The pressures of fame have superstar singer noni on the edge, until she meets kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be. The movie also explores the importance of dealing with mental illness, the sometimes toxic relationship between. Sam prepares to play at a new school, real aims to silence the knocks on his height and justin sets his sights on repeating his stellar prior season. Beyond the lights is a 2014 american romantic drama film directed and written by gina prince bythewood. Beyond the lights 2014 pg 11142014 us romance, drama 1h 56m user score. Beyond the lights, in theaters november 14th, 2014, is rated pg.
Beyond the lights is the story of noni, a hot new awardwinning artist who is primed for superstardom. Movies season 2014 beyond the lights lose the jacket. The beyond the lights cast discusses what it was like filming a romantic drama and what their spouses thought. At fulton county jail, ga, andarius, , claims gangs and lights fires. High school stars real mitchell, sam hartman and justin fields each prepare for a huge season in california, south carolina and georgia, respectively. Beyond the lights stars gugu mbatharaw right as a british singer and minnie driver. Beyond the lights 2014 83% critics 75% audience exhausted by the demands of the music business, a rising pop star tries to end her life but is saved by a police officer who later becomes her lover. But not all is what it seems, and the pressures cause noni to nearly fall apart until she meets kaz nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician whos been assigned to her detail. Sadly, it falls victim to living up to the expectations of the genre and its place in our culture.
Released by relativity music 2 in 2014 containing music from beyond the lights 2014. Gugu mbatharaw becomes a pop star in beyond the lights photo by nicole sperling updated june 25, 2014 at 11. Released november 14th, 2014, beyond the lights stars gugu mbatharaw, nate parker, minnie driver, danny glover the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 56 min, and received a score of 73. Beyond the lights is a sharply focused winner usa today. It strikes a risky, though successful balancing act between being immensely entertaining as a musical feature and making dramatic, important statements about depression, selfworth and female empowerment. Theres a scene in beyond the lights that hit me with unexpected, eyewatering emotional force. Best original song for im standing with you from breakthrough. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes noni to nearly fall apart. Beyond the lights is a 2014 american romantic drama film directed and written by gina princebythewood. Slowly, and seemingly on a whim, she starts to remove her trademark straight purple weave, the strands falling into the sink as. His plans to assault rival gang members are derailed when he gets caught ratting out a thieving convict. Beyond the lights was released in 2014 on friday, november 14, 2014 in nationwide movie theaters. Rent beyond the lights 2014 starring gugu mbatharaw and nate parker on dvd and bluray.
Peter berg friday night lights is the executive producer of this oddly sweet, casually poignant flyonthewall documentary. Princebythewood began work on the film in 2007, before work on 2008s the secret life of bees was completed, but struggled to find financing when the original production company, sony, backed out after she insisted on casting mbatharaw. Released november 14th, 2014, beyond the lights stars gugu mbatharaw, nate parker, minnie driver, danny glover the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 56 min, and received a score of 73 out. As can be expected of the story of a young female pop star, noni must bare more than her fair share of skin to be acceptable to a sexualitycrazed culture. Beyond the lights movie trailer and videos tv guide. Rent beyond the lights 2014 on dvd and bluray netflix. Beyond the lights 2014 though shes been groomed for stardom all her life by an overbearing mother minnie driver, singer noni gugu mbatharaw is having trouble dealing with her success.
Gugu mbatharaw becomes a pop star in beyond the lights. Beyond the lights soundtrack from 2014, composed by various artists. But just getting those nominations has been a historic achievement. Beyond the lights might not singlehandedly revive the backstage melodrama on the big screen, but the movie manages to drag it defiantly into 2014. In 2014, princebythewood directed beyond the lights, starring gugu mbatharaw.
He isnt in so many scenes in this movie because of the person he is. Parents need to know that beyond the lights is a poignant romantic drama with timely themes about the hypersexualization of young female performers, the artificiality and greed of the music industry, and the lack of compassion for celebrities who are treated like public commodities. Beyond the lights 2014 stream and watch online moviefone. Beyond the lights 2014 all machine gun kelly scenes. Beyond the lights full movie streaming online video. The measured pacing of beyond the lights, at least during its first act, is the best thing about it. Trailer for beyond the lights beyond the lights is the story of noni jean, a hot new awardwinning artist who is primed for superstardom. Beyond the lights, a divas romance the new york times. Beyond the lights makes unapologetically damning statements about the music industrys treatment of women, yet it never feels preachy. When young musician noni rises to stardom, she struggles with the pressures of fame. The film premiered at the 2014 toronto international film festival on september 7, 2014. Erivo, a songwriter as well as a singer, wrote and performed fly before you fall on the soundtrack for 2014 s beyond the lights. Beyond the lights is the story of noni, the music worlds latest superstar. Beyond the lights peter berg go90, starts wednesday.
Everything you need to know about beyond the lights movie. Her lifesaver is a police officer nate parker with political goals. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including foxcatcher. The pressures of fame have superstar singer noni on the edge, until she meets kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voic. That brings her career total to 11 nominations, but she still hasnt won. Beyond the lights official motion picture soundtrack youtube. The film premiered at the 2014 toronto international film festival on september 7, 2014, and was released theatrically in the united states on november 14, 2014. Beyond the lights 2014 soundtrack complete list of. Trailers like grace of monaco, grudge match, homefront,the wind rises, neighbors, man of tai chi, gravity, kill your darlings, robocop 2014, vampire academy, 300 rise of an empire, the counselor with brad pitt and michael fassbender, the lego movie 2014.
Familiar notes in beyond the lights by tom russo globe correspondent, november , 2014, 5. Beyond the lights official trailer 1 2014 gugu mbatharaw, minnie driver movie hd. Plays while noni is sitting on her couch, right after the nightclub scene, where she was drinking a bottle of champagne and dancing provocatively. Campbell came to erivos attention after his viral performance of his original song sing out, march on at harvard university s 2018 commencement. Beyond the lights 2014 full movie video dailymotion. Songs and music featured in beyond the lights soundtrack. The film stars gugu mbatharaw, minnie driver, nate parker, danny glover, and rapper machine gun kelly. Speaking of expectations, beyond the lights is a wellmade movie. Familiar notes in beyond the lights the boston globe. Instead of racing through a setup that could have been handled in five minutes, princebythewood lets the action unfold at a leisurely pace thats designed to make you intimately comfortable in nonis world.
With gugu mbatharaw, nate parker, minnie driver, danny glover. Beyond the lights rated pg comments off share article relativity new york done no favors by a marketing campaign that reeks of been there done that, beyond the lights is a surprising film buoyed by a terrific performance from star gugu mbatharaw, opposite the vastly underrated nate parker. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes noni to nearly fall apart until she meets kaz nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician whos been. But not all is what it seems, and the pressures of fame have noni on the edge until she meets kaz nicol, a young cop. The film premiered at the 2014 toronto international film festival. Shes spent her life preparing for this, and shes finally going to be a star. A suicidal superstar and an earnest cop bond in the surprisingly spoton musical drama beyond the lights. Beyond the lights official motion picture soundtrack relativitymusic. Starring gugu mbatharaw, nate parker and minnie driver. Beyond the light is the first ever movie richard colson baker aka machine gun kelly for all of you music lovers out there. Watch beyond the lights online full movie from 2014 yidio. As they fall in love, they figure out how to navigate about their forming careers. Beyond the lights soundtrack music complete song list.
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