[Slowhand] Info from Tribeca Film Festival Archive

[ToeKneeF]

Here's what I found at the Tribeca Film Festival site 
archives........there is a sales contact listed at Marshbrook Ltd, but I 
believe that would probably be for commercial sales. I've posted a 
letter to Ms. Gibson to see what release info I can glean..................T

*Sales Contact*
Vivienne Gibson
Marshbrook Ltd.
36 Old Church Street
London,  SW 3  
Phone: 44 207 352 3064
Fax: 44 207 376 5625


*Eric Clapton and Friends*
/Showcase - Documentary/

United Kingdom, 2002, 80 min, Color
*North American Premiere*

*Producer:* Ana Whitling                                   
*Cinematographer:* Javier Aguirresarobe
*Editor:* Yves Deschamps
*Music Mixer:* Robert Collins
*OB Sound:* Will Shapland, Sven Hertens
*Principal Cast:* Eric Clapton, Andy Fairweather-Low, Steve Gaad, 
Paulinho Da Costa, David Sancious, Nathan East


A veteran chronicler of Latin American music, Bokova enlisted 
cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe (/The Others/) to document three 
days of rehearsals leading up to Clapton's 2001 world tour. What they 
capture is loose and improvisational--a glimpse behind the scenes at how 
one of the best in the business gets ready for the spotlight. The 
reverence shown for the guitar god by his own band is undeniable in this 
love letter to a living rock and roll legend.

Jana Bokova had been approached by Clapton to make the video clip for 
his latest CD, /Reptile./ He had kept an eye on her career as 
documentary and feature director for many years, and wanted her 
particular visual style. She arrived to film at Bray Studios, where Eric 
and a group of the greatest names in rock and blues music were 
rehearsing for their forthcoming tour. She brought over from Spain the 
leading cameraman Javier Aguirresarobe, who had just shot to fame in 
Hollywood for his work on the Amenabar film The Others, starring Nicole 
Kidman. As shooting began, Clapton allowed Jana and her crew to film 
more and more of the songs in rehearsal. Jana picked up a DV camera 
herself, unable to resist filming the rehearsal process as it went 
along--those intimate moments when the Maestro and his friends worked 
tirelessly at creating new ideas and variations for their music. Eric 
Clapton is known as a perfectionist, and his hard-working band includes 
some of the other great survivors in rock and rhythm and blues-including 
guitarist Andy Fairweather-Lowe and Steve Gaad. Then the legendary four 
man group The Impressions arrived to back Eric's vocals, injecting some 
of their celebrated gospel sounds into the lineup. Clapton had admired 
them since he was a teenage fan himself. So Bokova's film crew became a 
part of the family for the three days, and this film is a distillation 
of the hard work and play of Clapton and friends at rehearsal before 
they set off for a grueling twelve months on tour. Quotes from Eric 
Clapton during the filming: "I play for the band, we play for each 
other. With the audience, I don't try to read their minds. I think if we 
do it for one another to please ourselves, and we're happy, then that is 
contagious. Whereas if we try to patronize the audience that would be 
indulging and they would sense that. I think the only secret is to be in 
the moment, you know. Not to think ahead about what I'm going to 
do...Bottom line, the secret is to listen to what everyone else is 
doing, and that will tell me what to do. Just generally to get out of my 
head, to turn off my brain, because if I try to calculate it, I'll get 
it wrong. Thinking it doesn't work with music...you just have to feel 
it, and listen."

*-/Jana Bokova/*

Jana Bokova, a veteran chronicler of Latin-American music, gives us 
front-row seats to the last three days of rehearsals leading up to Eric 
Clapton's 2001 world tour. Clapton had originally approached Bokova to 
make a video for the song Reptile, and soon she was granted greater and 
greater access to the guitar legend and his band. Clapton reveals 
himself to be a perfectionist in the sessions, and his hard-working band 
(including longtime collaborator Andy Fairweather-Low and jazz sessions 
legend Steve Gadd) aims to please him. Also on the scene to provide 
vocal backup is the legendary Chicago soul quintet The Impressions. 
There is no doubt that each one of the musicians playing with Clapton 
feels he is in the presence of a musical god--no surprise there. But 
Bokova will show you that, with Clapton, you are. --Nancy Schafer

 > Director's Bio 
<http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tixSYS/archive/dirbio.php?EventNumber=20030526>
 > Director's Statement 
<http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tixSYS/archive/dirstate.php?EventNumber=20030526>
 > Cast And Credits 
<http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tixSYS/archive/castcredit.php?EventNumber=20030526>
 > Film Contact Information 
<http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tixSYS/archive/psource.php?EventNumber=20030526>
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