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Svengali (2013)
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London…
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, sincere
Plot:
music band, follow your dream, hopes, ambition, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, relationship vs career, music industry, friends, misfit, couples, showbiz, disorder, fish out of water, rising to stardom, love, success, rock band, british, band manager, music, band
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about artists and showbiz, ambition, friends, music, desire for fame, music band and lifestyle mostly in Comedy, Music and Drama genres. Some movies like Svengali: Cape No. 7 (2008), Killing Bono (2011), 1234 (2008), Benny & Jolene (2014), BoyTown (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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