James Blunt: One Brit Wonder (2023)

7.0/10 95 min Music Documentary

Overview

Filmed on the road during his 2022 Greatest Hit Tour, director Chris Atkins followed James Blunt across Europe and delves into James Blunt's unique backstory. From witnessing the Kosovo War, recording the biggest selling album of the '00s, enduring the backlash that followed his success, and then tweeting his way back to becoming a national treasure, this is an intimate portrait of James Blunt as never seen before – a brutally honest story of a painfully self-aware, endlessly touring musician, for whom persistence eventually prevails.

Cast

James Blunt

Self

Linda Perry

Self

Ed Sheeran

Self

Harry Hill

Self (archive footage)

Courtney Love

Self (archive footage)

Tony Blair

Self (archive footage)

Charlotte Church

Self (archive footage)

Paul Weller

Self (archive footage)

Jools Holland

Self (archive footage)

Jo Brand

Self (archive footage)

Graham Norton

Self (archive footage)

Benedict Cumberbatch

Self (archive footage)

Jack Whitehall

Self (archive footage)

Jonathan Ross

Self (archive footage)

Alan Carr

Self (archive footage)

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