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** The new BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL show “What’s Next” - A weekly look at the latest entertainment releases in film, video, TV, and music, featured IT’S ALL GONE PETE
TONG as part of their April 28 th inaugural broadcast at 11pm EST. http://www.biographychannel.com/global/listings/series_showcase.jsp?EGrpType=Series&Id=146
37920&NetwCode=BIO
**The NPR show "Film Week" included a critics' roundtable on IT’S ALL GONE
PETE TONG in their weekly discussion on Fri., April 29th. Show aired on KPCC
89.3 FM between 11 AM - 12 noon.
**Reviewed by Ebert & Roeper on their 4/30/05 show .
Listen to Roger Ebert give us a Thumbs Up on AT THE MOVIES – he nearly convinces Roeper to change the direction of his thumb. Click here to listen to the review: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/source395/reviews.php?cats=&letter=i&so rtby=movie&page=9&rid=1385652
**Entertainment Tonight ran a clip of the film on May 20th.
** Check out the feature on IAGPT from Michael Gallucci and the Cleveland Sun at http://www.clevescene.com/issues/2005-05-11/calendar/see.html
**Check out Paul Kaye’s thoughts on playing the Legendary Frankie Wilde in this interview with New Times Broward/Palm Beach’s Jonathan Zwickel
http://music.newtimesbpb.com/Issues/2005-05-12/music/beatcomber.html
**See an interview from the Boston Edge with Director Michael Dowse at http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=movies&sc2=feat ures&sc3=&id=546
**Check out the Washington Post Express’ Arion Berger’s in depth interview with
Director/ Writer Michael Dowse at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/express/pdfs/EXPRESS_05132005.pdf
(This is a pdf – once the whole thing loads you can skip to page 18)
**Check out DAILY VARIETY’S V PAGE which features pics and info from the NYC
Premiere and After Party at http://www.variety.com/vstory/VR1117921300?categoryID=38&cs=1
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**News**
**Check out a interview Lol Hammond (Music Supervisor) and Paul Kaye in a discussion about the film at www.dancefrontdoor.co.uk/article4235.html
**Roger Ebert posts his national review on his own website www.rogerebert.com.
He also put up a link to the trailer!
** Check out the Film Threat interview with distributor Matson Films’ Albert Lai entitled “Taking PETE TONG to the net” http://www.filmthreat.com/Interviews.asp?Id=970
**MSNBC (ch. 43 in NYC) “MSNBC Hot List” will be featuring It’s All Gone Pete
Tong on either the 6/10 or 6/17 show. This show airs Sundays from 12:00 –
1:00 PM. The producer will confirm as the date nears.
**The June/July issue of PASTE Magazine features a 3 page spread on the movie
– with interview bits from both Paul Kaye and Michael Dowse. Pick it up at your local BARNES & NOBLE or BORDERS Book Store!
"Thumbs Up.” ROGER EBERT , Ebert & Roeper
“The movie works because of its heedless comic intensity; Kaye and his writerdirector, a first-timer named Michael Dowse, chronicle the rise and fall of Frankie
Wilde as other directors have dealt with emperors and kings.” - Roger Ebert /
Chicago Sun-Times READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050526/REVIEWS/5
0503001
“Michael Dowse's Film becomes more than just "SPINAL TAP" for Ravers.
Dowse has the senses working overtime as he skillfully guides the film
into sweet, inspired territory." – Kevin Crust / LA Times READ THE ENTIRE
REVIEW AT http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-etpete29apr29,2,6984849.story?coll=cl-mreview
“The film moves so naturally- and the acting is so casual - you'd swear you were watching a documentary...under Dowse's direction, it's retold in gargantuan proportions with visual, sonic and narrative pizzazz." - Leila Regan / PASTE
Magazine
“Deaf, Not Dumb - Pete Tong's a mockumentary that will make your heart dance…The movie leaves us with a broad, genuine smile, not the smirk born of so many mockumentaries. This is phony, absolutely, but
the good feeling it leaves behind is plenty real.” - Robert Wilonsky / Dallas
Observer READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2005-05-12/film/film.html
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“3 out of 4 Stars! This is a crazily energetic evocation of an amped-up subculture, telling a crazier story still. 24 Hour Party People fans willing
to go along with a joke will rightfully lap it up.” – Glenn Kenny/Premiere
READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.premiere.com/article.asp?section_id=2&article_id=2089
“Frankie spins gold not just vinyl. The fanged, stuffed monster that
rides shotgun with Frankie during his binges is genius” – Manohla
Dargis/NY Times READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://movies2.nytimes.com/2005/04/15/movies/15tong.html
“(Its All Gone Pete Tong)…has the same propulsive, punk rock vibe as
“Trainspotting” and “24 Hour Party People” – Russell Scott Smith/ New
York Post READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.nypost.com/movies/42617.htm
“It's when the plot arcs and Wilde becomes deaf that you discover one of the biggest surprises of the year: a feel-good movie about redemption that also has a refreshing edge.”
