Elis & Tom: It Had to be You (2023)

8.0/10 101 min Documentary Music

Overview

Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago.

Cast

Elis Regina

Self (archive footage)

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Self (archive footage)

Roberto Menescal

Self

João Marcello Bôscoli

Self

André Midani

Self

Gerry Mulligan

Self (archive footage)

Ron Carter

Self

Frank Sinatra

Self (archive footage)

Sacha Distel

Self (archive footage)

Toots Thielemans

Self (archive footage)

Nelson Motta

Self

Wayne Shorter

Self

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