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| Visit Backstreets.com for the digital HD film. |
The
long-awaited Elliott Murphy film Broken Poet will come out on
digital HD May 15 from Virgil Films and Entertainment exclusively through music site http://backstreets.com/news.html#BPpre.
The
Backstreets site boasts a large fan base for Bruce Springsteen, who along with
his wife Patti Scialfa makes a cameo appearance in the film. Together with Springsteen, Elliott Murphy began
his career in the early 1970’s when both singer-songwriters were proclaimed the
“new Dylan.” His career has been focused in Europe for many years where he
continues to tour and release more than thirty-five albums. He lives in Paris
where he has often joined Bruce Springsteen on stage.
“On Broken
Poet we are experimenting with going direct to the actual fan base, releasing
before the national release,” said Virgil president and CEO Joe Amodei.
“Backstreets.com is the go-to for every Springsteen fan, so we were lucky to
get to work with them on the release and offer the exclusive.”
The
film will have a wider digital release in the summer.
Broken
Poet stars Elliott Murphy, Michael O’Keefe, Marisa
Berenson, Joanna Preiss and Françoise Viallon and is the story of 1970s
rock star Jake Lion, who is presumed dead in Paris until a former roadie
happens to be riding in the Paris Metro 40 years after his much-publicized
suicide and hears an aged street musician who sounds just like him. Rolling
Stone sends a rock journalist to investigate, and she uncovers something unexpected. Produced by
Traloinver Ltd. and Directed by Emilio Ruiz the film is based on an Elliott
Murphy short story (who co-wrote the script) and was shot in both Paris and New
York with a soundtrack by Elliott Murphy & Gaspard Murphy. Originally
intended to premiere in March as
the opening film of the 2020 New York City International Film Festival (cancelled due to the Corona pandemic) Broken Poet will finally be
available.
