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David Byrne's American Utopia

Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.

Director

Spike Lee

Year

Genre

documentary, music, musical

Box Office

N/A

Production

Participant,River Road Entertainment,Warner Music Group,Todomundo,40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks,RadicalMedia,HBO Documentary Films

Awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. 4 wins & 19 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.hbo.com/american-utopia

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Self - Percussion

Jacqueline Acevedo

Self - Percussion

Gustavo Di Dalva

Self - Percussion

Daniel Freedman

Self - Vocals

Self - Percussion

Self - Vocals

Self - Keyboard & Band Leader

Self - Percussion & Drum Section Leader

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Stephane San Juan

Self - Guitar

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Bobby Wooten Iii

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♪ Here is an area - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ Here is an area

Thank you for...
Thank you for leaving your homes. - David Byrne's American Utopia

Thank you for... Thank you for leaving your homes.

- (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
- Thank you. - David Byrne's American Utopia

- (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) - Thank you.

I can't take any credit for that.
I had no choice in the matter. - David Byrne's American Utopia

I can't take any credit for that. I had no choice in th...

I read something, well, kinda
surprising and amazing the other day. - David Byrne's American Utopia

I read something, well, kinda surprising and amazing the oth...

I read that babies' brains - David Byrne's American Utopia

I read that babies' brains

So I wondered to myself,
what does this mean? - David Byrne's American Utopia

So I wondered to myself, what does this mean?

Does this mean that babies
are smarter than we are - David Byrne's American Utopia

Does this mean that babies are smarter than we are

- Well, what happens is...
- (MUSIC STARTS) - David Byrne's American Utopia

- Well, what happens is... - (MUSIC STARTS)

They define
how we perceive the world, - David Byrne's American Utopia

They define how we perceive the world,

And maybe round about that time, - David Byrne's American Utopia

And maybe round about that time,

(LAUGHTER) - David Byrne's American Utopia

Are they looking at me?
Are they like me? - David Byrne's American Utopia

Are they looking at me? Are they like me?

Wondering if there's... you know,
wondering if there's a logic to it. - David Byrne's American Utopia

Wondering if there's... you know, wondering if there�...

♪ Oh - David Byrne's American Utopia

Meeting people is hard, - David Byrne's American Utopia

Meeting people is hard,

These people over here, - David Byrne's American Utopia

These people over here,

(LAUGHTER) - David Byrne's American Utopia

These people over here don't need apps. - David Byrne's American Utopia

These people over here don't need apps.

(AUDIENCE WHOOPS) - David Byrne's American Utopia

(AUDIENCE WHOOPS)

Some of them might be
putting up a front, - David Byrne's American Utopia

Some of them might be putting up a front,

Meanwhile,
I'm, well, you know, observing. - David Byrne's American Utopia

Meanwhile, I'm, well, you know, observing.

Objectively,
I could never figure out why, - David Byrne's American Utopia

Objectively, I could never figure out why,

But, yeah, looking at people?
That's the best. - David Byrne's American Utopia

But, yeah, looking at people? That's the best.

My friend Brian Eno suggested that
we use a nonsense poem by a Dada artist - David Byrne's American Utopia

My friend Brian Eno suggested that we use a nonsense poem by...

I was familiar
with a different Dada artist, - David Byrne's American Utopia

I was familiar with a different Dada artist,

His name was Kurt Schwitters,
and he recorded one of these in 1932. - David Byrne's American Utopia

His name was Kurt Schwitters, and he recorded one of these i...

It was called the "Ursonate,"
the primeval sonata. - David Byrne's American Utopia

It was called the "Ursonate," the primeval sonata.

Schwitters and some of the others
in the... this group were, - David Byrne's American Utopia

Schwitters and some of the others in the... this group were,

To help explain a little bit
what that means, - David Byrne's American Utopia

To help explain a little bit what that means,

(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) - David Byrne's American Utopia

(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)

The world they were trying to make
sense of... Yes, it was pretty crazy. - David Byrne's American Utopia

The world they were trying to make sense of... Yes, it was p...

There had recently
been an economic crash. - David Byrne's American Utopia

There had recently been an economic crash.

The Nazis were coming to power,
this is 1932, - David Byrne's American Utopia

The Nazis were coming to power, this is 1932,

The Dada artist Hugo Ball
said that their artistic aims - David Byrne's American Utopia

The Dada artist Hugo Ball said that their artistic aims

♪ Bim blassa glallassasa zimbrabim - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ Bim blassa glallassasa zimbrabim

♪ A bim beri glassala grandide - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ A bim beri glassala grandide

♪ Gadji beri bimba glandridi - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ Gadji beri bimba glandridi

In 1976, the band I was in,
Talking Heads, we got a record contract. - David Byrne's American Utopia

In 1976, the band I was in, Talking Heads, we got a record c...

(CHEERING) - David Byrne's American Utopia

It was a contract,
but not for very much money. - David Byrne's American Utopia

It was a contract, but not for very much money.

I spent some of my money
on a Sony Trinitron color television. - David Byrne's American Utopia

I spent some of my money on a Sony Trinitron color televisio...

The screen was about that big,
but it was... - David Byrne's American Utopia

The screen was about that big, but it was...

