‘Mr. Jimmy’ Doc On Akio Sakurai, Guitarist Devoted To Honoring Music Of Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, Acquired By Abramorama
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has set worldwide release plans for Mr. Jimmy, a documentary it’s acquired on Japanese guitarist Akio Sakurai, who has dedicated his life to honoring the music of Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page.
The film directed, produced and edited by Peter Michael Dowd will hit theaters globally on September 1st, opening in the U.S.
against the Denzel Washington-led The Equalizer 3, Vertical’s thriller The Good Mother starring Hilary Swank and Olivia Cooke, and Strand Releasing’s French-language climbing drama The Mountain.
Mr. Jimmy explores Sakurai’s dedicated work to mirror Page’s fashion style, instruments, sound, movements, and live performances for an act he’d eventually take around the globe to festivals including SXSW, the Buenos Aires Film Festival, the São Paolo Film Festival, and the Rotterdam Film Festival.
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