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I Am (2012 film)

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I Am
Theatrical poster
Directed byChoi Jin-sung
Produced byPark Ji-seong
Jeong Yoon-jae
Kang Dong-goo
Lee Soo-man
StarringKangta
BoA
TVXQ
Super Junior
Girls' Generation
Shinee
f(x)
CinematographyKim Goo-hyeong
Shin Seong-hwan
Edited byKim Chang-ju
Kim Woo-hyeon
Music byChoi Jae-hwa
Production
companies
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release dates
  • 15 May 2012 (2012-05-15) (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival)
  • 21 June 2012 (2012-06-21) (South Korea)
Running time
116 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

I Am - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden is a 2012 South Korean documentary film directed by Choi Jin-sung, that is about 32 SM Town K-pop artists on their journey to become the first Asian singers to stage their milestone SMTown Live '10 World Tour concert at Madison Square Garden in New York.[1] The film was originally scheduled for release in South Korea on 10 May 2012, but was postponed to 21 June 2012, due to audio issues.[2]

Synopsis

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The movie follows 32 artists from SM Town as they rehearse and go about their daily lives.

Cast

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Music

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On April 24, 2012, SM Town released the film's theme song, "Dear My Family", along with its music video. It is a remake of the song of the same name from Yoo Young-jin’s 2001 third album and 2002 Winter Vacation in SMTown.com – My Angel My Light performed by Kangta, Moon Hee-joon, S.E.S., Shinhwa, Fly to the Sky and BoA.[3] The 2012 version is performed by BoA, Kangta, TVXQ, Yesung of Super Junior, Taeyeon of Girls' Generation, Jonghyun of Shinee, Luna of f(x) and Baekhyun, D.O., Luhan & Chen of EXO.[4] A newer remake, with the additional singers; Kyuhyun of Super Junior, Wendy of Red Velvet, and Jaehyun of NCT, was released on SMTOWN's YouTube page on December 29, 2017. The music video contains footage from a SMTOWN concert that took place before the passing of former SHINee member Jonghyun, who plays a vital role in both the song and video.

International releases

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  • United States: July 13–19, 2012 at CGV CINEMAS in LA [5]
  • Indonesia: May 18–20, 2012 at the Blitz Megaplex theater in Jakarta.[6]
  • Hong Kong: May 18–30, 2012[7]
  • Singapore: May 25, 2012
  • Taiwan: May 25, 2012[8]
  • Japan: June 2, 2012[9][10][11]
  • Thailand: July 7–8, 2012 (Only in Paragon Cineplex at Siam Paragon, Bangkok)
  • Vietnam: June 22, 2012 [12]

DVD releases

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  • Japan: October 3, 2012[13]
  • United States: November 6, 2012[14]
  • Taiwan: October 19, 2012
  • Hong Kong: September 25, 2012
  • Korea: September 27, 2012
  • Thailand: December 6, 2012

References

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  1. ^ "Box Office: I AM (Korea)". The Korea Herald. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  2. ^ Hong, Lucia (8 June 2012). "SM Entertainment documentary to make local premiere in two weeks". 10 Asia. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  3. ^ Ho, Stewart (24 April 2012). "SM Entertainment Releases Music Video for Dear My Family for I AM". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  4. ^ I AM. (Original Film Soundtrack) - Single Archived 2013-12-07 at the Wayback Machine on iTunes 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-04-24
  5. ^ "I AM. (Digital) - English subtitles (CGV CINEMAS site)". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  6. ^ SMTOWN "I AM." movie to be shown in Indonesia from May 18-20th! Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine dkpopnews Retrieved April 21, 2012
  7. ^ I AM: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR IN NEW YORK Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine MCL Cinema Retrieved May 17, 2012
  8. ^ I AM.-SM家族青春傳記電影 Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine avex Taiwan inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012
  9. ^ SMTOWN 映画上映決定!! Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine smtown.jp Retrieved April 26, 2012
  10. ^ I AM. movie Japan site Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 27, 2012
  11. ^ I AM. movie jp Archived 2015-11-07 at the Wayback Machine official Japan Facebook Retrieved April 27, 2012
  12. ^ I AM.(Digital) - Rap phim MegaStar| Mua Ve, xem Trailer va Lich chieu Retrieved June 4, 2012
  13. ^ SMTOWN "I AM." Archived 2013-12-23 at the Wayback Machine http://iam-movie.jp/ Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 07, 2012
  14. ^ SMTOWN "I AM." Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine http://www.yesasia.com/us/i-am-smtown-4pc-sub-dol-us-version Archived 2017-07-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 07, 2012
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