The Sweatbox
A "banned" movie about the turbulent making of The Emperor's New Groove.
| "The Sweatbox" | |
|---|---|
| Artist: | Sting |
| Directed by: | John-Paul Davidson, Trudie Styler |
| Produced by: | John-Paul Davidson, Trudie Styler |
| Edited by: | Suzanne Szabo Rostock |
| Filming location(s): | Lake House, Il Palagio, Sting's houses in Malibu and New York, ... |
| Initial release date: | 2002-09-13 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Running time: | 95 minutes |
| Label: | LABEL |
| IMDB: | IMDB page |
Contents
Video summary
Trudie Styler documented the making of The Emperor's New Groove - it underwent many changes and so did Sting's soundtrack efforts.
Sting was probably contacted in February 1997 - he worked on songs in April 1997 when the film crew did their Peru trip (April 2-13).
After an August 1998 (?) screening for Disney executives the whole concept of the movie dramatically changed. The movie with its original concept was halted at September 23, 1997.
They developed six different new storylines for the movie. Probably right after stopping the original movie idea at the end of September 1998 Sting was informed about the new direction by telephone. He mentions he'd probably like to continue the collaboration nonetheless.
None of the six songs Sting had recorded until then made it into the movie (but a few can be heard on The Emperor's New Groove's soundtrack).
The whole production shut down for 6 months, so that the new story could be developed.
Sting is filmed in India in November 1998 thinking about the project and mentioning that the director who initially contacted him was gone by then.
--- here the timeline becomes confusing... IF there was a six month gap there couldn't have beeen another screening around Christmas 1998, so:
Another screening with Disney executives around Christmas 1999 went great and the movie was on course now.
The movie had its official name by February 2000 - as reported on aintitcool.com.
The director and producer visited Sting at his New York home in the spring of 2000 to present latest developments to him - they had an opening song Perfect World in mind.
--- but there are images from Sting on tour in February 2000 --- plus an Il Palagio shot is presented as 11 or 14 months before the premiere - which would mean that he was approached in the spring of 1999 ...
The first test screening in front of an audience was right before March 28, 2000 - as reported on aintitcool.com.
In the summer of 2000 Sting was working on the two new songs at Il Palagio.
Production
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Release history
The movie was only shown twice in public - at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival and at the 2002 Florida Film Festival.
Quotations and trivia
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See also
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External links and reviews
References
source: Nik Ranieri comments on facebook mention that the screening was "sometime in August"
