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George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

This is by far the most definitive feature documentary of George Michael's amazing life, told candidly by fellow musicians and other friends who loved and respected him.

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"My name is Georgios Kyriacos
Panayiotou" - - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

"My name is Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou" -

"To the outside world, I am and
always will be known as - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

"To the outside world, I am and always will be known as

"As a boy, my biggest fear was what
my huge ambitions would stay just - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

"As a boy, my biggest fear was what my huge ambitions w...

"Someone who could realise my dreams
and make me a star." - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

"Someone who could realise my dreams and make me a star...

Basically we've been friends
since we were 12 years old, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Basically we've been friends since we were 12 years old...

Is it true that you were unemployed
before you were successful? - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Is it true that you were unemployed before you were successf...

A friend of mine, Mark Dean, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

A friend of mine, Mark Dean,

He was already struck by
George's star quality - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

He was already struck by George's star quality

And Mark thought that was
so over the top and so superstarry. - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

And Mark thought that was so over the top and so superstarry...

With young artists, one of
the things - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

With young artists, one of the things

"You haven't even started playing
the tables." - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

"You haven't even started playing the tables."...

Erm, I met him at a small - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Erm, I met him at a small

He'd just sing along to all
the songs - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

He'd just sing along to all the songs

# Job or no job - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

# Job or no job

They were box-fresh,
minty clean, wholesome but sexy. - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

They were box-fresh, minty clean, wholesome but sexy.

They were happy and poppy, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

They were happy and poppy,

I think I liked Wham in
the very beginning - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

I think I liked Wham in the very beginning

They were just the sort
of perfect pop package, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

They were just the sort of perfect pop package,

That kind of intelligence
kind of billowed off them, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

That kind of intelligence kind of billowed off them,

That was the kind of clever thing
about George - - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

That was the kind of clever thing about George -

He was just looking
to wow you as a pop star. - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

He was just looking to wow you as a pop star.

Pop became a very dirty word
in England - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Pop became a very dirty word in England

You know, when George looked
at Andrew, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

You know, when George looked at Andrew,

I actually thought Andrew was
the key figure - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

I actually thought Andrew was the key figure

People would say to George,
"You're the songwriter, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

People would say to George, "You're the songwriter...

I just remember being, you know,
immediately struck - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

I just remember being, you know, immediately struck

When you grow up in England - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

When you grow up in England

It tells you what you are.
And Top Of The Pops, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

It tells you what you are. And Top Of The Pops,

It wasn't cool, it wasn't hip, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

It wasn't cool, it wasn't hip,

And it hit 15, 16,
17 million every week. - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

And it hit 15, 16, 17 million every week.

Who's in, who's out, who's top, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Who's in, who's out, who's top,

A load of firsts tonight -
it's the first chart of November, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

A load of firsts tonight - it's the first chart of Nove...

The debut was very important cos - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

The debut was very important cos

And then there were other artists
that had clearly... Knew all about - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

And then there were other artists that had clearly... Knew a...

George was like a scholar of how to
carry yourself on television. - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

George was like a scholar of how to carry yourself on televi...

# Well, I hadn't
seen your face around town a while - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

# Well, I hadn't seen your face around town a while

They had their routines,
they had the girls, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

They had their routines, they had the girls,

Right, now, I'm here in
the middle of the nearest - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Right, now, I'm here in the middle of the nearest

Last week I was an unknown, and
suddenly I've got all these girls - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Last week I was an unknown, and suddenly I've got all t...

Well, there's a lot of legal
difficulties we're having - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Well, there's a lot of legal difficulties we're ha...

They had big hit records
early on as Wham! - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

They had big hit records early on as Wham!

but these were dance records
sold on 12-inch vinyl. - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

but these were dance records sold on 12-inch vinyl.

It's very easy to say that we were
all naive - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

It's very easy to say that we were all naive

Basically, he knew what he was doing
when he went to - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Basically, he knew what he was doing when he went to

All the records they were selling, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

All the records they were selling,

They needed money to get out of
the Innervision contract. - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

They needed money to get out of the Innervision contract.

