Bathtubs Over Broadway

Bathtubs Over Broadway
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDava Whisenant
Written byOzzy Inguanzo, Dava Whisenant
Produced by
  • Dava Whisenant
  • Susan Littenberg
  • Amanda Spain
Starring
Cinematography
  • Nick Higgins
  • Natalie Kingston
Edited byDava Whisenant
Music byAnthony DiLorenzo
Production
companies
Distributed byFocus World
Release dates
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Bathtubs Over Broadway is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Dava Whisenant. Comedy writer Steve Young’s assignment to scour bargain-bin vinyl for a late-night segment becomes an unexpected, decades-spanning obsession when he stumbles upon the strange and hilarious world of industrial musicals. The film premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival and was released on November 30, 2018 by Focus World.[1]

Synopsis

Steve Young is a comedy writer working for the Late Show with David Letterman. In 1993, his assignment to scour comedy vinyl records for a late-night segment leads him to an industrial musical produced by General Electric. Over the next two decades, Steve collects rare and unreleased recordings of industrial musicals, traveling across the country to meet and trade with other record collectors. Steve also tracks down the surviving composers and stars of many musical productions in order to map out the timespan of what he considers to be the strangest entertainment industry in America, from its rise in the 1950s to its eventual decline by the late-1980s.

Credits

Reception

Bathtubs Over Broadway has received acclaim from critics and audiences on the festival circuit, earning multiple awards.[2][3][4][5] The film was included in Robert DeNiro's top 6 picks for the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.[6]

Festival Premiere

Bathtubs Over Broadway premiered on April 21, 2018 at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center as part of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. The film's director, Dava Whisenant, won Tribeca's Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary Director.

Tribeca Jury: "The winner of the Best New Documentary Director goes to a film that we chose for many reasons. The story, the specific subject, the journey into a world we never knew existed. This film also has an element every great film, doc, and story needs...heart."[7]

Described as "the most feel-good film event of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival," the premiere featured post-screening live performances, including a duet about motion-activated faucets that reunited the stars of American Standard's cult favorite industrial show The Bathrooms Are Coming! [8][9]

Accolades

Film Festival / Organization Award Recipient(s) Result
Tribeca Film Festival[10] Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary Director Dava Whisenant Won
Vancouver International Film Festival[11] Most Popular International Documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway Won
Nantucket Film Festival[12] Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Won
Hamptons Film Festival Summer Doc Series[13] Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Won
Naples International Film Festival Jury Award: Best Documentary Feature Won
Sidewalk Film Festival[14] Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Won
HotDocs[15] Top 10 Audience Favourite (#6) Won
Heartland Film Festival[16] Humor and Humanity Award Won
Traverse City Film Festival[17] Special Award for Exuberance in Documentary Filmmaking Won
Nashville Film Festival[18] Special Jury Prize for Creative Obsession Won
Alamo Drafthouse Lost Weekend X[19] Best Documentary Won
Audience Favorite Won
Teaneck International Film Festival[20] Audience Award: Best Documentary Won
Cinema Eye Honors[21][22] Audience Choice Prize Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation Syd Garon, Anton Goddard, Chris Kirk Nominated
IDA Documentary Awards[23] Best Music Documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway Nominated
Best Score Anthony Di Lorenzo Nominated
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards[24] Best Documentary Bathtubs Over Broadway Nominated
Philadelphia Film Festival[25] Student Choice Award Nominated
Palm Springs International Film Festival[26] John Schlesinger Award Honorable Mention
Fargo Film Festival[27] Best Documentary Feature Won
Writers Guild of America Awards[28] Best Documentary Screenplay Ozzy Inguanzo & Dava Whisenant Won
Rotterdam International Film Festival[29] Audience Award Bathtubs Over Broadway 2nd Place
Sedona Film Festival[30] Best of Fest Award Won
Chita Rivera Awards[31] Outstanding Documentary Nominated
ACE Eddie Awards[32] Best Edited Documentary (Non-Theatrical) Nominated
Film Threat's AWARD THIS![33] Best Pop Culture Documentary Won

Music

Soundtrack

The digital version of the soundtrack for Bathtubs Over Broadway was released by Back Lot Music on August 16, 2019. It was produced by Ozzy Inguanzo and Dava Whisenant, and features a collection of "rare, original cast recordings from the golden age of industrial musicals, as depicted throughout the film. Many of these vintage tracks have never been made commercially available and have been restored from their original vinyl recordings."[34] Among the now-famous Broadway talent included on the album are Fiddler on the Roof songwriters and Tony Award winners Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock as well as Tony Award-winning actor Hal Linden. The soundtrack also includes an original score by Anthony DiLorenzo as well as original songs with lyrics by Steve Young, the main subject of the film. A vinyl configuration of the soundtrack is planned for a Fall 2019 release.[35]

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