In Greetings from Tim Buckley.
Actor Penn Badgley discusses his new film "Greetings From Tim Buckley," opening this weekend, and playing singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley.
Penn Badgley can be soon seen playing the musician Jeff Buckley in the movie ‘Greetings from Tim Buckley‘ and it seems that Jeff isn’t the only musician that Penn wants to portray on the big screen. The former Gossip Girl … Continue reading »
Award-baiting biopics of popular artists are usually saved for the fall in an effort to grab as many Oscar nominations as possible, but today’s release of Greetings From Tim Buckley, which stars Gossip Girl alum Penn Badgley as ‘90s singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley searching for his own musical identity in the shadow of his famous father, is a good indication that … Read More
In Greetings from Tim Buckley.
When you think about it, it’s surprising that it’s taken this long to make a film about the Buckley family. The subject matter is cinematic gold: two doomed (and decidedly photogenic) singers, both possessed of angelic voices, devoted fan bases and plenty of tortured-artist mythology. Show More Summary
Seems like just yesterday that we were trying to decipher the difference between the three Jeff Buckley movies being made, but that was almost two years ago! And Greetings From Tim Buckley made it to the big screen first. The film opens...Show More Summary
Daniel Algrant’s drama Greetings From Tim Buckley is named for the innovative folk-rock singer-songwriter, who became a cult figure in the late ’60s and early ’70s for his explorations into moody abstraction, before dying in 1975 at the age of 28. Show More Summary
There are very few lines in the movie, but there sure are a lot of pensive stares. And one record store scene that I will say does bode well for Penn Badgley's future acting career. But mostly stares. More » Yeah I’ll Pull A ‘Return To Sender’ On Greetings From Tim Buckley is a post from Crushable - Entertainment, Hot Guys, Movies and Celebrity News.
It seems as though actress Imogen Poots has been one of those “up and coming actresses” for years now. With Greetings From Tim Buckley hitting VOD, we may have to come up with a new title for the bright, young actress. It’s obvious that Poots has arrived and isn’t going anywhere for some time. Currently [...]Show More Summary
Daniel Algrant’s Greetings from Tim Buckley is supposed to be Penn Badgley’s revelatory moment as an actor. Playing singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley, Badgley sings live on set and sounds eerily similar to Buckley as he goes into his upper...Show More Summary
Penn Badgley slaloms up to me in Tompkins Square Park on a skateboard, wearing a gray sweatshirt and red sneakers, recognizable but unrecognized as the disaffected starlet-boy of the rococo teen soap Gossip Girl, which concluded its sixth and final season in December. He wanted to meet here because Jeff
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What convinced director Dan Algrant to cast a Gossip Girl guy in the role of Jeff Buckley? I got the chance to chat with Algrant while he was promoting Greetings From Tim Buckley at the Tribeca Film Festival. Find out why he was so adamant that Penn Badgley could fill Buckley's musical shoes and lead the drama.
Imogen Poots may not have known much about Tim Buckley when she started on Greetings From Tim Buckley, but after filming the musical biopic with Penn Badgley, she's an expert. I sat down with the actress at the Tribeca Film Festival, and she talked about the musical icon she'd love to play and what it was like working on a story about two late legends.
Penn Badgley attends the “Meet the Filmmakers” event for his new movie Greetings From Tim Buckley at the Apple Store SoHo on Thursday (April 25) in New York City. The 26-year-old actor was joined for the discussion, held during the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, by the flick’s director Daniel Algrant. Greetings From Tim Buckley is [...]
Penn Badgley is keeping busy after Gossip Girl, promoting his new film, Greetings from Tim Buckley, at the Tribeca Film Festival. I got the chance to sit down with him and discuss his role as the famous late singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley, as well as his experience with playing music. Take a look!
Daniel Algrant will be the first person to tell you that he had no intentions of making a Jeff Buckley film. So how did the writer/director ever become interested in making what is now the only film about Jeff Buckley? Like most people who are impassioned about the man, Algrant remembers the moment he heard [...]Show More Summary
Penn Badgley is a far cry from the lonely boy Dan Humphrey he played on Gossip Girl. The former teen heart throb is at the Tribeca Film Festival where last night he premiered his upcoming movie ‘Greetings From Tim Buckley‘. Penn looked as good as always in a white shirt, … Continue reading »
Penn Badgley is certainly in the middle of having a moment. Getting his start on teenage fodder like Gossip Girl, and John Tucker Must Die, the actor is taking a risky step outside of his usual repertoire with Greetings From Tim Buckley. Seen as one of the buzzed about performances of the Tribeca Film Festival, [...]Show More Summary
In this exclusive look at the new film "Greetings From Tim Buckley," actor Penn Badgley plays musician Jeff Buckley at an early stage in his life when he is still discovering his musical voice and working out his complicated relationship to his late father, Tim.