Music-Filled LGBTQ Coming of Age Story Promotes Acceptance
WDCB’s Gary Zidek sits down with the director and stars of the new film, EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE.
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“I would hope that this story says it’s time to make a shift, to create a space in which you can, as Lauren says, listen, learn, discover, open yourself and be willing to create a safe space where people can just be themselves.” - EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE director Jonathan Butterell talking about what he hopes audiences take away.
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE director Jonathan Butterell
The new film EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE tells the story of teenager who wants express himself unapologetically. The movie is an adaptation of the award-winning musical that won over audiences on London’s west end a few years ago. And that stage production was inspired by the real life story of Jamie Campbell. Around 10 years ago, Campbell’s efforts to dress in drag for his Sheffield England high school prom were highlighted in a BBC3 documentary. British theater artist Jonathan Butterell saw the documentary, and Campbell’s story could make for a compelling musical stage production. Eventually, Butterell collaborated with Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae to create a musical production of EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE. It opened in Sheffield and then won over audiences in London. The production’s success led to movie deal, and a decade after the original BBC 3 documentary about Jamie Campbell aired, a film adaptation of that story opened in cinemas.
Max Harwood as Jamie New in the new film EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
