King Crimson’s “In The Court Of The Crimson King – King Crimson At 50” documentary By Toby Amies is coming to select US theaters opening November 3rd!
Just as King Crimson has been, for more than half a century, an atypical rock band, this film is a refreshingly atypical music documentary. A film about the sacrifices we need to make to bring things of beauty and meaning into the world. But with jokes.
Toby Amies’s film “In The Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson at 50” provides a unique insight into the working process of a complex touring band, interspersed with contributions from previous band members to provide a contextual backdrop to the band’s past, as the most recent (2014-2021) line-up tours the world just before and during its 50th anniversary.
As King Crimson producer and band manager, David Singleton observed of the film: “All of life is here, not just music, and certainly not just rock. It has rightly been described as going beyond King Crimson into a ‘universal, inspirational study of what it is to work or dream to work as an artist.’”
While director Toby Amies writes of the experience: “In the Court of the Crimson King is not a film that wants to tell the audience what to think, rather it presents several different points of view about the creative process and what it means to be in this most unusual band; leaving the audience with a sense of both how complicated it all is, but also just how incredibly rewarding the King Crimson experience is both for the musicians and its fans.”
Robert Fripp announced that King Crimson had “moved from sound to silence” on social media after their final date in Japan in December 2021, making this release all the more poignant as a unique record of the band’s longest lasting line-up with tantalizing glimpses of the band’s history.
COMING TO SELECT THEATERS INCLUDING LA & NY New York City – November 3rd @ Alamo Drafthouse Los Angeles – November 3rd @ Alamo Drafthouse San Francisco, CA – November 3rd @ Roxie Theatre San Francisco, CA – November 3rd @ The Castro Theater Larkspur, CA – November 3rd @ The Lark Theater Vancouver, WA – November 3rd @ The Kiggins Theatre Hartford, CT – November 3rd @ Cinestudio San Francisco, CA – November 8th @ 4 Star Theater Ann Arbor, MI – November 8th @ Michigan Theater Bellingham, WA – November 8th @ Pickford Film Center Santa Ana, CA – November 8th @ Frida Cinema Seattle, WA – November 8th @ Grand Illusion Camas, WA – November 8th @ Liberty Theatre New York City – November 8th @ Rosendale Theater Des Moines, IA – November 8th @ Fleur Cinema Austin, TX – November 8th @ Moviehouse & Eatery NW Austin Austin, TX – November 8th @ Moviehouse & Eatery SW Austin Columbia, SC – November 8th @ BTM Dutch Square Cinema 14 Richmond, VA – November 8th @ BTM Movieland at Boulevard Sq Irvine, CA – November 8th @ Irvine Spectrum 20 IMAX & RPX Knoxville, TN – November 8th @ Pinnacle Stm 18 IMAX & RPX Atlanta, GA – November 8th @ Regal Atlantic Station Chicago, IL – November 8th @ Regal City North Cleveland, OH – November 8th @ Regal Crocker Park Albany, NY – November 8th @ Regal Crossgates Syracuse, NY – November 8th @ Regal Destiny Los Angeles, CA – November 8th @ Regal Edwards Long Beach San Diego, CA – November 8th @ Regal Edwards Mira Mesa San Francisco, CA – November 8th @ Regal Hacienda Crossings Portland, OR – November 8th @ Regal Lloyd Center Nashville, TN – November 8th @ Regal Opry Mills Las Vegas, NV – November 8th @ Regal Red Rock Los Angeles, CA – November 8th @ Regal Sherman Oaks Galleria Miami, FL – November 8th @ Regal South Beach Charlotte, NC – November 8th @ Regal Stonecrest Seattle, WA – November 8th @ Regal Thornton Place Philadelphia, PA – November 8th @ Regal UA King of Prussia New York, NY – November 8th @ Regal Union Square Albuquerque, NM – November 8th @ Regal Winrock Lowell, MA – November 8th @ Lowell Foxboro, MA – November 8th @ Patriot Place Providence, RI – November 8th @ Providence Place Warwick, RI – November 8th @ Warwick Farmingdale, NY – November 8th @ Farmingdale Holtsville, NY – November 8th @ Island 16 Holtsville, NY – November 8th @ Broadway Springdale, OH – November 8th @ Springdale Cambridge, MA – November 8th @ The Prattle Theatre Beverly, MA – November 8th @ Cabot Performing Arts Centre Inglewood, CA – November 8th @ Cinepolis Del Mar, CA – November 8th @ Cinepolis San Mateo, CA – November 8th @ Cinepolis Dallas, TX – November 8th @ Cinepolis Austin, TX – November 8th @ Cinepolis Austin, TX – November 8th @ Cinepolis Coconut Grove, FL – November 8th @ Cinepolis Gaithersburg, MD – November 8th @ Cinepolis Sedona, AZ – November 8th @ Mary D Fisher Theatre Minneapolis, MN – November 8th @ Riverview Theatre Cleveland, OH – November 8th @ Cedar Lee Theatre Bantam, CT – November 9th @ Bantam Cinema & Arts Center Chico, CA – November 9th @ Pageant Theater Eugene, OR – November 10th @ Art House Dallas, TX – November 12th @ The Texas Theatre Portland, OR – November 12th @ Cinema 21 Los Angeles, CA – November 13th @ Orpheum Theater Somerville, MA – November 13th @ Somerville Theatre Maitland, FL – December 18th @ Enzian Theater Sacramento, CA – November 22nd @ Crest Cinema Pittsburgh, PA – November 28th @ Harris Theatre
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