I Am (2012 film)
I AM. - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden | |
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Directed by | Choi Jin-sung |
Starring | Kangta BoA TVXQ Super Junior Girls' Generation Shinee f(x) |
Cinematography | SM Entertainment Mnet Media |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
I AM. (or "I AM. - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden") is a biographical film on 32 SM Town K-pop artists on their journey to become the first Asian singers to stage their milestone SMTown Live '10 World Tour concert at Madison Square Garden in New York.[1] The film was originally schedule for release in South Korean on 10 May 2012, but was postponed to 21 June 2012, due to audio issues.[2]
Summary
Starring 32 artists from SM Town. The movie reflect the past, present and future of each artist with behind-the-scenes footage that follows the stars as they undergo rehearsals, revealing their day-to-day lives and also features interview, video diaries and never-seen-before archive files.
Cast
- Kangta
- BoA
- TVXQ: U-Know Yunho, Max Changmin
- Super Junior: Leeteuk, Yesung, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun.
- Girls' Generation: Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun
- Shinee: Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin
- f(x): Victoria, Amber, Luna, Sulli and Krystal
Music
On April 24, 2012 SM Town released the film's theme song "Dear My Family", along with its music video. It is a remake of the song of the same name from Yoo Young-jin’s 2001 third album and 2002 Winter Vacation in SMTown.com – My Angel My Light performed by Kangta, Moon Hee-joon, S.E.S., Shinhwa, Fly to the Sky and BoA.[3] The 2012 version is performed by BoA, Kangta, TVXQ, Yesung of Super Junior, Taeyeon of Girls' Generation, Jonghyun of Shinee, Luna of f(x) and Luhan & D.O of EXO.[4]
Showcase
On April 30, 2012 the cast attended a showcase for the movie, held at the CJ CGV cinema in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.[5] It was also streamed live in in Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese; as well as to both online and mobile web platforms.[6]
Attendees:
- KangTa
- TVXQ
- Super Junior (except Leeteuk and Siwon)
- Girls' Generation (except Yuri and Yoona)
- SHINee
- f(x) (except Victoria)
International releases
- United States: May 15, 2012 at Los Angeles Asian pacific film festival.[7]
- Indonesia: May 18-20, 2012 at the Blitz Megaplex theater in Jakarta. [8]
- Hong Kong: May 18-30, 2012[9]
- Singapore: May 25, 2012
- Taiwan: May 25, 2012[10]
- Japan: June 2, 2012[11] [12] [13]
- Thailand: July 7-8, 2012 (Only in Paragon Cineplex at Siam Paragon, Bangkok)
- Vietnam: June 22, 2012 [14]
References
- ^ "Box Office: I AM (Korea)". Korea Herald. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (8 June 2012). "SM Entertainment documentary to make local premiere in two weeks". 10 Asia. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ Ho, Stewart (24 April 2012). "SM Entertainment Releases Music Video for Dear My Family for I AM". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ I AM. (Original Film Soundtrack) - Single on iTunes 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-04-24
- ^ "Documentary Shows Top K-Pop Singers Behind the Scenes". Chosun Ilbo. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ Lee, Nancy (30 April 2012). "Showcase for SM Movie 'I AM' to be Streamed Live Online Tonight". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ sm entertainment's movie I AM. showing at the Los Angels asian pacific film festival 2012 asianfilmfestla April 16, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2012
- ^ SMTOWN "I AM." movie to be shown in Indonesia from May 18-20th! dkpopnews Retrieved April 21, 2012
- ^ I AM: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR IN NEW YORK MCL Cinema Retrieved May 17, 2012
- ^ I AM.-SM家族青春傳記電影 avex taiwan inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012
- ^ SMTOWN 映画上映決定!! smtown.jp Retrieved April 26, 2012
- ^ I AM. movie Japan site Retrieved April 27, 2012
- ^ I AM. movie jp official Japan facebook Retrieved April 27, 2012
- ^ I AM.(Digital) - Rap phim MegaStar| Mua Ve, xem Trailer va Lich chieu Retrieved June 4, 2012