John Monaghan / The Detroit Free Press READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.freep.com/entertainment/movies/weball13e_20050513.htm
“With lively direction by Michael Dowse from his own witty script, It's
All Gone Pete Tong is something of a small miracle: a tragic story devoid of sentimentality and melodrama. It's the funniest sad movie around.” -
Barbara Lester /City Link (Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach) READ THE
ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.southflorida.com/citylink/sfe-cltocfilm,0,435791.htmlstory
""Tong" combines the deadlpan delivery of BBC's "The Office" with the metamockumentary approach of Winterbottom's "24 Hour Party People." Robert K.
Elder / Chicago Tribune READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://alliance.zap2it.com/custom/metromix/main_template/0,1846,8-25847-
1,00.html
“The power of the first half and the exceptionally believable acting of
Kaye make this the kind of experience that only film can provide. “ -
Richard Nilsen / The Arizona Republic (May. 13, 2005) READ THE ENTIRE
REVIEW AT http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/preview/articles/0513petetong0513.h
tml
“Writer/Director Michael Dowse confidently handles these thematic hangs without making his film sentimental and maintains a dark and sly comic tone throughout. What starts out as a typical film about drug
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satisfying.” - Eddie Goldberger/NYSun READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.nysun.com/article/12334
“Dowse's exhilarating ride ultimately is a cautionary tale. Though the film hardly presents drugs and alcohol as inherently evil, Frankie's journey toward redemption and a happy ending implicitly says, ``Just
say no…Batarda is so convincing, you'll believe she really is deaf.” -
Stephen Schaefer / Boston Herald READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://theedge.bostonherald.com/movieReviews/view.bg?articleid=711
“3 STARS OUT OF 4. Director Michael Dowse has a good ear and sure touch. His use of sound is terrific, even the winky gag of using
Beethoven to herald deafness (and the "Van Gogh" portrait of Frankie is
terrific).” – David Elliott / San Diego Union Tribune READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW
AT www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050512/news_1w12pete.html
“The music isn't merely a soundtrack, but a complex emotional
Language. Dowse keys into the communal carnality of rave culture - in a
way no other filmmaker quite has before" – Scott Foundas / LA Weekly
READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.laweekly.com/film/newfilmresults
“You'll be tickled by this small indie laugher. But, lo and behold, you
may find yourself touched by it, too.” – Sean Daly / Washington Post READ
THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051201640.html?sub=AR
"Canadian writer-director Michael Dowse has made an emotionally amped film
….a surprisingly compassionate redemption story. Oddly, the film is more of a revelation if severed from the true story it is based on. Yet it's a more tender endeavor for granting a real human a cinematic exit full of grace." - Lisa Kennedy
/ Denver Post READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_2760939
“Thanks, Pete. You get an A-plus.” - Tricia Romano / Village Voice READ THE
ENTIRE ARTICLE AT http://villagevoice.com/nyclife/0516,flylife,63156,15.html
"A raucous, upraorious satire of the dance-club scene, "Tt's All Gone Pete Tong" follows its DJ hero from the high life to the skids, back to the top and then on to something better."