The plan was then going on tour
and creating Wham-mania. - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

The plan was then going on tour and creating Wham-mania.

I went to see them at Hammersmith
Odeon where both Andrew - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

I went to see them at Hammersmith Odeon where both Andrew

I must have seen thousands
of gigs, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

I must have seen thousands of gigs,

Fila sponsored the tour and
George and Andrew took, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Fila sponsored the tour and George and Andrew took,

"You've got to put the shorts on
and the T-shirt." "What?!" - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

"You've got to put the shorts on and the T-shirt.&...

Er, the voice is still not quite
back yet, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Er, the voice is still not quite back yet,

During the tour, you started
to hear this word Wham-mania. - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

During the tour, you started to hear this word Wham-mania.

On the front pages of
the newspapers this was splashed, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

On the front pages of the newspapers this was splashed,

This was excellent - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

This was excellent

Innervision,
they were a subsidiary of CBS - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Innervision, they were a subsidiary of CBS

I think Mark Dean had
an amazing eye and ear for talent, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

I think Mark Dean had an amazing eye and ear for talent,

I think one can feel
a little bit sorry for Mark Dean - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

I think one can feel a little bit sorry for Mark Dean

A very self-determined young man, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

A very self-determined young man,

George was pretty ruthless
and knew what he wanted, and - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

George was pretty ruthless and knew what he wanted, and

# Wake me up before you go-go - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

# Wake me up before you go-go

They moved from something
overtly political - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

They moved from something overtly political

# I don't wanna miss it when
you hit that high - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

# I don't wanna miss it when you hit that high

I thought, "This has got to be
number one, and it was." - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

I thought, "This has got to be number one, and it was.&...

I remember talking to Ray Parker
Junior in his studio in Los Angeles - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

I remember talking to Ray Parker Junior in his studio in Los...

If you're obsessed with pop, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

If you're obsessed with pop,

I can just remember being - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

I can just remember being

And I remember thinking,
"How can a guy, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

And I remember thinking, "How can a guy,

The answer was that George,
despite having written - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

The answer was that George, despite having written

What things make you angry
and how do you show it? - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

What things make you angry and how do you show it?

Well, I make the occasional
solo record and say, like, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Well, I make the occasional solo record and say, like,

# This year, to save me from
tears... - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

# This year, to save me from tears...

The lyrics were so clever and, you
know, it might have been about - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

The lyrics were so clever and, you know, it might have been ...

So, you'd see the video
for Last Christmas, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

So, you'd see the video for Last Christmas,

Of course, Last Christmas is - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Of course, Last Christmas is

Last Christmas is a song that is
obviously gonna snare - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

Last Christmas is a song that is obviously gonna snare

# Somebody told me - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

# Somebody told me

It was kind of ostensibly about
a girl - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

It was kind of ostensibly about a girl

So, why not become the capitalist
world's representative of youth - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

So, why not become the capitalist world's representativ...

And take along a world-famous film
director with you, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

And take along a world-famous film director with you,

You know, Lindsay very left-wing
film-maker, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

You know, Lindsay very left-wing film-maker,

But we were dealing with a country
that had never seen this before. - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

But we were dealing with a country that had never seen this ...

They just brought everything in from
the airport on flat-bed trucks. - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

They just brought everything in from the airport on flat-bed...

If it had rained that day,
we'd never have played China. - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

If it had rained that day, we'd never have played China...

# Everything you want,
and everything you see - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

# Everything you want, and everything you see

They're not allowed to shake,
scream or make any kind... - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

They're not allowed to shake, scream or make any kind.....

and there are guards at all
the tiers, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

and there are guards at all the tiers,

TRANSLATION: The police were trying
to contain - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

TRANSLATION: The police were trying to contain

The Chinese audience were pretty
well behaved, - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

The Chinese audience were pretty well behaved,

They were all up dancing.
The speakers were so loud - - George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

They were all up dancing. The speakers were so loud -

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This is by far the most definitive feature documentary of George Michael's amazing life, told candidly by fellow musicians and other friends who loved and respected him.

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Director: Simon Napier-Bell

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Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

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ImdbRating: 7.1

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Released: 13 Jun 2023

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