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Jeff Buckley's Enigmatic Life and Career Are Analyzed in 'It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley 'Trailer: Watch
NEED TO KNOW Jeff Buckley's life and career will be analyzed in the upcoming documentary, It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley Never-before-seen footage and home videos are featured in the film directed by Amy Berg It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley, premiered at Sundance and hits theaters in AugustJeff Buckley's enigmatic life and career is front and center in this new film. The trailer for the documentary It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley, was released on Wednesday, July 16 and gives fans an intimate look at the singer's life and career, which was cut short. "How would you like your fans to think of you?" an off-camera voice asks the late musician in the trailer. "Just the music," the musician responds in a candid and now-haunting manner. "Because when I'm dead, that's the only thing that'll be around." At another point in the trailer, Buckley, who died in 1997 at 30 after drowning in a Memphis river, is asked, "Where would you like to see yourself in 10 years?" An answer is never revealed in the clip. The trailer features never-before-seen archival footage and home videos from Buckley's life. Those interviewed for the documentary include his mother, Mary Guibert, along with former partners Rebecca Moore and Joan Wasser. Former bandmates, including Michael Tighe and Parker Kindred, also participated in the film. "I've been wrong, and completely ugly, I've been beautiful, I've been totally in love, I've been hideous, but I've never been dead," Buckley says in voiceover at another part of the poignant trailer. Directed by Amy Berg and with the help of Guibert, the documentary came to be after there were talks of it being a narrative film starring Brad Pitt 25 years earlier. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "Once I started listening to his voicemail messages and his DAP player and demos and reading his journals, I just couldn't imagine it being anything but a documentary," Guibert told Variety in January. "I just didn't know how you could kind of replicate Jeff in that scripted sense." Academy Award nominee Berg, 54, meanwhile, said that the singer is having "another moment in pop culture history." "One of the great things about Jeff Buckley is you discover him when you're meant to discover him,' Berg said to Variety. "He has definitely made a big impact on TikTok, where I was surprised to see that he has more followers on the Jeff Buckley hashtag than even Bob Dylan." Buckley was born in 1966 in California. His father, folk musician Tim Buckley, died in 1975 from a heroin overdose. His star began to rise in New York City's avant-garde club in the 1990s. He was a session musician when he signed with Columbia and released his only album, Grace, in 1994. His cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" was also a highlight of his career. He was working on his second record, My Sweetheart the Drunk, at the time of his death. It was released as a compilation titled Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk in 1998. The album received a Grammy nomination in the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance category for "Everybody Here Wants You." The documentary made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January. It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley will be released in theaters Aug. 8. It will be available to stream on HBO Max in the winter as part of Bill Simmons' Music Box series. Read the original article on People
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Trailer Arrives For New Documentary, ‘It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley'
With under a month to go until its official release, the trailer for the long-awaited documentary, It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley, has arrived. Directed by Amy Berg, the feature unravels the story of the mesmerizing musician whose life and career were tragically cut short at the age of 30 when he accidentally drowned in Memphis' Wolf River in 1997. More from Billboard Tomorrowland 2025 Mainstage Destroyed by Fire Ahead of Festival Alison Krauss & Union Station, Billy Strings Lead 2025 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards Nominees Ariana Grande Teases 'A Plan to Sing for You All Next Year': See What She Said First premiering at Sundance in January, the film will be released theatrically by Magnolia Pictures on Aug. 8 and then premiere on HBO and stream on HBO Max this winter as part of Bill Simmons' Music Box series. Ahead of its release, the documentary's official trailer has now arrived, with haunting comments from Buckley pairing with intimate archival footage. 'How would you like your fans to think of you,' an interviewer can be heard asking Buckley. 'Just the music,' he replies. 'Because when I'm dead, that's the only thing that'll be around.' The documentary features never-before-seen footage from Buckley's archives, and is complemented by intimate accounts from those close to the late musician, including his mother Mary Guibert, former partners Rebecca Moore and Joan Wasser, and former bandmates Michael Tighe and Parker Kindred. Other musician luminaries, such as Aimee Mann and Ben Harper also share their insight into Buckley's life and legacy. 'It's difficult to imagine a time when I wasn't attempting to make the Jeff Buckley doc,' Berg explained in a statement. 'It's been on my bucket list since I made my first film in 2006. And maybe, since I first heard Grace in 1994. It changed my life forever. It literally became the 'tear that hangs inside my soul forever.'' Numerous attempts to immortalize Buckley's story have taken place over the years, including one by actor Brad Pitt, who befriended Guibert in 2000 and floated the idea of a biopic. In 2021, Guibert was announced as the co-producer of Everybody Here Wants You, a planned biopic which would see Reeve Carney portraying Buckley, though no updates on that project had been provided since. Buckley was the son of Guibert and late folk musician Tim Buckley and after gaining notice as a session musician and captivating performer in Manhattan's East Village he signed to Columbia in 1994 and released his debut LP, Grace. It initially got mixed reviews and only reached No. 149 on the Billboard 200 album chart, but the album is now considered a classic, one that Buckley would never follow up. Though he never completed a second album, Guibert helped compile some of her son's demos for 1998's Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, which reached No. 64 on the Billboard 200 and received a Grammy nomination for best male rock vocal performance for the single 'Everybody Here Wants You.' Watch the trailer for It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart Solve the daily Crossword
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Watch the trailer for the new documentary It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The first trailer for Amy Berg's upcoming documentary about Jeff Buckley has been launched. It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley, which tells the story of the singer's rise and tragic early death, was directed by Berg, who was also responsible for the Janis Joplin movie Janis: Little Girl Blue and the Oscar-nominated Deliver Us From Evil, the critically acclaimed documentary about child sexual abuse in the Catholic church in Northern California. "You know, I did not set out to be a filmmaker," Berg told the International Documentary Association earlier this year. "I love making films, but even after Deliver Us From Evil, I was unsure about continuing. But the dream of making a film on Jeff Buckley kept me going for all these years. "I found his mother at some point and then they asked me to make a biopic on him. But the wealth of the archive convinced me that it would make a much stronger documentary. In the last 15 years, whenever I finished a film, I reached out to check if she was ready yet. In 2019 she finally agreed." The movie features contributions from Buckley's mother, Mary Guibert, former partners Rebecca Moore and Joan Wasser, and two bandmates, guitarist Michael Tighe and drummer Parker Kindred. Other talking heads include musicians Ben Harper and Aimee Mann, who calls Buckley "literally the best singer I've ever heard." Buckley's voice can be heard in the trailer describing his influences as "love, anger, depression and [Led] Zeppelin." It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley, is in theatres from August 8. Solve the daily Crossword