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Colin Covert
/
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW
AT http://www.startribune.com/stories/1553/5422526.html
“There’s great fun when the picture is sending up the music world, with a particularly vivid, funny performance from Mike Wilmot as a
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mercenary, moneyed exploiter.” – Leonard Klady/ Los Angeles City Beat
READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=2005&IssueNum=99
“One of the most raucous, extreme, drug-drenched movies since
Trainspotting. It's All Gone is less a faux documentary than a perversely
amusing stab at the music world's harsh realities.” - Bruce Westbrook /
Houston Chronicle READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/moviestory.mpl/ae/movies/reviews/3179520
“The entire movie rides on Paul Kaye's performance. A virtual unknown before Pete Tong, Kaye plays Wilde like a man who stumbled upon earth
through a parallel dimension.” - Peter Debruge / Miami Herald READ THE
ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/columnists/rene_rodrig uez/11625946.htm
“Paul Kaye … is excellent as Frankie” - Steve Warren / The Sunday Paper
(Atlanta), READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.sundaypaper.com/AE/Movies/MoviesArchives/tabid/217/articleType/
ArticleView/articleId/113/KickingandScreamingItsAllGonePeteTongandMindhunter s.aspx
“3 out of 4 stars. It's All Gone Pete Tong practically yanks the viewer along the wild arc of Frankie's life. But there's no other way to travel
through the rock-star world he inhabits..” - Sean Piccoli / Sun Sentinel
(Miami /Ft.Lauderdale & West Palm Beach) READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/lifestyle/sflshtongmay13,0,6417178.story
"Frankie is fascinating, deeply flawed character, one whose enthusiasm and curiosity help make up for his self centered, self-hated self-destructiveness." - Chris Hewitt / St
Paul Pioneer Press (Minneapolis) READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://ae.twincities.com/entertainment/ui/twincities/movie.html?id=273766&review
Id=18109&startDate=today
“Kaye’s performance doesn’t, er, miss a beat” – Laura Sinagra / Orange
County Weekly READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.ocweekly.com/film/filmnr.php
“Paul Kaye's enigmatic performance is at the heart of this cautionary but
oddly entertaining tale.” Dan Bennett / North County Times (San Diego) www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/05/12/entertainment/movies/51105143025.txt
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“ Fortunately, you don't have to know the meaning of "turntablism" to dig Pete Tong's grooves and laugh at its jokes. It's All Gone Pete Tong proves catchy and accessible - it doesn't want to leave anyone outside, looking in…Offers a surprisingly fresh way to think about
disabilities…Pete Tong gets nearly everything right” - Curt Holman /
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/flicks_review3.html
“Kaye portrays Frankie with ease, magically making us care about the stumbling protagonist when there's no logical reason we should.” - John Dugan / Time Out
Chicago READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.timeoutchicago.com/article.jsp?xy=film/12.film.pete
“Orgasmic, climactic, and maddeningly frantic… It's All Gone Pete Tong combines Dowse's meticulous research and Paul Kaye's engrossing
portrayal of Wilde, the superstar DJ who had it all and lost everything “ -
Jonathan Zwickel / New Times BPB (Ft. Lauderdale / West Palm Beach) READ
THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://music.newtimesbpb.com/Issues/2005-05-
12/music/beatcomber.html
“Often touching. And his triumphant comeback gig, where the deaf DJ sends a massive club full of disco dervishes into a frenzy using only his sight (observing sound wave patterns) and touch (feeling the vibrations
of the beats) to flawlessly crossfade and mix, is pretty fuckin' cool.” --
Jeff Clark / Stomp and Stammer May Issue (Atlanta) READ THE ENTIRE
REVIEW AT http://www.stompandstammer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view
&id=97&Itemid=54
“It's All Gone Pete Tong, the new mock biopic of DJ Frankie Wilde, is at its best when it tries to make you laugh. "it's an amazing story that just begged to be made into a movie." - Leonard Pierce / UR Chicago READ THE ENTIRE
REVIEW AT http://www.urchicago.com/listingsEntry.asp?ID=311165&PT=film
“It’s all Gone Pete Tong is a brilliant mix of black comedy, social satire, and even slapstick. Whether you love or hate club culture, or even if you
don’t know anything about it, it will leave you laughing” - Jay Laird / Edge
Magazine (Boston) READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=movies&sc2=revi ews&sc3=features&id=2501
“Just inspiring enough, just scary enough, just sappy enough and just
funny enough to get by.” - Michael O’Sullivan / Washington Post (Weekend)
READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT
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200758.html
“Dowse pulls off some sweet feats of verbal humor, visual dash and mouthwateringly snippy, snotty abuse. The HD transfer is alarmingly good, and the music wall-towall.” - Ray Pride / Newcity (Chicago) READ THE ENTIRE
REVIEW AT http://www.newcitychicago.com/chicago/4366.html
“An informed and finally moving exploration of the uses and abuses of
our senses” – Arion Berger / Washington Post Express READ THE ENTIRE
REVIEW AT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/express/pdfs/EXPRESS_05132005.pdf
(This is a pdf – once the whole thing loads you can skip to page 18)
"It's All Gone Pete Tong winds up being not a satire at all, but something sweeter, even inspiring."
