Key Highlights
- “I had also been prepped that Neil does not get effusively enthusiastic or into movies.
- He watches them, he studies them — that’s what I was told.” Watch on Deadline Related Stories News ‘Song Sung Blue’ Trailer: Hugh Jackman & Kate Hudson Are Lightning & Thunder In Tribute To Neil Diamond Festivals ‘Song Sung Blue’ Review: Hugh Jackman And Kate Hudson Make Beautiful Neil Diamond Music In Surprising Biopic Of A Tribute Band – AFI Fest Brewer recalled of Diamond’s reaction, “I was told from his people that they were surprised to see just how enthusiastic he started to get with it, that he was tapping his foot, that he would applaud after each music number, and that he cried.
- He went up to the projectionist, or the person was running the screening, and when they introduced themselves to him, he said, ‘Okay, well, when’s the next screening?
- Can we watch it again?’ “And so I was so happy about his reaction because I hope what it does for him — not that he looks for this or needs it — but I just hope he knows how incredibly relevant his contribution to songwriting is,” he added.
- “Those songs are beautiful, and yeah, he’s a performer, but he’s a writer.
