Jeff Buckley.
(Photo by Kat Naps/Getty Images)late musician’s mother Jeff BuckleyHe had every reason to refuse, as he drowned in the Wolf River in May 1997. Brad Pitt’s Requested to play the singer-songwriter in a biopic years ago.
“We’re going to dye your hair, put brown contacts in your light blue hair, and then you open your mouth and Jeff’s voice comes out?” Skeptical Mary Gilbert Tell type the star said in an interview published on Saturday, January 25.
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Although Pete invited Gilbert to his wedding to his ex-wife jennifer anistonGilbert refused to give in. The two have been talking about the possibility of making a movie about Buckley’s life, with the director’s help Amy Bergultimately landed on the best way to pay tribute to the late musician: a documentary.
“When I started listening to his voicemails, his DAP players and demos, and reading his diaries, I couldn’t imagine that this was just a documentary,” Berg explained to the outlet. “I just don’t know how to replicate Jeff in a script sense.”
The result is a documentary Jeff Buckley, It’s Never Overwhich premieres at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Friday, January 24.
son of musician gilbert Tim BuckleyThe son left when he was six months old and later died of a drug overdose at the age of 28. In 1994, he released his only record, Grace, but struggled to cope with the overwhelming praise from fans and musicians he admired, such as his idols. bob dylan.
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As Variety put it, his death three years later was “shrouded in mystery.” rolling stones An investigation into what happened that night was published but did not include the results of Buckley’s autopsy, which Berg believed “led to the consequences of Jeff’s possible overdose.” However, the singer drowned due to the strong current of the river.
“The great thing about Jeff Buckley is that when you want to find him, you find him,” Berg said of the singer. Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”
“He’s definitely had a huge impact on TikTok, and I was surprised to find out that he has more followers on the Jeff Buckley label than even Bob Dylan,” she continued. “He’s definitely going to have another moment in pop culture history.”
