I Am - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden is a 2012 South Korean documentary film directed by Choi Jin-sung, that is about 32 SM Town K-pop artists on their journey to become the first Asian singers to stage their milestone SMTown Live '10 World Tour concert at Madison Square Garden in New York.[1] The film was originally scheduled for release in South Korea on 10 May 2012, but was postponed to 21 June 2012, due to audio issues.[2]
| I Am | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Choi Jin-sung |
| Produced by | Park Ji-seong Jeong Yoon-jae Kang Dong-goo Lee Soo-man |
| Starring | Kangta BoA TVXQ Super Junior Girls' Generation Shinee f(x) |
| Cinematography | Kim Goo-hyeong Shin Seong-hwan |
| Edited by | Kim Chang-ju Kim Woo-hyeon |
| Music by | Choi Jae-hwa |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Synopsis
editThe movie follows 32 artists from SM Town as they rehearse and go about their daily lives.
Cast
edit- Kangta
- BoA
- TVXQ: U-Know Yunho, Max Changmin
- Super Junior: Leeteuk, Yesung, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun.
- Girls' Generation: Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun.
- Shinee: Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin
- f(x): Victoria, Amber, Luna, Sulli, and Krystal.
Music
editOn April 24, 2012, SM Town released the film's theme song, "Dear My Family", along with its music video. It is a remake of the song of the same name from Yoo Young-jin’s 2001 third album and 2002 Winter Vacation in SMTown.com – My Angel My Light performed by Kangta, Moon Hee-joon, S.E.S., Shinhwa, Fly to the Sky and BoA.[3] The 2012 version is performed by BoA, Kangta, TVXQ, Yesung of Super Junior, Taeyeon of Girls' Generation, Jonghyun of Shinee, Luna of f(x) and Baekhyun, D.O., Luhan & Chen of EXO.[4] A newer remake, with the additional singers; Kyuhyun of Super Junior, Wendy of Red Velvet, and Jaehyun of NCT, was released on SMTOWN's YouTube page on December 29, 2017. The music video contains footage from a SMTOWN concert that took place before the passing of former SHINee member Jonghyun, who plays a vital role in both the song and video.
International releases
edit- United States: July 13–19, 2012 at CGV CINEMAS in LA [5]
- Indonesia: May 18–20, 2012 at the Blitz Megaplex theater in Jakarta.[6]
- Hong Kong: May 18–30, 2012[7]
- Singapore: May 25, 2012
- Taiwan: May 25, 2012[8]
- Japan: June 2, 2012[9][10][11]
- Thailand: July 7–8, 2012 (Only in Paragon Cineplex at Siam Paragon, Bangkok)
- Vietnam: June 22, 2012 [12]
DVD releases
editReferences
edit- ^ "Box Office: I AM (Korea)". The Korea Herald. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (8 June 2012). "SM Entertainment documentary to make local premiere in two weeks". 10 Asia. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ Ho, Stewart (24 April 2012). "SM Entertainment Releases Music Video for Dear My Family for I AM". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ I AM. (Original Film Soundtrack) - Single Archived 2013-12-07 at the Wayback Machine on iTunes 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-04-24
- ^ "I AM. (Digital) - English subtitles (CGV CINEMAS site)". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
- ^ SMTOWN "I AM." movie to be shown in Indonesia from May 18-20th! Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine dkpopnews Retrieved April 21, 2012
- ^ I AM: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR IN NEW YORK Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine MCL Cinema Retrieved May 17, 2012
- ^ I AM.-SM家族青春傳記電影 Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine avex Taiwan inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012
- ^ SMTOWN 映画上映決定！！ Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine smtown.jp Retrieved April 26, 2012
- ^ I AM. movie Japan site Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 27, 2012
- ^ I AM. movie jp Archived 2015-11-07 at the Wayback Machine official Japan Facebook Retrieved April 27, 2012
- ^ I AM.(Digital) - Rap phim MegaStar| Mua Ve, xem Trailer va Lich chieu Retrieved June 4, 2012
- ^ SMTOWN "I AM." Archived 2013-12-23 at the Wayback Machine http://iam-movie.jp/ Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 07, 2012
- ^ SMTOWN "I AM." Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine http://www.yesasia.com/us/i-am-smtown-4pc-sub-dol-us-version Archived 2017-07-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 07, 2012
External links
edit- Official website (in Korean)