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  • 2021
  • Trafalgar Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2021
  • Trafalgar Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free

Summary Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers offers a unique take on the Petty legacy, diving deep into a condensed period of creativity and freedom for the legendary rock star. Capturing the period of 1993-1995, during which he created his seminal and most emotionally raw album Wildflowers, the unvarnished look at Pett...

Directed By: Mary Wharton

  • 2021
  • Trafalgar Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2021
  • Trafalgar Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m

Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers offers a unique take on the Petty legacy, diving deep into a condensed period of creativity and freedom for the legendary rock star. Capturing the period of 1993-1995, during which he created his seminal and most emotionally raw album Wildflowers, the unvarnished look at Pett...

Directed By: Mary Wharton

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90
Mar 20, 2021
Instead of stitching together interviews and footage into a chronological plot, Wharton goes with the proverbial flow.
By Hunter Lanier FULL REVIEW
83
Mar 20, 2021
A vivid, compelling documentary.
By Christopher Schobert FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 22, 2021
It’s a film that simply enhances the feeling that America has been prematurely deprived of one of its finest musical ambassadors. Irrespective of location, however, we’re all poorer without him.
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80
Mar 20, 2021
Somewhere You Feel Free is a love letter to Petty, but also to that most mysterious of alchemies, the chemistry of a rock 'n' roll band.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 20, 2021
Somewhere You Feel Free is a beautiful musical tribute to one of rock’s greatest figures, gone all too soon. Just don’t expect to learn too many deep dark secrets about the man in the process.
By Clint Worthington FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 20, 2021
It’s so removed from having a dark side that you know you’re getting the feel-good version of a Tom Petty portrait.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
58
Mar 20, 2021
"Somewhere You Feel Free” doesn’t develop into a snapshot so much as a loving impression of a legend gone too soon. But the beautiful 16mm footage (with the new interviews shot to match) will trigger warm memories from Petty’s truest fans, and Wharton interprets the music in a way that should allow this film to serve as an irresistible entry point for neophytes who don’t realize how many Petty songs they already know by heart.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Inaudible Films, Warner Music Entertainment, Warner Records
Release Date Oct 20, 2021
Duration 1 h 29 m
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Website https://trafalgar-releasing.com/events/tom-petty-somewhere-you-feel-free-the-making-of-wildflowers/
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Boulder International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
PGA Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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