The Carter
The Carter | |
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Directed by | Adam Bhala Lough |
Produced by | Quincy Jones III Joshua Krause Jared Freedman |
Starring | Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. Bryan Williams Cortez Bryant Reginae Carter |
Cinematography | Adam Bhala Lough |
Edited by | Andy Grieve |
Music by | Lil Wayne |
Distributed by | QD3 Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Carter is a 2009 documentary film about the American
Production
While filming The Carter (between 2007 and 2008), the filmmakers conducted no interviews with Carter. As Quincy Jones III told MTV,
"With Wayne, he was like, 'I don't want to do anything that's really missionary. I want to give this a whole, new, fresh approach, so I don't necessarily want to do a formal sit-down interview.'"[2]
The film was shot in a cinéma vérité style, with the production team following the artist during his tours, and conducting interviews with his manager and other associates.[2] Lough said the film is about fame and the "artist's life".
Carter was filmed using
Distribution and lawsuit
Although Carter was under contract to participate in the film, and Jones said he was "ecstatic" about the final cut,
The independently distributed film topped iTunes movie charts in its first week of release.[7]
The infamous Lil Wayne deposition video that went viral[8] in 2012 was from a deposition about The Carter documentary with Quincy Jones III in attendance at a law office in Beverly Hills.[9][10]
Critical reception
The film received favorable reviews. Jon Caramanica's review in
References
- ^ Rolling Stone 70 Greatest Rock Docs
- ^ a b c Rodriguez, Jayson (November 13, 2009). "'The Carter' Documentary Gets 'Intimate' With Lil Wayne, Producer Says". MTV.
- ^ AllHipHop.com. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
- ^ a b c "The battle over controversial Lil Wayne film". CNN. November 24, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ a b c Perkins, Brandon (November 17, 2009). "New Lil Wayne Documentary: One of Hip-Hop's Best". Huffington Post.
- ^ "Lil Wayne documentary gets release date and film trailer - video". NME. November 10, 2009. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
- ^ "Lil Wayne Documentary Shoots to Number on iTunes". theboombox.com.
- ^ "Lil Wayne -- I Got GOD on Speed Dial".
- ^ "Lil Wayne Accused of Ditching Legal Hearing with $20M on the Line". 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Additional Footage from Lil Wayne Lawsuit Deposition Released". 26 September 2012.
- ^ Caramanica, Jon (August 6, 2015). "An N.W.A. Biopic Heads Straight to Mainstream". The New York Times.
- ^ Westhoff, Ben (August 26, 2015). "The Straight Outta Compton Effect". The Guardian.
- ^ "The 25 Best Hip-Hop Documentaries". Complex Networks.
- ^ "The 25 Best Music Documentaries of the 21st Century, from 'Amy' to 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston'". 5 March 2018.
- ^ "40 Greatest Rock Documentaries". Rolling Stone. 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Critic's Picks: Top 10 Hip-Hop Flix". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 August 2015.
- ^ "29 of the Greatest Hip-Hop Documentaries of All-Time".
- ^ "Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy & 9 Other Insightful Documentaries About Popular Rappers". Screen Rant. 27 February 2022.
External links
- The Carter at IMDb