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Song Sung Blue Movie - Inside Look Featurette - Plot synopsis: This Christmas, dream huge. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson star in SONG SUNG BLUE, featuring the iconic songs of Neil Diamond. Only in theaters this Christmas.

Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
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00:00I'm not a songwriter. I'm not a sex symbol. I just want to entertain people.
00:06Song Sung Blue is about people shooting for the stars and getting there and getting there in their way.
00:15Trying to get by, working two jobs, whilst all the while harboring this dream and desire to play music and to entertain.
00:23Together they go on this journey to become a Neil Diamond tribute band.
00:28I don't want to be a hairdresser. I want to sing. I want to dance. I want to garden. I want a cat.
00:32Their story is wild.
00:34There's just things that happened with Mike and Claire that are so wild and funny and they really happened.
00:41In 2009, a documentary came out called Song Sung Blue about the couple Lightning and Thunder.
00:48Claire Sardina sang Patsy Cline songs. Mike Sardina sang rock and roll medleys.
00:52But together they are lightning and thunder.
00:54This movie is based on that documentary.
00:58Tell your mama, girl, I can't stay long.
01:02We got things we gotta catch up on.
01:07The script was amazing. The structure, the character, the world, it's true to us.
01:14So it just, it's so much fun for us to be able to play these characters.
01:19Sweet Caroline.
01:23The movie opens up into these big set pieces with this incredible soundtrack.
01:30Soundtrack.
01:35People in the audience are going to sing along.
01:37This story is about hope. It is about optimism. It is about joy.
01:42And you're going to want to see it with people you love.
02:00Bye.
02:01Bye.
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