GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER LIFE OF GLENN GOULD

Year: 2009
USA: Lorber Films
UK: Verve Pictures
Cast: Glenn Gould (archive footage), Vladimir Ashkenazy, Frances Batchen, Kevin Bazzana, Petula Clark, Victor Feldbrill, Cornelia Foss, Chris Foss, Eliza Foss, Don Hunstein, Mark Kingwell, Jaime Laredo, John P L Roberts, Ray Roberts, Roxolana Roslak, Fred Sherry, Lorne Tulk, Ruth Watson Henderson, James Wright
Directors: Michele Hozer, Peter Raymont
Country: Canada
USA: 109 mins
UK: 108 mins
UK Certificate: U contains no material likely to offend or harm
USA Release Date: 10 September 2010 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 21 January 2011 (Limited Release)

Synopsis

An enigmatic musical poet, world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate twenty-seven years after his untimely death.

Intimately revealing the man behind the myth, GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER LIFE OF GLENN GOULD casts a fresh light on the mysterious pianist whose ideas were as controversial, and his private life as passionate, as his music.

Featuring never-before seen footage of Gould, photographs and excerpts from his private home recordings and diaries, plus personal memories from Gould's most intimate friends and lovers, some who have never spoken about him publicly before.