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Dylan Hicks / City Pages (Minneapolis)
READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.citypages.com/movies/detail.asp?MID=6904#movieclockmovieclock
“Surprisingly endearing….Both Kaye and Wilmot embody their
stereotypes with suitable brio” - Mark Jenkins / Washington City Paper
READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT https://secure.washingtoncitypaper.com/cgibin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=q:\DocRoot/2005/050513/WINE&search=&Sear chString=&AuthorLastName=jenkins&IssueDate=05%2F13%2F05&SelectYear=A ll&next.x=0&next.y=0
“Comic-turned actor Paul Kaye is on-target throughout as Wilde. He is very watchable, both as a total jerk and as the messiah-like lip-reading
comeback kid.” - Hap Erstein / Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach) READ THE
ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.palmbeachpost.com/tgif/content/entertainment/tgif/epaper/2005/05
/13/a7tgi_feafilm_pete_tong_0513.html
“Slicker and far more ambitious than Fubar…Like De Palma, Dowse seems reluctant to adhere to generic codes, and, in Pete Tong in particular, sets himself up with rather sizeable technical challenges: specifically, establishing hearing loss in visible terms, and simply explaining exactly what a DJ does….Dowse represents something new within the confines of Canadian cinema, which remains largely dominated by art films. While he possesses decidedly commercial instincts, at the same time his hipster sensibility gives his work a decided edge—a welcome addition to a cinema that can sometimes seem
simultaneously too arty and too safe.” - Steve Gravestock / CinemaScope
READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.cinema-scope.com/cs22/cur_gravestock_dowse.htm
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“The most popular record spinner in nightclubs on Ibiza must face the reality of going deaf in this radical and raucous faux documentary.” - Dan Pearson / Daily
Southtown (Chicago) READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/tgif/271tgmvr.htm
"...the film is an eye-opener, an anthropological study of a subculture." -
Catherine Graham / Santa Cruz Sentinel READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www/santacruzlive.com/ex/content/view/2136/104/
“Wilde is more a caricature than a character, but he’s as well thought out as the stylish, pulsing crowd shots and arty close ups Dowse breaks
out at every occasion.” – Keith Phipps / The Onion READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW
AT http://www.theonionavclub.com/cinema/index.php?issue=4119&r=6
“It's Paul Kaye's performance that really gives the film its heart and soul. Kaye conjures up just the right amount of pathos to stop the film from teetering over into corny sentimentalism, making his portrayal a supremely convincing depiction of a star caught in the terrifying throes
of a career-ending condition.” – YAHOO.COM READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1808673328
“ There is a completely perfect performance…That performance belongs to British actor Paul Kaye, who brilliantly creates one of the most astonishing figures to come across the screen in recent years. Paul Kaye's tornado screen presence more than compensates for any flaws here. If there is a reason to seek this one out, it is with Kaye's KO of a performance” -
Phil Hall / Film Threat READ THE
ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=7530
“Sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant faux bio-pic is not perfect, but a perfect entertainment if you can believe the idea of a deaf deejay
(sort of like believing in a blind airline pilot).” - Gary Cabana /
RottenTomatoes.com READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?p=6460032#post646003
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“This clever goof on hedonistic dance culture is also an unexpectedly sympathetic drama about coping with hearing loss. The film's heart and its entertainingly surreal edge should help the film find a wider
audience” – Ken Fox / TVGuide.com READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.tvguide.com/movies/database/ShowMovie.asp?MI=46049
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“Final Grade: A!!!!! Buoyed by an amazing performance by British actor
Paul Kaye. One of the better movie biographies to come out in a very long time….“It’s All Gone Pete Tong“ is a triumph that deserves to be
seen.” – Edward Havens/Filmjerk.com READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.filmjerk.com/new/article1263.html
“Somewhere amid the cacophony, a human drama emerges that is sensitive, expertly orchestrated, and as finely tuned as Beethoven.”
