Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO

Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO

60 mins | Documentary, Music | Oct. 5, 2012

Documentary which gets to the heart of who Jeff Lynne is and how he has had such a tremendous musical influence on our world. The story is told by the British artist himself and such distinguished collaborators and friends of Jeff as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, Olivia and Dhani Harrison, Barbara Orbison and Eric Idle. The film reveals that Lynne is a true man of music, for whom the recording studio is his greatest instrument. With access to Lynne in his studio above LA, this is an intimate account of a great British pop classicist who has ploughed a unique furrow since starting out on the Birmingham Beat scene in the early 60s, moving from the Idle Race to the multi-million selling ELO in the 70s and then, with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and George Harrison, as a key member of the Traveling Wilburys.

Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO

60 mins | Documentary, Music | Oct. 5, 2012

Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
Documentary which gets to the heart of who Jeff Lynne is and how he has had such a tremendous musical influence on our world. The story is told by the British artist himself and such distinguished collaborators and friends of Jeff as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, Olivia and Dhani Harrison, Barbara Orbison and Eric Idle. The film reveals that Lynne is a true man of music, for whom the recording studio is his greatest instrument. With access to Lynne in his studio above LA, this is an intimate account of a great British pop classicist who has ploughed a unique furrow since starting out on the Birmingham Beat scene in the early 60s, moving from the Idle Race to the multi-million selling ELO in the 70s and then, with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and George Harrison, as a key member of the Traveling Wilburys.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Parallel 28 Equipe, Daft as a Brush
Original title Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
Directors Martyn Atkins
Writers Martyn Atkins

Cast

Jeff Lynne

as Himself

Paul McCartney

as Himself

Ringo Starr

as Himself

Tom Petty

as Himself

Joe Walsh

as Himself

Dhani Harrison

as Himself

Olivia Harrison

as Herself

Barbara Orbison

as Herself

Eric Idle

as Himself

Roy Orbison

as Himself (archive footage)

George Harrison

as Himself (archive footage)