The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story

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The Boy Band Con:
The Lou Pearlman Story
The Boy Band Con poster.jpg
Directed byAaron Kunkel
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
  • Henry Darrow McComas
  • Aaron Kunkel
Edited by
  • Aaron Kunkel
  • Shane Patterson
Music by Bleeding Fingers
Production
companies
Distributed by YouTube Premium
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • March 13, 2019 (2019-03-13)(SXSW)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story (working title The Lou Pearlman Project) is an American documentary film that premiered on March 13, 2019 at SXSW. Produced by Lance Bass, the film explores the career and legacy of record producer and convicted criminal Lou Pearlman.

Contents

Premise

The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story features "the story of Lou Pearlman, his remarkable successes and offenses, and his tragic end while serving a 25-year prison sentence for multiple felony convictions. The Lou Pearlman Project reveals the dark side of stardom and the music industry as members of multi-platinum-selling bands like *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, O-Town, Innosense, Take 5 and C-Note tell all about working with Pearlman." [1]

The documentary includes interviews with:

Production

On April 24, 2018, it was announced that YouTube Red was in production on The Lou Pearlman Project, a documentary executive produced by Lance Bass, Craig Piligian, Nicholas Caprio, and Sam Korkis. The documentary was set to feature interviews with AJ McLean, Ashley Parker Angel, Aaron Carter, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Lance Bass, Diane Bass, and Lynn Bomar Harless. Production companies involved with the film were slated to consist of Pilgrim Media Group. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Release

The film held its world premiere at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas on March 13, 2019 during the South by Southwest film festival as part of the "24 Beats Per Second" series of screenings. [5] [6]

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