Back To Black Page #8

Synopsis: The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.
Genre: Biography
Original Story by: Sam Taylor-Johnson
Year:
2024
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‘So, we’ll see her soon. Thank you very much, congrats, Amy!’

♪ No, no, no

♪ They tried to make me go to rehab, I said: no, no, no

♪ Yes, I’ve been black, but when I come back

♪ You’ll know, know, know

♪ I ain’t got the time, and if my Daddy think I’m fine

♪ They tried to make me go to rehab, I won’t go, go, go

♪ I’d rather be at home with my Blake

♪ I ain’t got seventy days

♪ So, there’s nothing, there’s nothing you can teach me

♪ That I can’t learn from Mister Hathaway

♪ No, no, I didn’t get it a lot in class

♪ But I know it don’t come in a shot glass

♪ They tried to make me go to rehab, I said: no, no, no

♪ Yes, I’ve been black, but when I come back

♪ You’ll know, know, know

♪ I ain’t got the time, and if my Daddy think I’m fine

♪ They tried to make me go to rehab, I won’t go, go, go

♪ The man said, “Why do you think you’re here?”

♪ I said, “I got no idea”

♪ Said, “I’ll never, never lose my baby”

♪ So, I always keep a bottle near

♪ He said, “I just think you’re depressed”

♪ Hey! Hey, this me…

♪ Yeah, baby

♪ And the rest

♪ They tried to make me go to rehab, I said: no, no, no, no, no, no, no

♪ Yes, I’ve been black, but when I come back

♪ You’ll know, know, know

♪ I ain’t, I ain’t got the time, and if my Daddy think I’m fine

♪ Hey, they tried to make me go to rehab

♪ I won’t go, go, go! ♪

(Crowd cheering)

(Man) Good one, Amy!

(Presenter) ‘And now we’re proud to present the Grammy for Record of the Year.

‘This is an award that Tony won back in 1963,

‘for ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco’.’

(Tony Bennett) ‘And Natalie won in 1992 for ‘Unforgettable’.’

(Woman) Go on, Amy!

‘And the Grammy goes to… Amy Winehouse!’

(All chant) Amy! Amy! Amy! Amy!

(Chanting continues)

Are you proud of me, Mum?

Oh, I’ve always been proud of you.

Amy! Amy! Amy!

They want me to say something. I don’t know what to say.

Just keep calm and thank everybody.

Erm…

Thank you to everyone at Island Records.

And EMI Publishing.

To Raye-Raye and Joe.

To Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi.

To my mum and dad.

And for London! This is for London!

Cos Camden Town ain’t burning down!

(Men shouting and laughing)

Amy! Hey, there she is! How ridiculous is this?

Five-time Grammy Award winner!

Hey, we’re heading off. You coming?

No, I…

I’ll catch you up.

Okay, cool.

You sure? Okay.

Yo! Hey!

(Sarah Vaughan) ♪ Embrace me

♪ My sweet embraceable you

Embrace me

♪ You irreplaceable you

♪ Just one look at you

♪ My heart grows tipsy… ♪

Look at Nan in these photos.

My style icon.

My everything icon.

Yeah. Gorgeous.

Are you okay, love?

Could do with a proper drink, to be honest.

Being a good girl at the moment, aren’t I?

You’re being a great girl.

Yeah.

Well, it’s not f***ing easy.

When you get to New York, maybe we can get in the studio together, lay a track down.

Seriously?

Yeah. We could do ‘Fly Me To The Moon’.

Like Tony Bennett style.

We’d be good at that one.

It’d be number one in the dance tracks in no time.

Yeah! I’ll believe that when I see it.

Alright.

(Man) Amy!

(Man 2) Amy! Amy!

(Overlapping shouting)

Dad? I love you.

(Mitch) I love you, too!

(Man) Amy, any message for Blake as he starts his new prison sentence?

Any message for his new girlfriend Sarah and their new baby?

(♪ THE SHANGRI-LAS: “Leader Of The Pack”)

♪ Is she really going out with him?

♪ Well, there she is, let’s ask her?

♪ Betty, is that Jimmy’s ring you’re wearing?

♪ Mm-hmm…

♪ Gee, it must be great riding with him

♪ Is he picking you up after school today?

♪ Mm-hmm…

♪ By the way, where’d you meet him?

♪ I met him at the candy store

♪ He turned around and smiled at me, you get the picture?

♪ Yes, we see

♪ That’s when I fell for the leader of the pack… ♪

(♪ Humming)

♪ And this regret I got accustomed to

♪ Once it was so right

♪ When we were at our height

Waiting for you in the hotel at night

♪ I knew I hadn’t met my match

Every moment we could snatch

♪ I don’t know why I got so attached

♪ It’s my responsibility

♪ You don’t own nothing to me

♪ But to walk away, I have no capacity

‘I want people to hear my voice,

‘and just forget their troubles for five minutes.

‘I want to be remembered for just being me.’

(♪ “Tears Dry On Their Own”)

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Matt Greenhalgh

Matthew Greenhalgh is an English screenwriter from Manchester. He is best known for writing the screenplay to the film Back to Black and Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, which earned him a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. more…

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