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Beyond the Sea
Directed by	Kevin Spacey
Produced by	Andy Paterson Kevin Spacey Jan Fantl
Written by	Kevin Spacey Lewis Colick
Starring	Kevin Spacey Kate Bosworth John Goodman Bob Hoskins Caroline Aaron
Music by	Christopher Slaski Bobby Darin (non-original)
Distributed by	Lions Gate Pictures, QI Quality International GmbH & Co.
Release date(s)	Toronto Film Festival, 2004 United States 29 December 2004
Running time	118 minutes
Language	English
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Beyond the Sea (2004) is an English language German-based production from Lions Gate Films about singer Bobby Darin (1936-1973). The film stars Kevin Spacey as Darin. Spacey, who produced together with Andy Paterson and Jan Fantl, directed, and did all of his own singing, had for years longed to produce a bio-picture about Darin. With funding from Lions Gate and Jan Fantl's German production company QI Quality International GmbH & Co., the film was finally finished in 2004 and premiered that year at the Toronto International Film Festival.

• Kevin Spacey notes on the DVD commentary that his biggest hope was that the film would reintroduce Bobby Darin's music to a whole new generation of fans. He went on to note that shortly after the film's release, sales of Darin's music went up over 150%.

• Kevin Spacey does his own singing and dancing in the film.

• Kate Bosworth's role as Sandra Dee in this film allowed her to be cast as Lois Lane in Superman Returns, after Spacey recommended her to his friend, the director Bryan Singer. Spacey appears in the role of villain Lex Luthor in the same film.

• Though the film suggests Darin and Dee reunited and were close until his death, in reality they divorced in 1967.

• Most of the filming was done in Berlin and Studio Babelsberg and some in the The Rivoli Ballroom in London

• Kevin Spacey – Bobby Darin
• Kate Bosworth – Sandra Dee
• John Goodman – Steve Blauner
• Bob Hoskins – Charlie Maffia
• Brenda Blethyn – Polly Cassotto
• Greta Scacchi – Mary
• Caroline Aaron – Nina Cassotto Maffia
• Peter Cincotti – Dick Behrke
• William Ullrich – Young Bobby Darin

Some 'Splish, Splash' in Beyond the Sea.

• 01. Hello Young Lovers
• 02. Once Upon A Time
• 03. Fabulous Places
• 04. Simple Song Of Freedom
• 05. Mack The Knife
• 06. Beyond The Sea
• 07. By Myself/When Your Lover Has Gone
• 08. Some Of These Days
• 09. Change
• 10. If I Were A Carpenter
• 11. Artificial Flowers
• 12. That's All
• 13. Dream Lover
• 14. Splish Splash
• 15. Lazy River
• 16. Charade
• 17. As Long As I'm Singing
• 18. The Curtain Falls
• 19. The Lady Is A Tramp

• Kevin Spacey interview for Beyond The Sea

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