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| Genre | Special Interests |
| Format | NTSC, Widescreen, Multiple Formats, Color |
| Contributor | Rosie O Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg, Joan Ganz, Frank Oz, Constance Marks, Kevin Clash, Cheryl Henson |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Discs | 1 |
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Loved by millions of children around the world, Elmo is an international icon. However, few people know the soft-spoken man behind the furry red monster: Kevin Clash.
Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER'S JOURNEY follows Clash's remarkable career, while also offering a behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Workshop. As a teenager growing up in Baltimore in the 1970s, Clash had very different aspirations from his classmates - he wanted to be a part of Henson's team, the creative force responsible for delivering the magic of Sesame Street on a daily basis. With a supportive family behind him, Kevin made his dreams come true.
Featuring interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O'Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and Clash himself, filmmaker Constance Marks's insightful and personal documentary tells the story of one of the world's most adored and recognizable characters and the visionary behind the icon.
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This captivating documentary is both a follow-your-dreams story and a gently intriguing backstage glimpse at a side of show business that has occupied a hallowed place in popular culture since 1969. That was the year Sesame Street premiered on the fledgling Public Broadcasting Service, quickly launching a breed of beloved anthropomorphic plush characters that have held a singular place in the hearts of a couple generations now: the Muppets. The subject is Kevin Clash, a Baltimore native who obsessively carried his early knack for puppetry from his hometown's local airwaves to network television in New York before settling into the comfortable throne he occupies as royalty in the puppeteer kingdom. As the title says, Clash's masterstroke was bringing to life the Muppet hero Elmo, a childlike embodiment of love who became a celebrity to millions of kids and grownups irresistibly drawn to the fuzzy red ball of hug-hungry innocence. Along the way Elmo also became the bane of parents who sometimes had to fight for a facsimile figure during the holidays when Tickle Me Elmo became one of those lightning-strike toy sensations that every child had to have. We learn a lot about Elmo and the journey that character experienced under the spotlight, but much more about Clash, whose seemingly charmed life unfolded like a grownup fairy tale. Clash's destiny as a performer, producer, director, teacher, mentor, and enchanter seemed to be secured from the moment he took scissors to his father's overcoat at age 10 in order to construct his first puppet. Starting on TV in Baltimore, then on the pioneering kids' show Captain Kangaroo, and finally as an essential figure in the Sesame Street universe, Clash breezed through all the right doors as they magically opened before him. His biggest break came when he befriended puppet engineer Kermit Love, and then Love's boss, Muppet master Jim Henson. Clash's single-minded focus was aided significantly by his genuine talent for the construction, physical styling, and voice-finding genius in bringing his creations to life. Through extensive interview segments and archival footage that follows Clash through nearly every step of his journey, the process of finding that voice entails not just figuring out what each puppet should sound like, but more importantly discovering the soul of the fleece-and-foam being that grows from the puppeteer's arm. Finding Elmo was part accident--another cast member on Sesame Street tossed the nascent puppet to Clash in frustration--and part divine intervention from the gods of puppeteering. Clash's devotion to craft and the unlearnable spark of his creative genius brought the simple joy of Elmo to millions, and the gentle uncovering of those elements is what makes Being Elmo such an inspiring tale. Its telling may sometimes feel generic and the tone borders on fawning (Elmo and Clash fan Whoopi Goldberg provides narration), but there's no denying the simple, irrepressible joy that's a constant in the movie, whether in the mind of Kevin Clash, in the smile of the home viewer, or in the googly eyes of Elmo himself. --Ted Fry
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CRITICS' PICK! A winning tale of the persistence and creativity behind one of the most famous and fuzziest faces in the world. --Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times
GRADE A! A MARVELOUS MOVIE! It's a documentary about Kevin Clash, who became the voice and operator of Elmo, the tomato-red fur ball and emissary of hugs who is without a doubt the most beloved Muppet of his time. --Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Thumbs Up! --Roger Ebert, Ebert presents At The Movies
GRADE A! A MARVELOUS MOVIE! It's a documentary about Kevin Clash, who became the voice and operator of Elmo, the tomato-red fur ball and emissary of hugs who is without a doubt the most beloved Muppet of his time. --Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Thumbs Up! --Roger Ebert, Ebert presents At The Movies
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 Ounces
- Item model number : 25195362
- Director : Constance Marks
- Media Format : NTSC, Widescreen, Multiple Formats, Color
- Run time : 1 hour and 16 minutes
- Release date : April 3, 2012
- Actors : Kevin Clash, Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Oz, Rosie O Donnell, Cheryl Henson
- Studio : Docurama
- ASIN : B0064NLPV0
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #105,502 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #3,610 in Documentary (Movies & TV)
- #4,242 in Special Interests (Movies & TV)
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My two-year-old son loves Elmo. I didn't really care about the little red monster before having a baby, but seeing as my son enjoys him so much, it has made me like him too. Whatever brings my son happiness (and can bring him to sit down for an hour so I can breathe) brings me happiness too.
This documentary will make you see that Mr. Clash was simply born for puppeteering. I think he should return to Sesame Street.
I use this documentary in my debate class when we're learning about avoiding bias and effectively incorporating interviews; but besides being a great way to approach this, my students were amazed to find out "Elmo's voice is black!". Teaching at a low-income school, having positive role models is so very important and this documentary shows how the combination of creativity and determined hard work can take a person to great places. Clash's story is one for the ages and particularly fun for those of us who remember his work before Elmo.
That being said, what disappointed me the most was the small side story about his daughter. He mentioned how his (ex)wife told him to put the puppet down while she was in labor with their child. I can see how having Elmo there during real life would get very old, very quickly. The most important and saddening part of this documentary for me, was the fact that he makes a living and gets great joy from making millions of children happy, but his own daughter had to write him a letter and demand time from him. Even her birthday cake had Elmo on it. Was that a cake for her or him? Being a father does not mean being absent and only coming in to throw a big party and impress her with the people you know.
He was able to realize his dreams because of supportive, loving parents that were there for him. He did not seem do the same for his daughter.
I think we have so many problems in our society because people do not take care of their own. If your wife/husband/child needs you, you need to find a balance between work and family. If you decide to become a parent, your dreams may need to give way to theirs for a time.
Only living your dream and making other children happy while you neglect your own seems pretty selfish to me. I just hope watching this documentary reminded him of this and that he has since changed.
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Wer Muppets, Sesamstraße & Co mag sollte mal diese Doku sich antun.
Es lohnt sich.
Achtung die Doku ist auf englisch.




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