Louisa McLennan / Times Online READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,18710-1547635,00.html
“Ranks as one of cinema’s rare biopics in that it is also a comedy.” –
Todd Gilchrist / FilmStew.com READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT http://www.filmstew.com/Content/Article.asp?Pg=1&ContentID=11390
“It's All Gone bucks every opportunity to be a film about a handicapped person who makes good, or a drug addict who gets clean and finds a positive relationship.” - Steve Prokopy / Gapers Block (Chicago READ THE ENTIRE
REVIEW AT http://www.gapersblock.com/airbags/archives/revenge_of_the_sith_kontroll_its_a ll_gone_pete_tong_and_torremolinos_73/
“A relentless techno-beat pounds out the rhythms of this Christopher
Guest-ish mockumentary that spoofs the club culture and our own
culture’s general misconception of the disabled.” – Jeanne Aufmuth / Palo
Alto Online READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.paloaltoonline.com/movies/cgi/moviescreener_long.cgi?id=2160
“Four and a ¼ Stars (Out of Five)! Frankie Wilde’s ride is a wild one indeed, and IT’S ALL GONE PETE TONG manages to capture the essence
of both his madness and genius"!” – Brian McKay / EfilmCritic.com READ THE
ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=10472&reviewer=258
“This is hilarious stuff. This impressive second feature from music-video
director Michael Dowse pulses with energy and passion.” MaryAnn
Johanson / FLICKFILOSOPHER .COM READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.flickfilosopher.com/flickfilos/shortcuts/shortcuts40.shtml#tong
“Both Darkly hilarious and surprisingly emotive.” Rob Blackwelder /
Splicedwire.com READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.splicedonline.com/05reviews/petetong.html
“It's the risks that pay off most handsomely in It's All Gone Pete Tong, a
curious mash-up of dance-culture mockumentary and searing biopic."
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-- Peter Canavese / GROUCHO REVIEWS READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.grouchoreviews.com/index.php?module=Movie_Reviews&func=displ ay&id=2196
“If you consider yourself a fan of true dance, you will enjoy "Gone." The
soundtrack is impressive; the film is beautifully designed” – MSN Movies
READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://movies.msn.com/beacon/editorial1.aspx?ptid=fe8ce1bf-c955-4c59-a516-
3173a9f8e093
“A highly-energetic,fun,yet predictable mockumentary which sparkles
with a believable performance by its lead.” – NYC MOVIE GURU - READ
THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT www.webspawner.com/users/themovieguru101
“There are important life lessons to be learned here, or you could also
just ignore them and enjoy some clever comedy.” – Melissa Mohaupt /
Exclaim - READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.exclaim.ca/index.asp?layid=22&csid=800&csid1=2987
“Kaye plays Frankie as a caricature of excess, then of denial when his deafness strikes, but throughout the performance he's able to retain a humanity which finds its payoff when Frankie embarks on the road to
recovery. Not an easy thing to do, so it deserves applause.” –
WindowToTheMovies.com – READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.windowtothemovies.com/af2005-2.html#itsallgonept
“FRESH, WILD, BEAT-DRIVEN & INTOXICATING! ...Pete Tong's DJ
Frankie Wilde plunges you into a world of thumping dance club mixes,
and stops you on the dime of life.” – Flamenco Buzz – READ THE ENTIRE
REVIEW AT http://www.flamencobuzz.net/california.html
“Canadian filmmaker Michael Dowse's high-energy dance-club saga "It's
All Gone Pete Tong" arrives in an elaborate package of spoof and deception that should win the admiration of any practical-joke
connoisseur.” – Salon.com – READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/04/14/btm/index.html
“IT’S ALL GONE PETE TONG is a wild and original look at an
extraordinary life.” – rhythmism.com READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.rhythmism.com/features/?id=63
“3 ½ out of 5 Stars” – Jurgen Fauth / About.com READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW
AT http://worldfilm.about.com/od/h/fr/gonepetetong.htm
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"...A deeply moving work." - Beth Accomando / KPBS, 89.5 FM (San Diego
Website and Radio) READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT www.publicbroadcasting.net/kpbs/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&id=772131& pid=31&sid=8
