Synopsis
What the Funk Brothers did for Motown…The Wrecking Crew did, only bigger, for the West Coast Sound. Six years in a row in the 1960’s and early 1970’s, the Grammy for “Record of the Year” went to Wrecking Crew recordings. And now, THE WRECKING CREW tells the story in pictures and that oh, so glorious sound. The favorite songs of a generation are all here, presented by the people who made them for you. THE WRECKING CREW is a documentary film produced and directed by Denny Tedesco, son of legendary late Wrecking Crew guitarist Tommy Tedesco. The film tells the story of the unsung musicians that provided the backbeat, the bottom and the swinging melody that drove many of the number one hits of the 1960’s. It didn’t matter if it was Nat “King” Cole, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, The Monkees, The Byrds or The Beach Boys, these dedicated musicians brought the flair and musicianship that made the American “west coast sound” a dominant cultural force around the world. The film is a fun and moving tribute from Denny to his father and to the music, the times and to the secret star-making machine known only as “The Wrecking Crew”.
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Movie Details
| Australia Releases: |
October 1st, 2015 (Limited) |
| Video Release: |
March 13th, 2015 by Magnolia Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG for language, thematic elements and smoking images.
(Rating bulletin 2356, 1/14/2015) |
| Running Time: |
101 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Musicians, Music Industry, 1960s, 1970s, Rock 'n' Roll, Early / Simultaneous Video-on-Demand release, Biography |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Magnolia Pictures, Lunch Box Entertainment |
| Production Countries: |
United States |
| Languages: |
English |
March 18th, 2015
It Follows was one of five new releases to reach the $10,000 club, based on theater averages this weekend. It opened with an average of $40,022 in four theaters, which is the second-best for a film opening in 2015, just behind What We Do in the Shadows. The overall box office leader, Cinderella, was well back in second place with an average of $17,653. Seymour: An Introduction opened with an average of $13,294 in two theaters. 3 Hearts earned $11,794 in its lone theater. Tales of Hoffmann was right behind with an average of $11,670 in two theaters.
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March 13th, 2015
We have a mixed bag of limited releases this weekend. There are some good films, like It Follows, which has good reviews, but is the wrong genre for a limited release. However, there are a couple of limited releases could find an audience, like The Wrecking Crew and Seymour: An Introduction, but neither is expected to expand wide enough to find much mainstream success.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2015/10/02 |
60 |
$1,422 |
|
1 |
$1,422 |
$1,422 |
1 |
| 2015/10/09 |
57 |
$1,795 |
+26% |
1 |
$1,795 |
$4,375 |
2 |
| 2015/10/16 |
47 |
$2,602 |
+45% |
1 |
$2,602 |
$7,759 |
3 |
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