Tony Bennett: An American Classic

Category: 39
All Genres: Biography, Music
Release Year: 2006
Country: USA
Runtime: 42
Languages: English
Director: Rob Marshall
Sound: Dolby Digital, Dolby
Taglines:
  • You can only find true love when you're true to yourself
  • Two Cultures. Two Traditions. One Love.

  • Writing by: Doug Wright - narration

    Produced by: Danny Bennett - executive producer
    John DeLuca - executive producer
    Philip W. Hack - line producer (as Philip Hack)
    Jodi Hurwitz - producer
    Allen Kelman - supervising producer
    Rob Marshall - executive producer
    Alison Sandler - line producer

    Cast: Tony Bennett - Himself - Performer
    Christina Aguilera - Herself - Performer
    Billy Crystal - Himself - Speaker
    k.d. lang - Herself - Performer
    Chris Botti - Himself - Performer
    John Legend - Himself - Performer
    Catherine Zeta-Jones - Herself - Speaker
    Juanes - Himself - Performer
    Bruce Willis - Himself - Speaker
    Diana Krall - Himself - Performer
    Elton John - Himself - Performer

    Music: Justin R. Durban David Modica
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: In the upper echelons of traditional Middle Eastern society, Reema and Omar prepare for the marriage of their daughter Tala...
    Plot: Tony Bennett sings classics with an array of top-notch guest artists, and stars pay tribute to his career.

    Movie Quotes: Woman at end of movie: [after being told Leyla is lesbian] She's what? But some of my best friends are Lebanese!


    Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    James Bond will return

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Anachronisms: Though set in 1958, kids call one another "dork" and "doofus" -- gradeschool put-downs that weren't in common use until Seventies or Eighties.

    Trivia: There are 1 entries in the trivia list - like these:
    • In the backyard tent scene where the boys are looking at the Playboy magazine, they refer to 1950's actress and pinup girl Carroll Baker, the real-life mother of actress Blanche Baker, who portrays Ruth Chandler in this movie.