This is a country where everyone is convinced they have undiscovered talent, but what's truly widespread is the talent to connive and the willingness to be taken in. Witness "Great World of Sound," an involving, offbeat and truly unusual American independent film.Martin (Pat Healy) answers an ad to train as a record producer, where he's excited by the prospect of signing undiscovered artists. The company, called Great World of Sound, partners shy, unassuming Martin with the gregarious Clarence (Kene Holliday) and sends them on the road, visiting southern towns where the company has placed newspaper ads and turning motels into makeshift audition studios. Though an unlikely duo, they sign more acts than anyone else at the company. But when Martin takes a special interest in a young girl’s “New National Anthem,” putting up his own money and following her progress, he discovers that something’s amiss with the enterprise. As things threaten to unravel, he’s forced to weigh his nagging conscience against both his loyalty to Clarence and his own financial ruin.
Enthusiastically received at Sundance, "Great World" is an intriguing look at our obsession with being successful and famous, at the deals we make that we fool ourselves aren't really with the devil. And it reveals a world of musical strivers so unnerving it makes the run-up to "American Idol" look like tryouts for the Metropolitan Opera.
Full review of Great World of Sound by Kenneth Turan
Released: September 2007
Run Time: 1 hr. 46 min.
Rated R
Cast: Pat Healy, Kene Holliday, Robert Longstreet, Rebecca Mader
Director: Craig Zobel
Genre: Road Movie, Message Movie, Buddy Film, Drama
Show times and locations for Great World of Sound at Fandango.com
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