I must have still been
a little bit... a little bit isolated, - David Byrne's American Utopia

I must have still been a little bit... a little bit isolated...

(LAUGHTER) - David Byrne's American Utopia

Did the TV contain
those millions of lost connections... - David Byrne's American Utopia

Did the TV contain those millions of lost connections...

Between me and them and them and me? - David Byrne's American Utopia

Between me and them and them and me?

♪ All right, I took a walk - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ All right, I took a walk

♪ How am I not your brother? - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ How am I not your brother?

♪ All right! It's good to lose
and it's good to win sometimes - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ All right! It's good to lose and it's good to wi...

(LAUGHTER) - David Byrne's American Utopia

The song's called
"Everybody's Coming to My House." - David Byrne's American Utopia

The song's called "Everybody's Coming to My H...

And in my version, and that's
the version you're gonna hear, - David Byrne's American Utopia

And in my version, and that's the version you're g...

And you can sense, although
he never says it in the song, - David Byrne's American Utopia

And you can sense, although he never says it in the song,

Their version seems
to be about welcome, - David Byrne's American Utopia

Their version seems to be about welcome,

I kinda liked their version better, - David Byrne's American Utopia

I kinda liked their version better,

Unfortunately, I am what I am. - David Byrne's American Utopia

Unfortunately, I am what I am.

(CHEERING) - David Byrne's American Utopia

I... My parents brought me over
from Scotland when I was little. - David Byrne's American Utopia

I... My parents brought me over from Scotland when I was lit...

(CHEERING) - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ Everybody's coming to my house - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ Everybody's coming to my house

♪ We're only tourists in this life - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ We're only tourists in this life

♪ We're only tourists in this life - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ We're only tourists in this life

♪ Time isn't holding us - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ Time isn't holding us

- (SONG ENDS)
- (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) - David Byrne's American Utopia

- (SONG ENDS) - (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

- (SONG ENDS)
- (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) - David Byrne's American Utopia

- (SONG ENDS) - (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

In 2016, just before the election,
I went to Charlotte, North Carolina, - David Byrne's American Utopia

In 2016, just before the election, I went to Charlotte, Nort...

They'll register you instantly,
instantly, - David Byrne's American Utopia

They'll register you instantly, instantly,

The pledge consists of a clipboard
and a piece of paper, - David Byrne's American Utopia

The pledge consists of a clipboard and a piece of paper,

Will you sign this piece of paper saying
that you're gonna vote tomorrow?" - David Byrne's American Utopia

Will you sign this piece of paper saying that you're go...

It was just a piece of paper, - David Byrne's American Utopia

It was just a piece of paper,

The turnout for that election
was the best it had been in decades. - David Byrne's American Utopia

The turnout for that election was the best it had been in de...

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) - David Byrne's American Utopia

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

- (GROANS AND SUBDUED LAUGHTER)
- OK. - David Byrne's American Utopia

- (GROANS AND SUBDUED LAUGHTER) - OK.

Local elections,
the average turnout is 20 percent. - David Byrne's American Utopia

Local elections, the average turnout is 20 percent.

To give you a visual idea
of what 20 percent looks like, - David Byrne's American Utopia

To give you a visual idea of what 20 percent looks like,

These are the ones that vote
in local elections. - David Byrne's American Utopia

These are the ones that vote in local elections.

The ones up top
are waving and laughing - David Byrne's American Utopia

The ones up top are waving and laughing

The average age of the people,
who turn out to vote in local elections, - David Byrne's American Utopia

The average age of the people, who turn out to vote in local...

Oh! There we go. - David Byrne's American Utopia

Oh! There we go.

OK, yeah, but 57? - David Byrne's American Utopia

OK, yeah, but 57?

- Kids, you're fucked.
- (LAUGHTER) - David Byrne's American Utopia

- Kids, you're fucked. - (LAUGHTER)

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) - David Byrne's American Utopia

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

♪ I was asked in New York City - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ I was asked in New York City

♪ The lady starts to sing - David Byrne's American Utopia

♪ The lady starts to sing

In 2018, we toured a concert version
of this show. We played a lot of places. - David Byrne's American Utopia

In 2018, we toured a concert version of this show. We played...

So a friend of mine came to the show, - David Byrne's American Utopia

So a friend of mine came to the show,

I figured other people
were maybe thinking - David Byrne's American Utopia

I figured other people were maybe thinking

Journalists and reporters, they email,
and they call my office, and they go, - David Byrne's American Utopia

Journalists and reporters, they email, and they call my offi...

But really? Really?" - David Byrne's American Utopia

But really? Really?"

David Byrne's American Utopia poster

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Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Spike Lee

Writer: David Byrne

Production: Participant,River Road Entertainment,Warner Music Group,Todomundo,40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks,RadicalMedia,HBO Documentary Films

Genre: documentary, music, musical

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 93/100

ImdbRating: 8.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 17 Oct 2020

Awards: Won 2 Primetime Emmys. 4 wins & 19 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/american-utopia

Also watch: Rob Schneider: Asian Momma, Mexican Kids, 55 Steps, On Body and Soul, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, The Dark and the Wicked, On the Rocks, Judas and the Black Messiah, Dogtooth, Casino Royale, Cruella, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Joker, Tenet, Interstellar, Snowpiercer, Me Before You