Wham!

2023
6
1 Std. 32 Min.

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In 1982, the best of friends and still teenagers George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley as Wham. set out to conquer the world. By June of 1986 they played their very last gig at Wembley Stadium having done exactly that. Now for the very first time, told in their own words, the amazing story of how in four years they dominated the charts around the world with timeless and classic pop songs. Hit after hit "Club Tropicana," "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go," "Freedom," "I'm Your Man" and of course "Last Christmas". Their time in the spotlight was white-hot, becoming the very first western pop act to play in China. It was a time that both encapsulated and epitomized not just their youth, but also those of the many millions of fans that adored them.

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Mit Archivaufnahmen und Interviews lassen George Michael und Andrew Ridgeley ihre Karriere mit Wham! und ihren Weg von besten Freunden zu Popikonen Revue passieren.Mit Archivaufnahmen und Interviews lassen George Michael und Andrew Ridgeley ihre Karriere mit Wham! und ihren Weg von besten Freunden zu Popikonen Revue passieren.Mit Archivaufnahmen und Interviews lassen George Michael und Andrew Ridgeley ihre Karriere mit Wham! und ihren Weg von besten Freunden zu Popikonen Revue passieren.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,5/10

9595

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Nominiert für 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 Gewinn & 5 Nominierungen insgesamt

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Wham!

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George Michael

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Andrew Ridgeley

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Bananarama

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Bono

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David Bowie

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Boy George

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Phil Collins

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Mark Dean

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Helen DeMacque

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Aretha Franklin

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Elton John

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Shirlie Kemp

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Paul McCartney

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Freddie Mercury

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Simon Napier-Bell

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Kyriacos Panayiotou

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Sting

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In a 2023 interview with Smooth Radio, Chris Smith spoke about the unexpected way archive material was found and how it shaped the film: "The biggest surprise during the process was realizing that Andrew Ridgeley's mother had these scrapbooks. Those ended up, I think there were 50 in total and were this incredible document that sort of charted the rise and the ultimate conclusion of Wham!. To have those as a guide that we were able to come back to time and time and time again as a narrative device was such an incredible break. And then in terms of the actual archive, the process, it wasn't like we collected everything and then we cut the movie. It was ongoing throughout the entire process. And we had heard that there was this fabled footage that existed from the Club Fantastic tour. And I don't think we found that until like a couple of weeks before we finished. It was something that somebody knew someone who knew someone who had a copy of VHS tape on their shelf. It's much more happenstance than I think people would assume. I think that people would assume that this all exists in one centralized location in George Michael's estate. Andrew had a lot of it, but there were a lot of things that were just sort of floating out there that we were fortunately able to find and pull in."

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George Michael: I always get really shy when there's loads and loads of other pop stars about. I just tend to clam up a bit.

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Featured in 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards (2024)

Soundtracks
A Ray of Sunshine
Published by Wham Music Ltd, All rights administered by WC Music Group
Performed by Wham!
Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd

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Wham!! We are the fan

Pop band formed in England by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.

And a Netflix documentary about this group.

As Turkey's biggest George Michael collector, this documentary contains records that I have never heard of before, and details that I have not seen.

This; The story of two misfits, who are not even alike, changing the history of music... This; A window into George Michael's personality... This; An impressive store of information about the entire world music industry over the England of the period.

This; A depiction of how volatile, forgetful the 80s were, despite not having the social media of today.

With pieces such as Careless Whisper and wham rap that George Michael wrote when he was only 16 years old, he proved what a great music person he was 43 years ago.

It is a very nice feeling to watch the unknowns of this great musician's adolescence period, but it is also a bit sad.

Here is the story of a lonely man in the crowd.

In England, because he comes from a Greek family... Because he has to do things he doesn't want in the music industry he loves so much ... Because he is a gay teenager who has to hide himself among the people he loves...

Long story short Wham! The documentary is a very important Netflix project not only for the fans of George Michael, but also because it portrays the period.