LOS ANGELES, CA (Showtime Networks Inc.) - Nearly 55 of the biggest names in music deliberate on the current state of the industry, work/life balance, and their personal inspirations in the revealing new documentary ALL WE ARE SAYING, premiering on SHOWTIME on Wednesday, March 8 at 8 p.m. PT/ET. The film is actor/director Rosanna Arquette's follow-up to her widely praised directorial debut, SEARCHING FOR DEBRA WINGER, which premiered on SHOWTIME in 2003 and featured Jane Fonda, Salma Hayek, Sharon Stone and others, discussing ageism in the mostly male-dominated entertainment industry.
In ALL WE ARE SAYING, which premiered to acclaim at last year's Tribeca Film Festival, Rosanna Arquette uses her accessible, reverential interview style to provoke brilliant insight from an eclectic mix of artists. Revealing moments include:
* David Crosby on how A&R reps at the present handful of media conglomerates " ... wouldn't know a [good] song if it flew up their nose(s) and died."
* Steven Tyler discussing how internet downloading has greatly diminished the Aerosmith catalog value.
* Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders on wearing a nursing bra while rocking out onstage.
* Jimmy Iovine, Chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M, on why hip-hop has trounced rock 'n' roll, and how Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg are today's Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
* Joni Mitchell reveals why she feels one of her biggest hits as a songwriter, "Both Sides Now" (made famous by Judy Collins), is a failure and how contracting polio compelled her to become an artist.
"I love music and wanted to sit down with some of the people I admire and discuss what keeps them going - the balance between art and life, the state of the art of music today and what inspires them," said Arquette. "Most true artists care about music as a pure, passionate art form, but can get caught in the trap of the business which, sadly, has now become more important than the artist or even the music itself."
Best known for her star-making turn opposite Madonna in 1985's DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN, Arquette has acted in nearly 80 films, including Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION (1994) and John Sayles' BABY IT'S YOU (1983). In 1999, she starred in Alison Anders' SUGAR TOWN, a look at the tarnished lives of struggling L.A. rockers. The self-professed music addict even had two hit songs penned about her: the 1989 Peter Gabriel classic, "In Your Eyes," and Toto's 1982 number one song, "Rosanna." Currently, she is guest starring on Season 3 of SHOWTIME's provocative series THE L WORD(R), and on the upcoming ABC series, WHAT ABOUT BRIAN? She is a third generation member of the famous acting family that includes her grandfather (Cliff), father (Lewis), and younger siblings (Richmond, Alexis, David and Patricia).
ALL WE ARE SAYING is executive produced by Freddy DeMann and Pilar DeMann for DeMann Entertainment, and produced by Rosanna Arquette for A Flower Child Production, and Kristina Birkmayer. Representing SHOWTIME in the negotiations were Executive Vice President, Program Acquisitions, Planning & Distribution, Matthew Duda, Senior Vice President Film Acquisitions, Gary Garfinkel, and Vice President Program Acquisitions, Larry Greenberg. Tom Hansen and John V. Meigs Jr. of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren & Richman, L.L.P. and Kent L. Sevener, Senior Vice President and Counsel, Entertainment, SHOWTIME, served as counsel to DeMann Entertainment and Showtime Networks, respectively.
