Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man | 
 enlarge | Actors: Leonard Cohen, Rufus Wainwright, Bono, Rennie Sparks, Hal Willner
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  96 reviews
Sales Rank: 3978
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: LGED20434D
UPC: 031398204343
EAN: 0031398204343
ASIN: B000I2J62I
Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 2006
Release Date: November 14, 2006
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Product Description
Sure to please both die-hard cohen fans & the newly initiated this film is full of captivating music & offers an intimate portrait of a truly singular artist poet songwriter & cultural icon. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/28/2007 Run time: 103 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Leonard Cohen--songwriter, poet, former monk, ladies man, and sharp dresser--receives a near-hagiographical treatment in I'm Your Man, a part concert-part documentary in which his work is interpreted by an array of singers. Cohen tributes are nothing new, what with Jennifer Warnes' Famous Blue Raincoat and the multi-artist compilations Tower of Song and I'm Your Fan having preceded this one. But music producer Hal Willner, who has spearheaded similar projects focusing on Thelonious Monk, Kurt Weill, Harold Arlen, and Charles Mingus, is especially skilled at putting together rosters of diverse and unexpected artists, and he's done it again here, matching superstars U2 with the likes of Nick Cave, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Kate's offspring Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Beth Orton, Antony Hegarty (of the group Antony and the Johnsons), Jarvis Cocker, and others. Whether all of this works or not will naturally depend on the viewer's point of view. Cohen is no one's idea of a great singer, but he's certainly a distinctive one, with his ocean-deep basso profundo and the slow insinuations of a guy who, having been a Zen monk, certainly understands the virtues of patience; his lyrics, too, are sui generis, personal but rarely mawkish, at once plain and cryptic. To these ears, performances by Orton ("Sisters of Mercy"), Teddy Thompson ("Tonight Will Be Fine"), and the Handsome Family with Linda Thompson ("A Thousand Kisses Deep") come closest to capturing Cohen's spirit without actually impersonating him. On the other hand, the overly mannered stylings of the McGarrigles and Wainwrights are an acquired taste, at best; Rufus' louche posing, affected vocal delivery, and cute, tango-esque arrangement of "Everybody Knows" pretty much overwhelm the song (he's much better on "Chelsea Hotel No. 2"), and Martha's "The Traitor" is scant improvement. Cohen himself appears on just one number ("Tower of Song," with U2), but interview segments are scattered throughout director Lian Lunson's film; now in his seventies, he seems to delight in perpetuating his own legend, serving up elusive comments like "I was alive in the horror" and "Things got easier when I stopped expecting to win." Bonus material includes deleted scenes and more. --Sam Graham
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 I'm Your Bland September 9, 2008
Alexander Supertramp Jr. (On tour)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If I wanted to watch a bunch of other people singing Leonard Cohen songs interrupted by people talking, I'd go down to the local university quad, sit on the lawn and and roll a joint. (And sorry, Rufus Wainright is extremely overrated; Antony is just a freak show.) However, I was looking for a documentary about the man's life. There is all of about ten minutes of interview with him and about 5 between Bono and Edge, who themselves looked like they had something much more important to do. They didn't inverview Cohen's Buddhist teacher, but that may be his policy. Really the only insight is that Janis Joplin is the girl in "Chelsea Hotel" but even that's on Wikipedia.
Just read his books folks, after all, 4 minutes of the ten minutes he's interviewed is actually him reading a preface to the Japanese version of one of his own!
 Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man August 17, 2008
Carol D. Westfall (Jersey City, N.J.)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
We so enjoyed the Netflix DVD that we ordered 3 more from Amazon which we gave as gifts. Our friends we chose to receive this DVD were as pleased as we were. Now I proceed to order more as there are more people we would like to give a copy to.
A supplement for Leonard's fans August 7, 2008
F. Lauridsen
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This product should be bought after listening to most of Leonard's albums.
Remember this is not Leonard singing, it is a tribute to him by other singers. I fully understood it because I already have heard Leonard singing almost all the songs. I also learned that there's a couple of songs that I should get ( buy his albums) in order to hear "the man" singing them himself !
Still, if you are a "hardcore" fan of Leonard, you should buy this. The film is very touchy and full of songs with "feelings" . I really like some of the performers, I will actually check them out and buy their albums too. The film is highlighted with Leonard's comments.
Angela Lauridsen
 Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man July 22, 2008
J. Kinsley (Joseph, OR USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was disappointed. This CD is Leonard Cohen's music but NOT Cohen performing the music.
like going to church June 22, 2008
Rosie (MA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
this DVD is so inspiring and enlightening that it is like going to church yet without the dogma. I was unaware of the depth of cohen's work and view it again when I need a spirit lift or a connection with reality. What a genius!
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