Searching For Sugar Man

2013 • 86 minutes

4.5

118 reviews

95%

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Rating

Eligible

About this movie

From the Academy Award-winning producer of MAN ON WIRE comes a powerful, unforgettable music mystery. Rodriguez was the greatest '70s US rock icon who never was. Momentarily hailed as the finest recording artist of his generation, he disappeared into oblivion -- rising again from the ashes in a completely different context a continent away...SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN is a film about hope, inspiration and the power of music. © 2012 Canfield Pictures / The Documentary Company

Rating

Offensive language

Ratings and reviews

4.5

118 reviews

Simon Wood

August 18, 2013

Introduced to me through my big sister's very cool boyfriend, Rodriguez's Cold Fact was the soundtrack of my youth. In my teenage years, I included many of his songs on a mixed tape for my girlfriend to whom i have been married now for 22 years. Tonight we sat and watched Searching For Sugarman. Watching this beautifully constructed story brought back so many memories - sad and happy ones. This movie left us amazed and elated.

Anth Cash

November 8, 2013

I met some South African surfers in 1999 and they told me about Rodriguez. What a magical story. Maybe one day we'll all be stars in a place we know nothing about. As for Rodriguez; the music is good; the man is beautiful.

kenneth tape

June 18, 2014

On each successive viewing this just gets better and better. Cold fact brings back lots of precious memories :)

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