The Public Image is Rotten
- Streaming Platforms / Japan release
Press Release:
Ocober 27th 2020
CURIOUSCOPE ACQUIRES THE PUBLIC IMAGE IS ROTTEN FOR RELEASE IN JAPAN
FILM CHRONICLES MUSIC ICON JOHN LYDON AND THE EVOLUTION OF PUBLIC IMAGE LTD
Film will be available outside Japan on iTunes, Amazon, FandangoNow, and Xbox/Microsoft Store starting October 27 and on Google Play on November 3
NEW YORK, NY / TOKYO, JAPAN – October 27, 2020 – Abramorama today announced Curiouscope has acquired the Japanese rights to the well-received documentary The Public Image Is Rotten for release in 2021. The deal was negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers by Abramorama’s Head of Music Evan Saxon and COO Karol Martesko-Fenster, and on behalf of Curiouscope by Yukie Koga and CEO Ryo Ichimura. In addition, The Public Image Is Rotten will be released on digital platforms outside of Japan (English and French and Spanish subtitles) starting today October 27, 2020. It is also available via Abramorama’s direct-to-consumer imprint at vimeo.com/ondemand/publicimage. In 2019, The Public Image Is Rotten had a targeted global theatrical release with sold out Q&A screenings in London, NYC, Mexico City and Los Angeles. The theatrical campaign reinvigorated fans, introduced Lydon to a new audience and drove sales for a career spanning box set also titled “The Public Image Is Rotten.”
John Lydon commented, “This quote is not my quote.”
Abramorama’s Evan Saxon and Abramorama CEO Richard Abramowitz added, “John Lydon has changed music and pop culture like only the most challenging of artist’s have. The Public Image Is Rotten delivers an insightful look at John and PiL and should be seen by fans of all music. It’s a great doc on a groundbreaking band that’s lasted 40 years, still puts out great music, and gives fans the best live shows.”
Curiouscope’s CEO Ryo Ichimura stated, “We are pleased to distribute this great documentary in Japan, as John Lydon and PiL have been having a profound impact on the Japanese music and cultural scene. We know their story, music and creative integrity will inspire Japanese audiences.“
A The New York Times Critic’s Pick, The Times wrote “this affectionate and frank movie can elicit newfound admiration for a slightly mellowed iconoclast.” Directed by Tabbert Fiiller, featuring in-depth interviews with John Lydon, former and current bandmates as well as Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Ad-Rock (Beastie Boys) and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and more, and loaded with electrifying archival footage, The Public Image Is Rotten tells the band and John Lydon’s story with a level of depth and intimacy never before seen.
After the breakup of the Sex Pistols, John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten), formed Public Image Ltd (PiL), his groundbreaking band which he has kept alive for over four decades, through personnel and stylistic changes, fighting to constantly reinvent new ways of approaching music, while adhering to radical ideals of artistic integrity. John Lydon has not only redefined music, but also the true meaning of originality. With his trademark acerbic wit and unpredictable candor, Lydon offers a behind-the-scenes look at one of music’s most influential and controversial careers.
THE PUBLIC IMAGE IS ROTTEN (USA, 103 min-English) A Verisimilitude production, Directed by Tabbert Fiiller, Produced by Tyler Brodie, Hunter Gray, Phaedon Papadopoulos, Tabbert Fiiller, Executive Producers John Rambo Stevens, Cameron Brodie, Nick Shumaker, Director of Photography Yamit Shimonovitz, Editor Eric Pritchard, Music Supervision Dan Wilcox, Co-Producers Andrew Adair, Scotty Murphy, Associate Producers Andra Gordon, Kate West, Additional Cinematography Tobias Datum, Original Score Dave Wilder, Supervising Sound Editor Gabriel Reyna. An Abramorama theatrical, digital, and broadcast release
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Abramorama is the preeminent global theatrical distribution and rights management partner for documentary and music films and is recognized for the consistent high quality of its work on award winning features. An innovator in the focused, personalized form of film marketing, promotion, distribution and live, event, and digital cinema, Abramorama provides invaluable alternatives to filmmakers while continuing to trail-blaze exciting new pathways to defined audiences.
Over the course of nearly 20 years, Abramorama has successfully distributed and marketed hundreds of films, including Ron Howard’s Grammy Award®-winning The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years; Stanley Nelson’s Miles Davis: Birth of The Cool; Atlantic Records and Melanie Martinez’ K-12; John McDermott’s Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church; Amir Bar-Lev's Long Strange Trip – The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead; Tabbert Fiiller’s The Public Image Is Rotten; Danny Clinch and Pearl Jam’s Let’s Play Two; Corbett Redford and Green Day’s Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk; John Scheinfeld’s Chasing Trane – The John Coltrane Documentary; Roberta Grossman and Nancy Spielberg’s Who Will Write Our History; Brett Bern's BANG! The Bert Berns Story; Brett Morgen and National Geographic’s seminal Jane; Asif Kapadia’s Senna; Neil Young’s vast catalog of Bernard Shakey Productions; Cameron Crowe’s Pearl Jam Twenty; Sacha Gervasi’s Spirit Award-winning Anvil! The Story of Anvil; Banksy’s Academy Award® nominated & Spirit Award-winning Exit Through the Gift Shop; Laurie Anderson’s New York Times critics’ pick, Heart of a Dog; Showtime’s National Board of Review Winner Listen to Me Marlon; Academy Award®-nominee and IDA Best Documentary Winner The Look of Silence; and the episodic multi-platform series Deconstructing The Beatles. Abramorama is a founding partner of The Seventh Art Stand program, an act of cinematic solidarity against Islamophobia, that ran in more than 50 theaters across the United States in May of 2017. Abramorama launched a conscious films imprint, Mangurama, in 2018 alongside its music-centric film fund focused on the global release of iconic music documentaries. In January of 2019 the company launched the live multicast streaming enterprise ABCinemaNOW.com with the global live introduction, interstitial programming, and Q&A from Paris, France for the 55-country release of Who Will Write Our History. In 2020 Abramorama Selects was launched providing a gateway for select films across global VOD platforms. For more information visit abramorama.com
The Public Image Is Rotten
The Public Image is Rotten is available to stream on the following platforms from October 27th 2020
Apple TV (iTunes)
Amazon
FandangoNow
Google Play/YT Rentals (live 11/3)
Xbox/Microsoft Store