By MICHAEL SMITH Movie Critic on Apr 23, 2011, at 8:00 AM Updated on 4/22 at 6:45 PM
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The Elton John-Leon Russell collaboration “The Union” is now a film as well, following Thursday’s world premiere of filmmaker Cameron Crowe’s documentary showing the making of the piano men's acclaimed album.
After a Tribeca Film Festival debut, consider this from The Hollywood Reporter’s review: “At the end of Cameron Crowe’s moving and eloquently simple documentary, Elton John sings ‘You’re never too old to hold somebody.’
“That lyric is entirely appropriate for a film that is one warm, extended embrace from the music legend to his idol, Leon Russell.”
Album producer T-Bone Burnett figures prominently in the film, and people like Brian Wilson and Stevie Nicks drop by during recording sessions as well, according to the review.
It’s the first film in six years for Crowe (“Jerry Maguire,” “Say Anything”), who some may remember used an Elton John song for one of the great music-in-movies moments ever: “Tiny Dancer,” sung as a chorus on the bus in “Almost Famous.”
Check out this amateur video of the film's introduction at the festival, with a few words from Leon as well.
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