Searching for Sugar Man
2012 · Movie · 1h 25m · PG-13
MusicDocumentary
"Great Art Always Survives"
Overview
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.
Ratings
IMDb
8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
79/100
Key crew
- Malik BendjelloulDirector
- Malik BendjelloulWriter
Cast
- Stephen SegermanSelf
- RodriguezSelf
- Regan RodriguezSelf
- Eva RodriguezSelf
- Mike TheodoreSelf
- Dennis CoffeySelf
- Sandra Rodriguez-KennedySelf
- Clarence AvantSelf
- Steve RowlandSelf
- Malik BendjelloulSelf (uncredited)
- Dan DiMaggioSelf
- Jerome FerrettiSelf
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Themes
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