Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)

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Documentary - Admired and praised by the likes of Irving Berlin and Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer has been described as "one of our great folk poets" and "the most perfect American lyricist." Throughout his extraordinary career, he collaborated with hundreds of composers to write legendary movie songs such as "Hooray for Hollywood," "Jeepers Creepers" and "Moon River." Mercer then went on to co-found Capitol Records in 1942 and became a successful Broadway producer of St. Louis Woman and L'il Abner. - Bill Charlap, Julie Andrews, Harold Arlen

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Description

Director

Bruce Ricker

Stars

Rolf Lassgård
Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin

Anders Mossling
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ola Ullsten

Bill Charlap
Narrator

Johnny Mercer
Himself (archive footage)

Niklas Engdahl
Swedish Chief of Defence

Clint Eastwood
Himself/host

Kęstutis Jakštas
Leonid Brezhnev

John Williams
Self / Performer

Mark Noble
Ronald Reagan

Leonard Maltin
Self

Others...

Links

Keywords

music

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Classic Movies

Actor

Rolf Lassgård, Anders Mossling, Bill Charlap, Johnny Mercer, Niklas Engdahl, Clint Eastwood, Kęstutis Jakštas, John Williams, Mark Noble, Leonard Maltin, Filip Berg, Tony Bennett, Morgan Eastwood, Julie Andrews, Ken Barnes, Dr. John, Stephen Holden, Nancy Gerard, Jonathan Schwartz, Ronald Harwood, Robert Kimball, Alan Bergman, Maude Maggart, Gene Lees, Michael Feinstein, Cleo Laine, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jean Bach, John Dankworth, Jamie Cullum, André Previn, Mandy Mercer, Margaret Whiting, Miles Kreuger, Audra McDonald, Joe Harris, Richard M. Sherman, Blake Edwards, Ginny Mancini, Jack Lemmon, Johnny Mandel, Bono

Creators

Bruce Ricker (Director), Clint Eastwood (Executive Producer), Anthony Wall (Producer), Amy Carey (Editor), Kenneth Neil Moore (Director of Photography), Brandon Arnold (Editor), Ken Barnes (Writer), Howard green (Co-Producer), Chris Bierlein (Director of Photography), Patrick Nebout (Executive Producer), Henrik Jansson-Schweizer (Executive Producer), Magnus Bimberg (Executive Producer), Sonja Hermele (Executive Producer), Anna Croneman (Executive Producer), Nanna Mailand-Mercado (Executive Producer)

Release dates

08.12.2009 (US)
04.11.2009 (US)