Shortlisted for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
“A must see film”
- John Anderson, VARIETY
“A scrupulous, candid and eye-opening account. A tour de force of archival research and dogged interviewing, the portrait it presents is remarkably complete.”
- A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“The most comprehensive and touching film portrait of the great Canadian pianist in all his glories and miseries.”
- David Denby, THE NEW YORKER
Most profiles of the brilliant pianist focus on his eccentricities: the pills, the gloves, the scarves. Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould probes beneath the icon’s many myths through Gould’s music, diaries, letters and interviews with his closest friends and lovers – some of whom have never spoken publicly about him before. The film reveals a tortured, yet often humorous man, with an insightful world view. Glenn Gould’s profound ability to speak to his audience in a clear, candid and timeless tone, cuts through the static of our over-mediated, information-overloaded world.
Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds through the Theatrical Documentary Program present, Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould
Produced by White Pine Pictures in association with Bravo! a division of CTV Limited, The Biography Channel, TVOntario, The Knowledge Network, Thirteen/WNET New York AMERICAN MASTERS, ZDF Arte, SVT Swedish Television AB, NPS Television, The Netherlands, with the participation of the Rogers Cable Network Fund, the Canadian Television Fund, and with the co-operation of The Estate of Glenn Gould.
World Sales: Films Transit International, Inc. Canadian Theatrical Distributor: Union Pictures US Theatrical Distributor: Kino Lorber Inc.
Nominated for IDA Award for Best Music Documentary
Genius Within USA Theatrical Run:
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Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould
A film by Peter Raymont and Michèle Hozer | Canada | English/French/Spanish | 109'
Most profiles of the brilliant pianist focus on his eccentricities: the pills, the gloves, the scarves. Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould probes beneath the icon’s many myths through Gould’s music, diaries, letters and interviews with his closest friends and lovers – some of whom have never spoken publicly about him before. The film reveals a tortured, yet often humorous man, with an insightful world view. Glenn Gould’s profound ability to speak to his audience in a clear, candid and timeless tone, cuts through the static of our over-mediated, information-overloaded world.
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USA Theatrical Screenings
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Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds through the Theatrical Documentary Program present, Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould
Produced by White Pine Pictures in association with Bravo! a division of CTV Limited, The Biography Channel, TVOntario, The Knowledge Network, Thirteen/WNET New York AMERICAN MASTERS, ZDF Arte, SVT Swedish Television AB, NPS Television, The Netherlands, with the participation of the Rogers Cable Network Fund, the Canadian Television Fund, and with the co-operation of The Estate of Glenn Gould.
World Sales: Films Transit International, Inc.
Canadian Theatrical Distributor: Union Pictures
US Theatrical Distributor: Kino Lorber Inc.
More Reviews of Genius Within:
The New York Times – Sept 9, 2010
NPR – Sept 9, 2010
Variety – Sept 9, 2010
Film Journal International – Sept 9, 2010
Film Forward – Sept 9, 2010
The New York Times – Sept 5, 2010
The New Yorker – Sept 4, 2010
New York Movies – Sept 5, 2010
Christian Science Monitor – Sept 4, 2010
Slant Magazine – Sept 4, 2010
BLOOMBERG.COM – Dec 27, 2011
ANIMAL MY SOUL, Review – Jan 31, 2012
Nominated for IDA Award for Best Music Documentary
Genius Within USA Theatrical Run:
New York City, NY | Pleasantville, NY | Hudson, NY | Chatham, NY | Sag Harbor, NY | Huntington, NY | Montclair, NJ | Chicago, IL | Wilmette, IL | Athens, OH | Los Angeles, CA | Pasadena, CA | Encino, CA | Irvine, CA | Claremont, CA | Camarillo, CA | Palm Springs, CA | Berkeley, CA | San Francisco, CA | Grass Valley, CA | Denver, CO | St. Louis, MO | Lake Park, FL | Lake Worth, FL | Minneapolis, MN | Seattle, WA | Olympia, WA | Bellingham, WA | Port Townsend, WA | Washington DC | Santa Fe, NM | Great Barrington, MA | Rockport, MA | Dallas, TX | Ft. Worth, TX | Philadelphia, PA | Kansas City, MO | Atlanta, GA | Salem, OR | Wilmington, DE | Bloomington, IN | Portland, OR | Portland, ME | Albuquerque, NM