Greetings from Tim Buckley

Greetings from Tim Buckley (2013)

A chronicle of the days leading up to Jeff Buckley's performance at his father's tribute concert in 1991.

Date of release
2013-05-03
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (29)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Drama
Director
Daniel Algrant

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New York City

Greetings from Tim Buckley is a 2012 American biographical drama film directed by Daniel Algrant starring Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots. The film follows the journey Jeff Buckley took in grappling with the legacy of his late musician father, Tim, leading up to and culminating with his performance of his father's songs. The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2012 to generally positive reviews. The film was released on May 3, 2013, in a limited release.

Production

Principal photography took place in August and September 2011 in New York City. Interior scenes were shot at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn where Buckley's actual gig occurred back in 1991. Production was managed by Smuggler Films and A-Z productions. Screenwriters are Emma Sheanshang, David Brendel and Daniel Algrant. The executive producers include Brian Carmody and Jill Footlick (Boys Don't Cry, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee) and Ben Limberg.

Music used in the film comes from the Tim Buckley estate, except Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," which Jeff Buckley covered on his only studio album, the 1994 Grace. Jeff's character and Gary Lucas also jam on the instrumental of "Grace" as a song idea that Gary had. Singer-songwriter Jann Klose sings and plays guitar on the Tim Buckley songs, "Song For Janie," "Pleasant Street," and "Once I Was."

Badgley was cast after he sent a tape of him singing. The audition tape that he sent included an interpretation of Led Zeppelin III, which also appears in the film. For the role, Badgley lost some weight: "I remember in my head thinking, 'I'm never going to be able to get as thin as him, so I'm just going to stop working out. I'm just going to stop getting in the sun.

Pictures of the set surfaced on August 22, 2011. while the first official images were released on August 14, 2012, with additional ones on August 24, 2012.

Algrant explained: "The concert is true – the rest is fictionalized and conjecture. I really tried to be as emotionally honest as I could be, as opposed to having to worry about truth."

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