A.K.A. Doc Pomus
2012 - ENGLISH - MOVIE
Documentary Biography Music
Doc Pomus was the most unlikely of rock & roll icons. Paralyzed with polio as a child, Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder reinvented himself first as a blues singer, renaming himself Doc Pomus, then as a songwriter, creating some of the greatest hits of the early rock and roll era: Save the Last Dance for Me, This Magic Moment, A Teenager in Love, Viva Las Vegas, and a thousand others. Doc used crutches and a wheelchair. He lived life fully, if not always happily or easily. A.K.A. DOC POMUS brings to life Doc s joyous, heartbreaking, romantic, and extraordinarily eventful journey. Packed with incomparable music and rare archival imagery, it features a cast which includes Dr. John, Ben E. King, Joan Osborne, Shawn Colvin, Dion, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and B.B. King. As well, Doc s journals are read in the film by his close friend, Lou Reed. Doc Pomus is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the first white person inducted to The Rhythm and Blues Hall Of Fame. His story is one of triumph over adversity Written by Anonymous A.K.A. Doc Pomus is a 2012 English-language Documentary Biography movie featuring Willi Burke, Marshall Chapman, Shawn Colvin, Dion Dimucci, Dr. John, Ken Emerson and Hal Willner. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released.
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Date2012
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English
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Documentary , Biography , Music
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A.K.A. Doc Pomus Reviews and Ratings
Average Review Rating : positive
Positive Review Rating : 67%
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Ronnie Scheib
Yet the docu focuses less on the songwriter than on the man, perhaps because Pomus daughter Sharyn serves as one of its producers. ( Read More )
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Kenneth Turan
Expertly put together by editor Amy Linton, AKA Doc Pomus uses its wealth of material to create the sense of a man with a genius for putting undistilled emotion into his songs. ( Read More )
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Alan Scherstuhl
Even if you know this history already, A.K.A. Doc Pomus is vital and endearing, a celebration of a great artist, a great character, and the universality of great pop. ( Read More )
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Leonard Maltin
A thoughtful, intimate documentary about a blues shouter, in the tradition of the great Joe Turner... ( Read More )
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Kurt Loder
It meanders unproductively into backyard barbecue scenes and overwrought teen romance. ( Read More )
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