Young@Heart | 
 enlarge | Director: Stephen Walker
Actors: Helen Boston, Steven M. Sanderson, Joe Benoit (ii), Ed Wise, Bob Cilman
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 138
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 108
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.4
MPN: 2252702
UPC: 024543527022
EAN: 0024543527022
ASIN: B001BBAVKQ
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: September 16, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
Get ready to rock out with the most entertaining golden oldies you will ever meet a fun-loving senior citizen s choir called Young@Heart. To prepare for a show in their hometown that is only weeks away the lovable seniors must learn a slate of new songs ranging from James Brown to Coldplay. The chorus tireless musical director leads the group through a series of hilariously chaotic rehearsals proving that hard rock can be hard work especially when you re hard of hearing! Climaxing in a triumphant performance that will leave you cheering their inspiring story celebrates the unbreakable bonds of friendship and the life-affirming power of music!System Requirements:Running Time: 108 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/BIOGRAPHY Rating: PG UPC: 024543527022 Manufacturer No: 2252702
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The questions start as soon as you know that Young@Heart is about a group of singing senior citizens as they prepare for and then perform a concert with a repertoire consisting of songs by the likes of Coldplay, Sonic Youth, and James Brown. Can this premise, basically a novelty, sustain itself for nearly two hours? Will the director give in to the temptation to make it schmaltzy and sentimental? Will we be laughing at these oldsters, or with them? The answers: yes, no, and a little of both. Directed by British filmmaker Stephen Walker, the 2007 film takes place primarily in Northampton, MA, home to the Young@Heart chorus, whose average age is 80. Most readily admit to preferring classical and musicals to the pop and rock given to them by music director Bob Cilman, and some of the tunes--Sonic Youth's "Schizophrenia," Allen Toussaint's "Yes We Can Can" (once a hit for the Pointer Sisters), and Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)"--prove especially vexing. But the singers' good natures and determination to master the material over some six weeks of rehearsals carry the day. Most of all, while they thoroughly enjoy themselves, it's no joke to them, and thus not to us, either. Of course, folks this age are bound to have health issues; indeed, the specter of death hangs over the scene like a banshee, occasionally making itself right at home. But the chorus members' insistence on carrying on in the wake of tragedy makes for a climactic concert that's moving and powerful--Fred Knittle, who had withdrawn from the group due to heart issues but whose beautiful bass voice remains intact, returns for this one show to deliver a version of Coldplay's "Fix You" that will bring a tear to the eye of the most flint-hearted cynic. Mixed in along the way are the group's "videos" of songs like the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" and David Bowie's "Golden Years"; bonus features include deleted scenes and a brief featurette about Young@Heart's gig in Los Angeles. --Sam Graham
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Young at Heart October 6, 2008
This movie was recommended by our daughter and she was RIGHT! It is delightful and so to the point as we live in a retirement community and sing with a church choir. At our church the average age is 85 and our director just turned 50. He is keeping us young! We also experience the trials and troubles of the group in Young at Heart.
Absolutely Inspiring October 6, 2008
This is my all time Favorite Music D.V.D. These folks give you a new joy for living and to always remain a part of "WHATS HAPPENING NOW"
The chorus will make you smile and get happy no matter what your age
not a dry eye September 30, 2008
This does everything a doc is supposed to do. Engages you with the unfamiliar, and makes you care. It gives you hope. Makes you feel good. The jail scene alone is worth the price.
Anyone from age 2 to 102 will enjoy this movie. I'm 28, I did. September 24, 2008
I had seen this chorus on a television show what seems like forever ago, and I patiently waited for the dvd to be released. SO worth the wait. This movie makes your heart, cry, and then sing. Abolutely heartwarming. I LOVED IT!! Im bringing it home to watch with my folks when I visit this weekend, and I will be buying a copy too!! I rented the one I just watched.
 Good @ Heart September 23, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
`Young @ Heart' could have been done in bad taste. Certainly, as middle-aged director Bob Cilman controls the play list, numbers like Sonic Youth's "Schizophrenia" seem forced and of little interest to the seniors who sing the songs. Yet, as we see in the 1:40 documentary, there are members of the senior singing troupe who will dare the ghost, just out of the emergency room and sent home, who will not want to miss a single practice.
It all started in a senior center in 1984, where seniors would do a singing performance. A senior performer bucked the usual trend and did a version of Manfred Mann's "Doo Wah Diddy Diddy" that "brought the house down." In an overview, we find they like to sing and listen to music that we'd expect from them: opera, show tunes, and traditional pop songs. But with some expression and a mixture of the traditional with the progressive, the choir meets a young stage band to give a spirited Broadway appeal to songs like James Brown's "I Feel Good," Bob Dylan's "Forever Young," and Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U".
Sometimes it all feels like a long, bad joke. How can you not feel objections when Cilman injects songs like The Ramones' "I Want to Be Sedated" and The Bee Gee's "Stayin' Alive". For that matter Cilman seems self-indulgent, insisting on his favorite Talking Heads' songs, including a senior rendition of "Life During Wartime". Yet, the medium focuses on the lives of the seniors, their takes on the rehearsals, shows, and the music. As one formidable figure tells us, "I want to expand my horizons."
Still, Cilman, described as a taskmaster, tells one man, "I don't need you to make fun of the song." He needs to do what is necessary to put on the show, certainly, but he does show caring concern as well.
Videos intersperse the rehearsals and interviews, and the actual shows are brimming with anticipation and jitters for the results.
What certainly could have been exploitative and cheap turns to inspirational and fun-loving. Often times we measure seniors according to their ability to stay young, but at least 'Young @ Heart' keeps us absorbed and interested in the participants whose wisdom should keep us only hoping for more shows to come.
A J.P.'s Pick 4*'s = Very Good
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