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Original title The Man Behind the Throne
Film type Short
Category Documentary
Director
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Screenplay
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Awards
Dialogue

Plot summary

Vincent Paterson is the man who got Michael Jackson to grab his crotch and was called Satan by the pope after directing Madonna's Blonde Ambition Tour. He has turned opera videos into...

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Alternative title
Title for Swedish TV release

Crew

Director
Screenplay
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Music
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Cast

Companies

Production Company Migma Filmproduktion AB
Co-Production Company Sveriges Television AB
Supported by Konstnärsnämnden
Advance allocations Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet

Plot summary

Vincent Paterson is the man who got Michael Jackson to grab his crotch and was called Satan by the pope after directing Madonna's Blonde Ambition Tour. He has turned opera videos into bestsellers and returned Elvis to Las Vegas with the gigantic Viva Elvis! show for Cirque du Soleil. He was the person Lars von Trier turned to when he made Dancer in the Dark.

Technical specifications

Length in minutes 58 min


Release dates

Festival showing 2013-01-25 Biopalatset 1 Gothenburg Sweden 58 min Göteborg International Film Festival, 2013. Svenska bilder: lite längre.
2013-01-28 Folkan Gothenburg Sweden 58 min Göteborg International Film Festival, 2013. Svenska bilder: lite längre.
2013-02-03 Haga 1 Gothenburg Sweden 58 min Göteborg Internatiional Film Festival. 2013. Svenska bilder: lite längre.
2013-03-09 Victoria 2 Stockholm Sweden 58 min Tempo dokumentärfilmfestival, 2013.
TV showing 2013-04-19 SVT2 Sweden

Awards

Festival Award Los Angeles 2013 (bästa dokumentär/best documentary, Dance Camera West, USA)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

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Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Synopsis
Extent 2 s. Två versioner inkl. produktionsuppgifter.
Language English


Script type Synopsis
Extent 3 s. Svensk och engelsk version inkl. produktionsuppgifter.
Language Swedish


Script type Dialoglista
Script title The man behind the throne. Dialogue list.
Extent 18 s. + för- och eftertext samt musiklista.
Language English



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