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I Am (2012 film)

I Am - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden is a 2012 South Korean documentary film directed by Choi Jin-sung, that is about 32 SM Town K-pop artists on their journey to become the first Asian singers to stage their milestone SMTown Live '10 World Tour concert at Madison Square Garden in New York.[1] The film was originally scheduled for release in South Korea on 10 May 2012, but was postponed to 21 June 2012, due to audio issues.[2]

Synopsis

The movie follows 32 artists from SM Town as they rehearse and go about their daily lives.

Cast

  • Kangta
  • BoA
  • TVXQ: U-Know Yunho, Max Changmin
  • Super Junior: Leeteuk, Yesung, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun.
  • Girls' Generation: Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun.
  • Shinee: Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin
  • f(x): Victoria, Amber, Luna, Sulli, and Krystal.

Music

On April 24, 2012, SM Town released the film's theme song, "Dear My Family", along with its music video. It is a remake of the song of the same name from Yoo Young-jin's 2001 third album and 2002 Winter Vacation in SMTown.com – My Angel My Light performed by Kangta, Moon Hee-joon, S.E.S., Shinhwa, Fly to the Sky and BoA.[3] The 2012 version is performed by BoA, Kangta, TVXQ, Yesung of Super Junior, Taeyeon of Girls' Generation, Jonghyun of Shinee, Luna of f(x) and Baekhyun, D.O., Luhan & Chen of EXO.[4] A newer remake, with the additional singers; Kyuhyun of Super Junior, Wendy of Red Velvet, and Jaehyun of NCT, was released on SMTOWN's YouTube page on December 29, 2017. The music video contains footage from a SMTOWN concert that took place before the passing of former SHINee member Jonghyun, who plays a vital role in both the song and video.

International releases

  • United States: July 13–19, 2012 at CGV CINEMAS in LA [5]
  • Indonesia: May 18–20, 2012 at the Blitz Megaplex theater in Jakarta.[6]
  • Hong Kong: May 18–30, 2012[7]
  • Singapore: May 25, 2012
  • Taiwan: May 25, 2012[8]
  • Japan: June 2, 2012[9][10][11]
  • Thailand: July 7–8, 2012 (Only in Paragon Cineplex at Siam Paragon, Bangkok)
  • Vietnam: June 22, 2012 [12]

DVD releases

  • Japan: October 3, 2012[13]
  • United States: November 6, 2012[14]
  • Taiwan: October 19, 2012
  • Hong Kong: September 25, 2012
  • Korea: September 27, 2012
  • Thailand: December 6, 2012

External links

References

  1. Box Office: I AM (Korea) The Korea Herald, 22 June 2012, retrieved 27 June 2012^
  2. Lucia Hong. SM Entertainment documentary to make local premiere in two weeks 10 Asia, 8 June 2012, retrieved 14 June 2012^
  3. Stewart Ho. SM Entertainment Releases Music Video for Dear My Family for I AM enewsWorld, 24 April 2012, retrieved 13 June 2012^
  4. [https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-am.-original-film-soundtrack/id521954013 I AM. (Original Film Soundtrack) - Single] on iTunes 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-04-24^
  5. I AM. (Digital) - English subtitles (CGV CINEMAS site) retrieved 2012-10-02^
  6. [http://www.dkpopnews.net/2012/04/info-smtown-i-am-movie-to-be-shown-in.html SMTOWN "I AM." movie to be shown in Indonesia from May 18-20th!] dkpopnews Retrieved April 21, 2012^
  7. I AM: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR IN NEW YORK MCL Cinema Retrieved May 17, 2012^
  8. I AM.-SM家族青春傳記電影 avex Taiwan inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012^
  9. SMTOWN 映画上映決定！！ smtown.jp Retrieved April 26, 2012^
  10. [http://iam-movie.jp/ I AM. movie Japan site] Retrieved April 27, 2012^
  11. [https://www.facebook.com/iammoviejp I AM. movie jp] official Japan Facebook Retrieved April 27, 2012^
  12. I AM.(Digital) - Rap phim MegaStar| Mua Ve, xem Trailer va Lich chieu Retrieved June 4, 2012^
  13. SMTOWN "I AM." http://iam-movie.jp/ Retrieved September 07, 2012^
  14. SMTOWN "I AM." http://www.yesasia.com/us/i-am-smtown-4pc-sub-dol-us-version Retrieved September 07, 2012^