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NEW DOCUMENTARY IN SEPTEMBER, BY PARAMOUNT+
NEW DOCUMENTARY IN SEPTEMBER, BY PARAMOUNT+
For Variety, Danny Bennett said that a documentary about the 10 years of friendship between Tony and Gaga will be released in September, by Paramount +, and will be called “The Lady and the Legend”.
Pop-jazz legend Tony Bennett died on July 21 at the age of 96, after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease seven years earlier. His 75-year career followed a classic three-act structure: a rise through the 1950s and early 60s that culminated in his biggest hit, 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco' in 1962; the loss of pop opportunities when rock took over, resulting in deeper explorations of jazz; and a return to stardom in the 1990s, when he won the Grammy for album of the year for 'MTV Unplugged'.
In fact, "we had a fourth act, with Lady Gaga, that lasted 10 years," says her son, Danny Bennett. Danny became his father's manager in 1979 and oversaw one of music's great comebacks, which began with several MTV appearances, star duet albums and ended with Bennett and Gaga recording a final special at Radio City Music Hall on his 95th birthday.
"Even though it's a cliché, like a nice bottle of wine, it just got better. When we were on tour with Lady Gaga, they would go out alternately, and she'd watch him every night. He'd pull out the mic and she'd say, 'What's he doing?' I said, 'Watch the audience. He pulls the mic away and everyone leans in because they want to hear.' She was like, 'Oh my God.' His instinct is to get taller, but no - Tony said, 'Come to me' [...] He sang every day; so did Gaga, which is why the two were like peas in a pod - only their ages were different."
Doing the last special with Gaga at Radio City Music Hall two years ago was nerve-wracking. We're wrapping up this documentary called 'The Lady and the Legend,' which will be on Paramount+ in September and chronicles the 10-year relationship. What you see in this documentary is not what you saw in the special. You're seeing behind the scenes, where people say, 'He has no idea where he is.' And #Gaga rightly said, 'Is this the right thing to do?' But I knew that when he got on that stage, everything would come back. It went so well that I was even accused of saying he had Alzheimer's as a publicity stunt, because people didn't believe it. I was nervous, but I thought, 'I can see it in his eyes. This is how he would like to go out. This is what he needs.' And I'm really proud that we were able to do that for him."
"What's great about the documentary is that we meet Gaga at a time when she wasn't feeling very good about things — you know, "#ARTPOP" and the split from Troy (Carter, her former manager), and she was second-guessing herself. And you watch Tony nurturing her and telling her to move on and believe in herself. And then all of a sudden, at the end, she's supporting him. It's come full circle and it's beautiful."
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