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Andre Lauren Benjamin better known as ANDRE 3000 one half of the hip hop duo OUTKAST is also a great actor, his roles in over ten films and appearances in television, were major and he did a great job with each character. His new project will take his acting career to a different and major level when he brings back to life a legend in the music world by portraying the great guitarist/ singer JIMI HENDRIX.
The biopic entitled ALL IS BY MY SIDE is based on the musicians early start in the industry slightly before he made it big when he was just a backup guitarist known as Jimmy James. It also gives you insight on his love interest at that time Linda Keith. Written and directed by ACADEMY AWARD WINNER John Ridely who won the award for best adapted screen play for his script 12 YEARS A SLAVE.
Due to the reluctance of this biopic from the Hendrix estate, the film will not feature any of the guitarist own music instead it will feature music by MUDDY WATERS, THE BEATLES and a handful of other artists.
To prepare for the role of Jimi Hendrix Andre said that he "listened to hours of interviews and watched his mannerisms" which Andre really picked up on and nailed the speaking voice of the legendary guitarist.
ALL IS BY MY SIDE premiered last year at the Toronto International Film Festival and was positively received. It is said that the film will make it's official U.S debute MARCH 12, 2014 at the South By Southwest's Film Festival.
My OPINION- The rapper/actor Andre 3000 is one of my favorites as an entertainer. I think he will do this role justice he always seemed to have this ironic similar connection to the legendary star. I think the biopic will get mixed reviews because it will not cover everything that this legend experienced and it won't include any of his music even from his early start. I think this should be a full feature film telling this great musician story, so that people that have no clue who he was and how he contributed to and changed the music world in his short time before he died know who he was and understand how important he was to music. Hopefully a major production company will envision the same thing and distribute this movie world wide.
Jimi Hendrix is one of my favorite rock musicians
Some of my favorite songs by Jimi Hendrix are PURPLE HAZE love this song "Excuse me while I kiss the sky" that's classic right there, I like the song HEY JOE, and the AMAZING rendition of STAR SPANGLE BANNER wow.
To get you updated on who JIMI HENDRIX was check out good documentary on the musician BELOW...
The biopic entitled ALL IS BY MY SIDE is based on the musicians early start in the industry slightly before he made it big when he was just a backup guitarist known as Jimmy James. It also gives you insight on his love interest at that time Linda Keith. Written and directed by ACADEMY AWARD WINNER John Ridely who won the award for best adapted screen play for his script 12 YEARS A SLAVE.
Due to the reluctance of this biopic from the Hendrix estate, the film will not feature any of the guitarist own music instead it will feature music by MUDDY WATERS, THE BEATLES and a handful of other artists.
To prepare for the role of Jimi Hendrix Andre said that he "listened to hours of interviews and watched his mannerisms" which Andre really picked up on and nailed the speaking voice of the legendary guitarist.
ALL IS BY MY SIDE premiered last year at the Toronto International Film Festival and was positively received. It is said that the film will make it's official U.S debute MARCH 12, 2014 at the South By Southwest's Film Festival.
My OPINION- The rapper/actor Andre 3000 is one of my favorites as an entertainer. I think he will do this role justice he always seemed to have this ironic similar connection to the legendary star. I think the biopic will get mixed reviews because it will not cover everything that this legend experienced and it won't include any of his music even from his early start. I think this should be a full feature film telling this great musician story, so that people that have no clue who he was and how he contributed to and changed the music world in his short time before he died know who he was and understand how important he was to music. Hopefully a major production company will envision the same thing and distribute this movie world wide.
Jimi Hendrix is one of my favorite rock musicians
Some of my favorite songs by Jimi Hendrix are PURPLE HAZE love this song "Excuse me while I kiss the sky" that's classic right there, I like the song HEY JOE, and the AMAZING rendition of STAR SPANGLE BANNER wow.
To get you updated on who JIMI HENDRIX was check out good documentary on the musician BELOW...