“Don't worry, it's not sappy, with a happy/crazy/sad/mad performance
by Paul Kaye as fictional DJ Frankie Wilde.” - Matt’s Movies / KCRW Radio
READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW AT http://www.kcrw.com/about/about_matts_movies.html
“(The Film) moved me. And is definitely worth a look.” – Stanley
Robinson / Sonik Magazine
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CRITICS RAVE ABOUT PAUL KAYE:
“Played with genuine heart and talent by Paul Kaye…Mr. Kaye’s performance pushes at extremes…the British comic turned actor appears in almost every scene and he carries that weight admirably. He manages the very neat trick of keeping you interested in a character
who doesn't merit our affection but earns it nonetheless.” NEW YORK
TIMES
” Grounded by a gutsy, over-the-edge-and-back performance by Paul
Kaye” LA TIMES
"We want to believe he's real! Paul Kaye hurls himself into the role with
such furious, euphoric energy that he might as well be. - LA WEEKLY
"Kaye expertly slaloms every twist and turn in the film's tone - providing laughs when he's supposed to be funny, and transitioning effortlessly
when the movie turns serious." – SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
“Kaye turns in a chaotic and ultimately moving performance”
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
“The film is anchored by Kaye, a British comedian, whose mad-stork
demeanor is disarming and riveting. ” NEWSDAY
“Kaye’s performance does not miss a beat” VILLAGE VOICE
“English comedian Paul Kaye has a star-making role as one Frankie
Wilde, a deranged Cockney exile who's more or less the Keith Richards of the cocaine-drenched club scene on Ibiza, the über-trendy Spanish
resort island.” Salon.com
“While most mockumentaries translate as lazy storytelling, this one is elevated by an astounding, Oscar-worthy performance by Kaye, a British
TV personality most recently seen stateside as one of the zombies in
"Shaun of the Dead." His wild, dilated eyes work overtime in every scene. A simple moment with Wilde watching television turns into an
acrobatic facial dance that is both frightening and funny.” DETROIT FREE
PRESS
“It's All Gone Pete Tong succeeds primarily because it loves its subject, played with bright eyes and a big heart by British comic-turned-actor
Paul Kaye” DALLAS OBSERVER
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“The exceptionally believable acting of Kaye make this the kind of
experience that only film can provide.” – THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
“Kaye delivers a frequently hilarious and ultimately even moving turn as
the ill-fated DJ” HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“Kaye expertly captures the wild-eyed hysteria of the popular DJ” CITY
LINK (Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach)
“Kaye is so persuasive that Frankie, in any state, feels real. His virtuoso performance is showboating as art — or just the kind of inspired
extremism that rock's head-bangers invented.” HOUSTON CHRONICLE
“Played with ingratiating charm that manages to offset Frankie's egomaniacal attributes, British comedian Paul Kaye offers a neverwearying tour de force. It's easy to see how Kaye and the film won
awards at the Comedy Arts Festival.” THE BOSTON HERALD
“Kaye as Frankie carries himself believably through his downward spiral and his efforts to regroup. Even at his most presentable, Kaye never
allows Frankie to quite shed his willful, obnoxious streak.” THE SUN
SENTINEL
“Kaye is compelling in his own right, and it's impossible to predict where
his character will take us next.” MIAMI HERALD
“Wildly jumping from complete farce to sweetly redemptive tale, Kaye
snugly fits in every scene” CLEVELAND SUN
“As the glorious/repulsive Wilde, Kaye never lets the character drift too
far into mockery.” NEW TIMES PALM BEACH
“Paul Kay is magnificent!!”
XFM Magazine
“Paul Kaye is an absolute genius”
ZOO WEEKLY
"IT'S ALL GONE PETE TONG has much in common with Oscar-nominated
movies about journeys of spiritual awakening.... Kaye perfectly conveys all the characteristic trappings of someone enjoying the benefits of fame
a little too much, and he does it all with deft aplomb” BPM Magazine
“Paul Kaye does a remarkable job as the wild party animal, strung out
and manic” THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
June 1, 2005
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