FILMRISE
RELEASES “BACHMAN,” MUSIC DOCUMENTARY ABOUT LEGENDARY ROCK-STAR AND GUITARIST RANDY
BACHMAN
Features
interviews with Neil Young, Peter Frampton, Paul Schaeffer, and Alex Lifeson
(Rush) among others
-OFFICIAL SELECTION AT HOT DOCS
2018-
-Available on
iTunes, Prime Video, Google Play and DVD March 26th-
Brooklyn, NY – January
30, 2019 – FilmRise is proud to announce the digital release
of the full-length feature documentary, “BACHMAN”.
The documentary pays homage to
legendary rock-star and lead guitarist of “BTO” (“Bachman-Turner Overdrive,”) and
“The Guess Who,” Randy Bachman. Randy
accomplished a rare feat by having No. 1 singles with two bands: “American
Woman” with “The Guess Who” and “Takin’ Care of Business” with “Bachman-Turner
Overdrive,” earning him more than 120 platinum, gold and silver records. This 78-minute
documentary takes viewers on a journey from his early days in Winnipeg, Canada
to his worldwide success in not just one band, but two. “BACHMAN” will be available on DVD, to stream or download on iTunes,
Prime Video and Google Play on March 26,
2019.
Written and directed by award-winning director John
Barnard (“The
Sheepdogs Have At It”, “Menorca”) this feature-length documentary includes
rarely seen footage and photos plus documents stored at the National Archives
in Ottawa for decades interspersed with interviews with family members and
legendary musicians including Neil Young, Paul Schaffer, Peter Frampton and his
bandmate Fred Turner, providing an introspective look at the musician and the
man.
A master songwriter and innovator with the guitar, “BACHMAN” shows viewers Randy’s love of
the guitar and how his passion began at an early age. He admired the work of
local singer-songwriter Chad Allan and eventually joined his band. That band later
became “The Guess Who.” Randy bucked the common rock star lifestyle of booze,
drugs and sex and converted to Mormonism for the woman he loved. For the first
time ever, “BACHMAN” reveals how
Randy’s life-style choices led to tension in both bands and the ultimate break
ups of “The Guess Who” and “BTO.”
The documentary also delves into Randy’s most recent work,
an album featuring the songs of George Harrison. A hidden treasure to most
classic rock fans, “BACHMAN” follows
Randy as he visits his sanctuary: a warehouse filled with hundreds of
customized guitars. Randy’s face lights up as he pulls one rare guitar after
another-- his passion and love for them are impossible to overlook. Today, the
75-year old shows no signs of slowing down and continues to create music and
tour the world as a solo artist.
“BACHMAN” had
its World Premiere at the 2018 Toronto’s Hot Docs Festival where it was an
Official Selection.
ABOUT FILMRISE
FilmRise is a film and
TV distribution company and streaming channel network founded by veteran
producer/financiers Danny Fisher, Jack Fisher and Alan Klingenstein. With over
15,000 titles in a wide range of genres, the company’s releases include HBO’s multiple
Emmy®-winning “Going Clear:
Scientology and the Prison of Belief”; “Janis: Little Girl Blue,” produced by
Oscar®-winner Alex Gibney; two-time Academy Award®-nominee Julie Delpy’s “Lolo; and the Sundance hit “White
Girl”. Television titles include such classics as “Roseanne” and “3rd Rock from the
Sun”, as well as the iconic Robert Stack hosted series “Unsolved Mysteries” and Gordon
Ramsay’s “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Kitchen Nightmares.”
FilmRise’s recent releases
include “Manifesto” starring
two-time Oscar®-winner Cate Blanchett; sci-fi drama “Marjorie Prime” starring Jon Hamm and Lois Smith; the
box-office hit “My Friend Dahmer”
starring Ross Lynch and Anne Heche; and “The Miseducation of Cameron Post”
starring Chloë Grace Moretz.
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