Elis & Tom: It Had to be You

Elis & Tom: It Had to be You

101 mins | Documentary, Music | Sept. 21, 2023

Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago.

Elis & Tom: It Had to be You

101 mins | Documentary, Music | Sept. 21, 2023

Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Rinoceronte Entretenimento
Original title Elis & Tom - Só Tinha de Ser com Você
Directors Lúcia Araújo, Roberto de Oliveira, Jom Tob Azulay
Writers Roberto de Oliveira, Nelson Motta

Cast

Elis Regina

as Self (archive footage)

Antônio Carlos Jobim

as Self (archive footage)

André Midani

as Self

Beth Jobim

as Self

Hélio Delmiro

as Self

Humberto Gatica

as Self

Jon Pareles

as Self

Nelson Motta

as Self

Paulinho Braga

as Self

Ron Carter

as Self

Wayne Shorter

as Self

Gerry Mulligan

as Self (archive footage)

Frank Sinatra

as Self (archive footage)