"This Magnificent Moment" a documentary the Magnificent Men

[Roburt]

 Back in 2008, "This Magnificent Moment", a documentary about the Magnificent Men was in production. A trailer had been released to publicise the project in 2006 (see below) and further work was ongoing through 2007/08. A show the reformed group undertook in November 2007 was filmed, this footage to go into the proposed documentary.

Anyone know if the project was ever finished & the film released in any form ?

 

[Woodbutcher]

Last mention I see of it is Jan 2008 when it was reported as progressing as and when funds were available.

https://yorkblog.com/yorktownsquare/post-157/

[Roburt]

Yes, I saw that. I guess the money ran out & the project withered on the vine. VERY SAD. 

They deserved to have their story told.

[Robbk]

I agree.  If that project was completed, and released commercially, we'd have heard about it just from the hundreds of forum-active posters on this forum and Soulful Detroit, alone, at least one of them would have brought that to our attention, not to mention a '60s Soul fan on X, or Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, or even Tick Tock, would have brought it up.  It's a shame that it didn't come to fruition.  The trailer looked very professional, and made it appear that it would be an outstanding film, well worth watching.

[Chalky]

I’ve asked David Bupp what is happening with the documentary.

[Windlesoul]

I remember trying to look into this a number of years ago while tinkering with the idea of approaching Dave Bupp / Bob Angelucci to write the group's biography with them. I didn't get very far with either TBH, but I think there were a couple of reasons for the documentary not going ahead. Maybe financial / legal but possibly also group relationships.

There was the latter-day live performance video put together by Mike Leash that was supposed to be included in the documentary. When I asked Mike about the documentary all he knew was that it fizzled out.

Real shame, as without a doubt there's such a great tale to be told there, one way or another.

Edited November 22 by Windlesoul