Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

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Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Directed by Brigitte Berman
Written byBrigitte Berman
Produced byBrigitte Berman
Don Haig
Narrated byBrigitte Berman
CinematographyJames Aquila
Mark Irwin
Edited byBrigitte Berman
Music by Artie Shaw
Production
company
Bridge Film Productions
Distributed byCinephile [1]
Release date
  • 25 October 1985 (1985-10-25)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got is a 1985 Canadian documentary film about clarinetist Artie Shaw. [2] It was written, directed and narrated by Brigitte Berman. [3]

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Aftermath

In 1987, after the film won the Oscar, Shaw sued Berman on the grounds that as Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got had become more critically and commercially successful than had been expected, he was entitled to receive a greater share of the film's profits. [4] His lawsuit was dismissed in Ontario Superior Court in 1997. [5]

Accolades

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986. [6]

At the 59th Academy Awards in 1987, it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, [7] tying with Lee Grant's Down and Out in America . [8] [9] [10]

It also won first prize at the Valladolid Film Festival in Spain in 1986.

Restoration

A new 4K resolution print of Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got was slated to screen in the TIFF Classics program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, in advance of being permanently archived in the collection of the Film Reference Library. [11] The screening took place on 9 September 2023. [12]

It also premiered on January 5, 2024 at Film Forum in New York City. [13] [14] [15]

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References

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  2. Artie Shaw: The Reluctant Jazz Star: NPR
  3. ARTIE SHAW: TIME IS ALL YOU'VE GOT|Library of Congress
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  5. "Bandleader Artie Shaw loses lawsuit over film". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , March 10, 1997.
  6. Jay Scott, "Joshua, American Cousin lead pack in Genie pursuit". The Globe and Mail , February 14, 1986.
  7. Jazz Giant Artie Shaw Die at 94 (washingtonpost.com)
  8. Gaga vs. Glenn: What Happened in an Oscar Tie?|Vanity Fair
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