The controversial tv movie finally gets its premiere. The film premiered on the lifetime channel on november 15, 2014 and was met with criticism in its early stages of production due to aaliyahs familys disapproval of lifetimes choice to create the film. She might be well known to many of my readers, but i had never listened to her music before watching the film today. Support the guardian available for everyone, funded by readers. After months of anticipation and a major cast shakeup, lifetime has released the very first trailer for the networks upcoming biopic aaliyah. The story of music and video star aaliyah, whose life ended tragically in a 2001 plane crash in the bahamas. So advance controversy about the casting, among other things, can only benefit aaliyah. Having watched the recent biopic about the late singer aaliyah, miss o gives her impressions of the film and the reactions of other viewers. We havent seen a movie get dragged this bad since mariah carey made her big debut in glitter. With alexandra shipp, elise neal, lyriq bent, morgan kelly. Saturday night saw the premiere of the latest addition to the lifetimemovie canon, aaliyah.
Timbaland, fans blast lifetime for aaliyah biopic variety. The biopic stars alexandra shipp as the young, ambitious singer and actress who spends her youth working toward stardom. But there was much more to aaliyah than choreographed dance moves, movie roles, and a celebrated voice. More than a woman by christopher john farley, the film arrives on dvd and digital hd via lionsgate on march 10. The madefortv film was produced for the lifetime cable network and aired in 2015. It was released on july 7, 2001, by blackground records and virgin records america aaliyah started to work on the album in 1998, but rescheduled its recording around her developing film career. It was controversial because aaliyahs family objected to its production.
Certainly her life and career contains stories worth telling, but the lifetime movie aaliyah. Mtv shares rare aaliyah clip for the 18th anniversary of. Ive not read the book, but i sincerely hope its more insightful than the movie. Alexandra was only a young girl when aaliyah was tragically. After all, a lot of people idolized the rising star from her hometown of detroit to england.
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