From the Sky Down

United States, United Kingdom

2011

90 Min

Color

English

Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
1
2
3
4
5

PROD Ted Skillman, Belisa Balaban, Davis Guggenheim, Brian Celler

CAST Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, U2

ED Jay Cassidy, Geraud Brisson

MUSIC U2

SOUND Skip Lievsay

Toronto (Gala), Ghent (Eye Tunes), DocsBarcelona

Synopsis

Imagine a neighborhood where every home is a broken family: misery, divorce, or worse. Drive down the street and it’s every single home. That’s the unfortunate terrain of rock bands. Implosion or explosion is inevitable. U2 has defied the gravitational pull towards destruction. Somehow, it has endured and thrived. The movie From the Sky Down asks the question why. —TIFF

Director

Davis Guggenheim

He was born Philip Davis Guggenheim in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Charles Guggenheim and Marion Guggenheim. He graduated from Brown University in 1986. He is married to American actress Elisabeth Shue.

His credits as a producer and director include Training Day, The Shield, Alias, 24, NYPD Blue, ER, Deadwood, and Party of Five and the documentaries The First Year and Teach. He directed the pilot episode of The Unit.

He directed and produced An Inconvenient Truth, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. His most recent feature film is Gracie.

He directed Barack Obama’s biographical film, which aired during the Democratic National Convention, and Obama’s infomercial, which was broadcast on 29 October 2008.

Davis directed and was an executive producer of the 2009 pilot for Melrose Place. His brother-in-law Andrew Shue starred on the 90’s version of the series.

He most recently completed It Might Get Loud, a documentary that glimpses… read more

Wall

Displaying 4 of 5 wall posts.

see all

Violeta Ayala

3Feb12

I really enjoyed how the creative process/thinking was shown in this doco...I'm a bit bias as I love U2...maybe 3 & 1/2 stars would be more accurate!!!

Mathias Palmberg

7Jan12

A disappointment! I had wished that the focus of the movie had been shifted more towards Achtung Baby and it's songs. All we get now are a few mildly interesting tidbits about the AB process and a lot of boring recollections about Joshua Tree and Rattle & Hum.

msmichel

25Nov11

How does a band continue after achieving all their dreams and not become just part of the establishment. Quite revealing documentary having U2 and their chief collaborators look back on the time period between the wrapping up of the joshua tree tour and the recording of the achtung baby record. Many highlights seeing the songs emerge in the recording and the failed experiments along the way. A must for music fans.

Everaldo Amorim

25Oct11

Very nice movie. It's a shame it falls a bit short in duration and into the promised content. Edge singing "Love is Blindness" and How "Sick Puppy" became "Mysterious Ways" and "One" are the highlights! =D