a film that spends too much time on his accolades and not enough on deciphering what makes this treasure of an octogenarian tick. Read full review

RogerEbert.com - Monica Castillo

Sep 12, 2018

The documentary connects his present day work ethic to his past, and contrasts yesteryear’s heartbreaks to the large, family-filled parties he still enjoys. Jones did so much more than just unleash some of pop’s most successful records of all time. Read full review

Variety - Andrew Barker

Sep 12, 2018

Stretching to more than two hours, Quincy stumbles into some pacing problems as it goes, and considering the sheer number of turns the man’s life took, one wonders if a miniseries might have served him better. Read full review

The Guardian - Charles Bramesco

Sep 12, 2018

It’s a victory lap, which will probably be enough for fans content to share Q’s presence and nothing more. But this movie isa cataloguing of a man who lives in three dimensions. In sticking to recitation of well-known historical fact and flattery it has taken the easy way out. Read full review

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