Phil Spector is a pioneer of American music, a legendary producer to John Lennon and Tina Turner, and, as of April 13th 2009, a convicted murderer. Yet the Spector who appears in Vikram Jayanti’s documentary is not the severe, outlandishly coiffed defendant seen in sensationalistic accounts of his trial, but a charming, savvy music executive with a generous, but arguably accurate, estimation of his place in the history of popular music.

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector (2009)
  • Rating: (106 votes)
  • Runtime:102 minutes
  • Director: Vikram Jayanti
  • Countries:USA, UK
  • Actors:
    Herself (archive footage)
    Lana Clarkson
    Himself (archive footage) (as The Righteous Brothers)
    Bobby Hatfield
    Himself (archive footage) (as The Righteous Brothers)
    Bill Medley
    Uniform officer
    Ronma Perry
    Himself
    Phil Spector
    Herself (archive footage)
    Ronnie Spector
    Himself (archive footage)
    Ike Turner
    Herself (archive footage)
    Tina Turner
  • Genre:Documentary
  • Producers:
    Vikram Jayanti
    producer  
    Anthony Wall
    producer  
  • Plot: Phil Spector is a pioneer of American music, a legendary producer to John Lennon and Tina Turner, and, as of April 13th 2009, a convicted murderer. Yet the Spector who appears in Vikram Jayanti's documentary is not the severe, outlandishly coiffed defendant seen in sensationalistic accounts of his trial, but a charming, savvy music executive with a generous, but arguably accurate, estimation of his place in the history of popular music. Written by Hamptons International Film Festival
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  • Also known as: La agonía y el éxtasis de Phil Spector (Argentina - festival title), Phil Spector: Ångest och extas (Sweden - imdb display title),

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