After Successful Festival Play and Stellar Reviews, Toby Amies’ Long-Awaited New Documentary “In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson at 50” Celebrates with Special Global Streamed Screening 22 October
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Watch the trailer here
“’In the Court of the Crimson King’ is really about as good as rock documentaries get…”
“Very entertaining, very accessible and very funny…It is about the burden of dreams and the misery of making art.” – Mark Kermode
“…fascinating and deeply funny…” – Daniel Dylan Wray, The Quietus
“…one of the finest rock documentaries ever made.” – Kyle Smith, National Review
“One of the complaints people have about King Crimson’s music is that it’s cerebral, rather than emotional, in nature. Despite that argument, In the Court of the Crimson King exposes the music’s heart.” – Joe Gross, The Austin Chronicle
“A grown-up film about working players living, dying, laughing, playing…” – Robert Fripp
London, UK (October 6, 2022)—Discipline Global Music Ltd (DGM) is delighted to announce the public launch of the highly anticipated documentary “In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson at 50,” directed by Toby Amies (“The Man Whose Mind Exploded”). King Crimson have always pioneered an uncompromisingly independent route, and this documentary, four years in the making, has followed the same path. In a carefully choreographed global event, the movie will be available on Saturday 22 October, with a special streamed screening in London, including a live introduction by Robert Fripp and Q&A with the director and band members. The exclusive event debuts live worldwide 22 October on the nugs.net platform and will be available through Video On-Demand for a 24-hour period thereafter, to allow for fans in different time zones around the world to watch.
Cinema screenings will be held worldwide from 19 October onwards in select cities. Please visit itcotck.com/screenings for details on upcoming screenings in your area. A Blu-ray/DVD release and larger box set will follow, with never-before-seen live performances of the band, outrageous outtakes, and hours of unreleased additional footage. NOTE: Any cinemas or fans wishing to screen the film or organize a screening should contact the film via itcotck.com.
“In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson at 50” explores the “acute suffering” and transcendent glory experienced by current and former members of King Crimson, allowing the audience an intimate and sometimes uncomfortable insight into the musicians’ experience as they confront life and death head-on in the world’s most demanding rock band. It is not only a film about a group that has been creatively active for more than 50 years, it is also a film about music, why it matters, and the painful sacrifices artists have to make to create work that changes people’s lives—but with jokes.
In keeping with King Crimson’s independent, ethical, and iconoclastic approach to the music and entertainment business, they have sidestepped traditional broadcast platforms in order to bring the film directly to their fans, without further delay or compromise.
WORLDWIDE DIGITAL STREAMED EVENT BEGINS
22 OCTOBER 8:00PM BST/3:00PM EDT/12:00PM PDT
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To pre-order the live screening or to access the digital event for a limited time, visit nugs.net/kingcrimson
About King Crimson
King Crimson was formed in the Fulham Palace Café on 13 January 13 1969, and the album In the Court of the Crimson King was released on 10 October 1969. Over the past 53 years, the band has constantly re-invented itself. Having reformed in 2014, the most recent line-up featured Robert Fripp (guitar), Mel Collins (saxophones & flute), Tony Levin (bass, stick, backing vocals), Jakko Jakszyk (guitar & vocals), Bill Rieflin (keyboards), Gavin Harrison (drums), Pat Mastelotto (drums), and Jeremy Stacey (drums & keyboards).
About Discipline Global Mobile Ltd (DGM)
Discipline Global Mobile is a music company founded by Robert Fripp and David Singleton, with the aim to be a model of ethical business in an industry “founded on exploitation, oiled by deceit, riven with theft and fueled by greed.” The company aims to operate in the marketplace while being free of its values. Contrary to common industry practice, DGM’s artists retain the copyrights and the moral rights to their works. The oft-quoted copyright notice on DGM products reads: “Discipline accepts no reason for artists to assign the copyright interests in their work to either record company or management by virtue of a ‘common practice’ which was always questionable, often improper, and is now indefensible.”
About Director Toby Amies
Toby Amies is interested in exploring extraordinary points of view. His first feature documentary, “The Man Whose Mind Exploded,” had a national cinema run in the UK and was acquired by Netflix in the US and Film 4 in the UK. Before becoming a full-time filmmaker, he worked for MTV as a VJ and producer, as well as writing and fronting documentaries and shows for BBC, Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, and SkyArts. Thanks to his work as a portrait photographer, Toby has developed a first-person documentary style that records his relationships with his subjects, allowing the audience to share in an unusual degree of intimacy with the people in front of the camera.
About nugs.net
Founded in 1997 as a fan site for downloading live music, nugs.net has evolved into the leading live music platform for the largest touring artists in the world, distributing recordings of thousands of live concerts through livestreams, downloads, CDs, and Video On-Demand. The platform is the only streaming service dedicated to live music, delivering exclusive live content to millions of fans daily. A free trial is available at nugs.net.
IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING
Genre: Documentary Feature
Running Time: 86 minutes
Rating: NR
Language: English
Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Toby Amies
Executive Producers: David Singleton, Kat Mansoor
Producer: Nicholas Jones
Editor: Ollie Huddleston
Music: King Crimson
Featuring: Mel Collins, Robert Fripp, Jakko Jakszyk, Tony Levin,
Pat Mastelotto, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew, Bill Rieflin, Jeremy Stacey
Advance screeners available on request. Press resources available here.
