Barry, Robin, Maurice Gibb, born in the United Kingdom, raised in Australia, became the Bee Gees, among the iconic pop bands from the late 60s to all the 70s and 80s, with that inimitable falsetto and that rhythm that induces immediately to dance even if you are not Tony Manero of Saturday Night Fever, that Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta who consecrated them.
Their 'staying alive', Staying Alive still rings in our stomachs today and if a word 'disco music' makes sense it is largely due to them.
In the wake of the biopic documentaries of the music stars, finally comes the one on the three Gibb brothers: THE BEE GEES HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART directed by Frank Marshall, selected at the Telluride festival and available on Prime Video platforms, Apple Tv and Google Play from 14 December.
Forty albums, over 1,000 songs and twenty hits at the top of the charts, more than 220 million records sold, the Bee Gees have been the protagonists of years in which the rock bands were The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple and much more and they were considered 'minor' in spite of phenomenal sales records like the Beatles and later Michael Jackson.
The heart of the film is just that: where, exactly, do the Bee Gees fit into pop history?
How big were they really?
If at the time the answer was precisely a plane below Olympus, do we think so anyway after decades?
Barry Gibb, Eric Clapton, Mark Ronson, Noel Gallagher, Lulu, Nick Jonas, Chris Martin and Justin Timberlake respond on the topic.
The film tells the fascinating story of three brothers who have pursued an emotion since childhood: the joy of singing together and creating songs with a unique sound capable of influencing great musicians.
A story not only of incredible successes, but also of falls and defeats and an opportunity to explore the creativity behind the timeless and timeless phenomenon.
The unmistakable, high-pitched, 'angelic' voice of the three raised the pop melody to the nth degree, not surprisingly like Jacko.
Presented by Polygram Entertainment, produced by Kennedy / Marshall and White Horse Pictures, it was written by Mark Monroe ("The Beatles: Eight Days a Week)." As well as many other people around the world, I have loved Bee Gees music throughout. my life.
But it was only when I first interviewed Barry, about 3 years ago, that I discovered their extraordinary creative instinct, their musical gift, the humor and the bond between brothers that made them so unique.
It is a great honor for me to be a part of this film and to be able to celebrate the enormous influence the Bee Gees have had on pop music, "said Frank Marshall, Academy Award-nominated director and producer (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)