Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got is a 1985 Canadian documentary film about clarinetist Artie Shaw.[2] It was written, directed and narrated by Brigitte Berman.[3]

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Directed byBrigitte Berman
Written byBrigitte Berman
Produced byBrigitte Berman
Don Haig
Narrated byBrigitte Berman
CinematographyJames Aquila
Mark Irwin
Edited byBrigitte Berman
Barry Backus
Music byArtie Shaw
Gary Gilfillan
Production
company
Bridge Film Productions
Distributed byCinephile[1]
Release date
  • 25 October 1985 (1985-10-25)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

In the mid-1990s Shaw sued Berman on the grounds that as Time Is All You've Got had become more critically and commercially successful than had been expected, he was entitled to receive a greater share of the film's profits than he had originally agreed to in the 1980s.[4] His lawsuit was dismissed in Ontario Superior Court in 1997.[5]

Accolades edit

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986.[6]

At the 59th Academy Awards in 1987, it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,[7] tying with Down and Out in America.[8][9][10]

Restoration edit

A new 4K resolution print of Time Is All You've Got was slated to screen in the TIFF Classics program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, in advance of being permanently archived in the collection of the Film Reference Library.[11] The screening took place on 9 September 2023.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, D. J. (D John) (1987). Canadian feature film index, 1913-1985. [Ottawa] : Public Archives Canada, National Film, Television and Sound Archives = Archives publiques Canada, Archives nationales du film, de la télévision et de l'enregistrement sonore. ISBN 9780660533643. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  2. ^ Artie Shaw: The Reluctant Jazz Star: NPR
  3. ^ ARTIE SHAW: TIME IS ALL YOU'VE GOT|Library of Congress
  4. ^ "Big Band star Artie Shaw sues film-maker over documentary". Edmonton Journal, December 14, 1996.
  5. ^ "Bandleader Artie Shaw loses lawsuit over film". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, March 10, 1997.
  6. ^ Jay Scott, "Joshua, American Cousin lead pack in Genie pursuit". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1986.
  7. ^ Jazz Giant Artie Shaw Die at 94 (washingtonpost.com)
  8. ^ Gaga vs. Glenn: What Happened in an Oscar Tie?|Vanity Fair
  9. ^ 1987|Oscars.org
  10. ^ Oprah Winfrey presents a Tie for Documentary Feature-Oscars on YouTube
  11. ^ Pat Mullen, "TIFF Announces Luminary-Filled Wavelengths and Classics". Point of View, August 11, 2023.
  12. ^ Toronto International Film Festival, "Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got" .

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