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Release Date
• USA: Dec 31, 2004
• UK: 26 Nov 2004
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 7, 2005
Budget USD 24,000,000
BoxOffice: $5.2M
Official Website:
Beyond the Sea Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for some strong language and a scene of sensuality.
Running Time
2 hours, 1 minute
Country USA, Germany, UK
Studio Archer Street Productions, Lions Gate Films, QI Quality International, Studio Babelsberg, Trigger Street Productions, Visionview
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Other Titles
• Bobby Darin Biopic
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Biography, Marriage, Period Piece, Love
Tagline: In the era of cool, he was the soundtrack.
Plot: For BOBBY DARIN (Kevin Spacey), performing was his life. It kept his heart beating. He came alive onstage, even when he was near collapse offstage. In BEYOND THE SEA, Bobby tells us his own story, in his last great performance.With a heart damaged by rheumatic fever, Walden Robert Cassotto – Little BOBBY (William Ullrich) – isn’t supposed to live to see age 15. But when his mother POLLY (Brenda Blethyn) shows him the happiness that comes with music, Bobby finds the inspiration he needs to stay alive. Making music opens a world beyond sickness, where prodigious talent, drive and imagination can overcome a faulty heart. With the help and support of his devoted family - Polly, his older sister NINA (Caroline Aaron) and Nina’s husband CHARLIE (Bob Hoskins) - Bobby will become a star. And so he does. Working with his best friend and manager, STEVE BLAUNER (John Goodman), Bobby charts his own stubbornly eclectic musical path, writing original songs and performing in a range of genres. Turning his sights beyond music, Bobby launches a movie career and marries America’s favorite young star, SANDRA DEE (Kate Bosworth). But Bobby’s relentless professional ambition has begun to poison his private life, and the late 1960s find him isolated, confused and directionless. In the end, with his
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| Directed by |
Kevin Spacey
Albino Alligator, American Beauty, The Usual Suspects |
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| Kate Bosworth
Remember the Titans, Superman Returns, The Rules of Attraction |
 | John Goodman
The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Monsters, Inc. |
 | Bob Hoskins
Brazil, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Enemy at the Gates |
 | Brenda Blethyn
Pride & Prejudice, Secrets & Lies, A River Runs Through It |
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| Music By |
Christopher Slaski
Killing Time, The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, Semen, una historia de amor |
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