AKA Doc Pomus (2012)

Audience Score
51
Doc Pomus dramatic life is one of American musics great untold stories Paralyzed with polio as a child Brooklynborn Jerome Felder reinvented himself as a blues singer renaming himself Doc Pomus then emerged as one of the most brilliant songwriters of the early rock and roll era writing Save the Last Dance for Me This Magic Moment A Teenager in Love Viva Las Vegas and dozens of other hits Spearheaded and coproduced by his daughter Sharyn Felder and packed with incomparable music and rare archival imagery this documentary features interviews with collaborators and friends including Dr John Ben E King Joan Osborne Shawn Colvin Dion Leiber and Stoller and BB King as well as passages from Docs private journals read by his close friend Lou Reed
DirectorsPeter MillerWilliam Hechter

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:October 19th, 2012
Original Language:English