
This powerful portrait of the life and career of great American music icon Glen Campbell opens to the viewer the world of the singular talent who created hits like Rhinestone Cowboy, Wichita Lineman and Gentle on My Mind. Glen won the Grammy for Lifetime Achievement and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2011, when Campbell was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, he joined forces with his family to fight the biggest battle of his life. Glen and his wife, Kim, m... (Full plot summary below)
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This powerful portrait of the life and career of great American music icon Glen Campbell opens to the viewer the world of the singular talent who created hits like Rhinestone Cowboy, Wichita Lineman and Gentle on My Mind. Glen won the Grammy for Lifetime Achievement and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2011, when Campbell was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, he joined forces with his family to fight the biggest battle of his life. Glen and his wife, Kim, made history by going public with the diagnosis - the first time a major American celebrity would share this experience with the world. The Campbell family then embarked on a short "Goodbye Tour," but the three-week engagement turned into an emotional and triumphant 151-show nationwide tour de force. This epic human drama about the undying bond between Glen and Kim, and their unwavering caring for each other, chronicles a story of love, resilience and the power of song. GLEN CAMPBELL...I'LL BE ME is the true tale of how America's greatest country star would not give up his music or his family, against all odds. The film features those who know and love Glen, including Bruce Springsteen, Bill Clinton, The Edge, Paul McCartney, Jay Leno, Vince Gill, Jimmy Webb, Blake Shelton, Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Steve Martin, Chad Smith and Taylor Swift among many others. Rare vintage footage and extraordinary new performances of Glen's most beloved hits immerse this moving cinematic account in the overwhelming talent of this humble family man. With joy and a tireless sense of humor, Glen and his family live each moment in the present while preparing for the future, all while playing their music to sold out venues on a star spangled voyage spanning the country from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl.
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| San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisFollows the country pop singer on what has to be one of the most amazing farewell concert tours in music history. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonA harrowing yet also inspiring portrait of the American pop music icon as he copes with the rapid deterioration of Alzheimer's. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckServes to not only put a very human face on this horrific condition but also as a triumphant valedictory of Campbell's poignant farewell tour. |
| Toronto StarLinda BarnardIt's a rare, intensely personal look at Alzheimer's that will be tragically familiar to those who have lived with it and sobering and sad for those who have not. |
| Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlValedictory and elegiac, Keach's film captures a performer who only truly seems to inhabit himself during the performances. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperGlen Campbell: I’ll Be Me is a poignant, stark, lovely and sometimes devastating film — a tribute to one of the great crossover stars of his time, and an unblinking look at how Alzheimer’s relentlessly chips away at one’s memories and thought process, brick by brick. It is worthy of an Academy Award nomination. |
| Globe and MailBrad WheelerLife is the collection of memories, and Campbell is losing them. But there is solace in the reality that you will not miss what you cannot recall. |
| The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe film is a rare combination of instructive and poignant. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohAlzheimer's is given an unforgettably human face here, and that face belongs to a music legend. |
| Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.comPreston JonesA wrenching document, Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me is a painful but necessary tribute to a singular talent. |