New York, NY (Top40 Charts / MPL/Capitol/UMe) Abramorama announced today a partnership with MPL/Capitol/UMe to premiere Paul McCartney's The Bruce McMouse Show in select theaters around the world on January 21. The Bruce McMouse Show is a previously never-before seen film that tells the story of how
Paul McCartney and Wings came to meet the inimitable impresario Bruce McMouse. Part concert film, part animated feature, The Bruce McMouse Show features footage from Wings' 1972 European tour from Red Rose Speedway, interspersed with animated scenes that introduce a family of mice living under the stage.
After opening the film with 'Big Barn Bed' - the camera takes us down through the floorboards into this charming animated world. We see Bruce McMouse regale his children with stories from his past, when son Soily rushes into the room in a whirlwind of excitement announcing that "The Wings" are playing above them. As the concert plays on, Bruce declares to his wife Yvonne that Paul and the band need his help. Bruce then proceeds to venture on stage to offers his services as producer. As the concert progresses, the animated scenes culminate with dozens of animated mice flocking to the venue to see Wings play. 'The Bruce McMouse Show' has been fully restored in 2018 at Final Frame Post alongside a brand-new audio mix (stereo and 5.1) created at AIR Studios where it was also mastered.
Watch a special teaser video here
The film was directed by Barry Chattington and produced by
Roger Cherrill with the live elements taken from four shows in The Netherlands and Germany in 1972. Paul viewed the initial concert edit and realized there was great potential in the material captured. Prior to the European tour Paul had the idea of a family of mice and sketched the characters. Picking up the idea, Eric Wylam took Paul's sketches and created the final McMouse family. This storyline was incorporated and used as a linking theme within the concert footage. The voice-overs for the animated mice took place at the end of 1973, recorded by Paul and
Linda McCartney, Deryck Guyler, Pat Coombs and Derek Nimmo. Production stretched from 1972 through to 1977 when the film was complete, however with changes in the band's line-up and music scene, the project was held in the MPL archives.
Evan Saxon, Head of West Coast Acquisitions and Business Development at Abramorama stated, "There's no greater compliment than to be entrusted to oversee the global release a
Paul McCartney film and continue our long-standing relationship with The
Beatles family. Fans attending these special screenings of The Bruce McMouse Show will be transported to a
Paul McCartney & Wings concert with the best seat in the house, just above Bruce McMouse and his family."
For tickets and information www.BruceMcMouse.com
Cinemas where The Bruce McMouse Show is screening:
US:
New York: IFC Center
Los Angeles: ArcLight, Hollywood
Bethesda: ArcLight Bethesda
Chicago: ArcLight Chicago
Dallas: ANGELIKA
Honolulu: Kahala 8
Nashville: Belcourt Theatre
Phoenix: FilmBar
Sacramento: The Tower Theatre
San Diego: ANGELIKA, Carmel Mountain
San Rafael: San Rafael Film Center
Seattle: SIFF Uptown
Canada:
Montreal: Cinéma Banque Scotia Montréal
Toronto: Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
Vancouver: Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver
Paul McCartney and Wings, Red Rose Speedway, a six-disc (3CD, 2DVD + 1Blu-ray) numbered limited deluxe edition of the second Wings album was released December 7th. Originally released in April 1973 and featuring the #1 single 'My Love,' Red Rose
Speedway was the first Wings album to hit #1 on the U.S. chart. The Red Rose
Speedway limited deluxe edition features three discs of audio including the original album remastered at Abbey Road, no less than 35 bonus audio tracks, including a reconstruction of the originally conceived double album version of Red Rose Speedway, singles, B-sides, alternate mixes and previously unreleased tracks. The 2DVD + Blu-ray portions of the deluxe are packed with rare and previously unseen footage, including the
James Paul McCartney TV Special, interviews and music videos, as well as the never before seen film The Bruce McMouse Show—fully restored and remixed in stereo and 5.1 surround sound. The package includes a folio containing 14 replica hand drawn original character sketches by Paul and facsimile dialogue sheets for the film, a 128-page book containing many previously unpublished images by
Linda McCartney, expanded album and single artwork from the archives and story behind the album — including new interviews with Paul McCartney, and key album personnel — and track-by-track information, written by
Amanda Petrusich, five replica handwritten lyric sheets and photo print, a 64-page 'Wings In Morocco' photo book, all housed in a numbered outer slipcase. The Red Rose
Speedway download redemption card will provide access to all audio in HD 24/96kHz unlimited high-resolution versions.
About Abramorama
Abramorama is the preeminent global rights management partner for music films today and is recognized for the consistent high quality of its work on award winning feature films. An innovator in the focused, personalized form of film distribution and event cinema, Abramorama provides invaluable alternatives to filmmakers and content owners. An industry leader in marketing, promotion, and global distribution, Abramorama continues to trail-blaze exciting new pathways for filmmakers to find their audience.
Over the course of more than 15 years, Abramorama has successfully distributed and marketed hundreds of films, including Ron Howard's Grammy Award®-winning The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years;
David Leland's Concert for George;
Danny Clinch and
Pearl Jam's Let's Play Two; Paul Dugdale and Myles Desenberg's
Above & Beyond Acoustic - Giving Up The Day Job; Amir Bar-Lev's Long Strange Trip - The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead; Corbett Redford and Green Day's Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk, John Scheinfeld's Chasing Trane - The
John Coltrane Documentary; Sam Pollard's Two Trains Runnin';
Brett Bern's BANG! The Bert Berns Story;
Brett Morgen and
National Geographic's seminal Jane; Charles Ferguson's Time To Choose; Asif Kapadia's Senna; Neil Young's Greendale; Cameron Crowe's
Pearl Jam Twenty; Sacha Gervasi's Anvil! The Story of Anvil; Banksy's Academy Award® nominated Exit Through the Gift Shop; the surprise indie hit Awake: The Life of Yogananda; Laurie Anderson's astonishing New York Times critics' pick,
Heart of a Dog, Showtime's
National Board of Review Winner Listen to Me
Marlon and Draft House Releasing's 2016 Documentary Academy Award®-nominee and IDA Best Documentary Winner The Look of Silence. Abramorama is a founding partner of The Seventh Art Stand program, an act of cinematic solidarity against Islamophobia, that ran in more than 50 theaters across the United States in May of 2017. Abramorama recently launched its music centric film fund focused on the global release of iconic music documentaries. For more information visit www.abramorama.com
