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Adam Jacobs - Behind the Curtain

2021 · 84 min

An intimate, warm concert film that blends soaring Broadway performances with a candid, emotional personal journey.

Directed by
Mattia Ferrante
Genres
Documentary, Music
Starring
Adam Jacobs
Tagline
Disney’s Crown Prince of Broadway
Overview
Adam Jacobs was the original "Aladdin" in Disney's smash Broadway musical, with a list of other hits like Les Miserables and Something Rotten, but this docu-concert – filmed as a special one-night-only performance – explores his emotional personal journey, from growing up as a Filipino American in California to landing the role of a lifetime.

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Directed by
Mattia Ferrante
Genres
Documentary, Music
Starring
Adam Jacobs
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • ambition
  • family
  • music
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary, music
Directed by
Mattia Ferrante
Starring
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Runtime
84 min
Country
United States of America

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