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Bob Marley: One Love celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob’s powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music. Produced in partnership with the Marley family and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary musician and Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita, A look at the life of legendary reggae musician Bob Marley is in theatres February 14, 2024 by Paramount Pictures.
Bob Marley: One Love is an American biographical drama musical film directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, and written by Zach Baylin, Frank E. Flowers, and Terence Winter. It is based on the life of reggae singer and songwriter Bob Marley, from his rise to fame up until his death in 1981. The film stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as Marley, alongside Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley, and Jesse Cilio as Norval Marley.
Film Review for Bob Marley: One Love
In 1976, amidst armed political conflict that is affecting daily life in Jamaica, Bob Marley announces he will perform at a concert, Smile Jamaica, promoting peace amongst the warring factions. While preparing for the concert, Marley, his wife Rita, and several other members of his band are shot by assailants.
Rita and Marley are hospitalized, but survive and recover from their injuries in time for the concert. After performing, Marley, saddened that his own countrymen would try to kill him and his wife, shows the crowd his bullet wounds before walking off stage. He tells Rita to take their children to Delaware in the United States and stay with his mom, as he and the rest of his band venture to London.
After struggling to come up with a new album concept, Marley asks Rita to rejoin him and the band in England, and taking inspiration from the soundtrack of the film Exodus and their own situation, he and the band begin recording what would become their album of the same name. The album becomes a hit and helps further popularize reggae music and the Rastafari movement around the world.
When the recording company schedules a tour in Europe, Marley also aims for stops throughout Africa to inspire the people there. This leads to friction with Rita as she and Marley argue about his responsibilities and both his and Rita’s infidelities, in addition to having given up on promoting peace back in Jamaica. Marley also gets into an altercation with manager Don Taylor over a financial dispute.
After a toenail infection raises concern from Rita and his record producer Chris Blackwell, Marley is later diagnosed with a rare skin cancer. Blackwell confronts Marley about treatment choices, reluctantly dismissed by a firm Marley. Faced with his own mortality, Marley reconciles with Rita and Taylor and finally decides to return to Jamaica in 1978, where he is welcomed back by a crowd at the airport.
Back home, the gunman who had shot him and the others arrives and begs for forgiveness, to which Marley states he “keeps no vengeance”. After Marley debuts a song to Rita and the children about reconciliation, she finally deems him ready to perform a peace concert. The film ends as Marley and his band gear up to perform again for the Jamaican crowd with the song “One Love”.
Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
Directed by: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Starring: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, Jesse Cilio, James Norton, Michael Gandolfini, Nadine Marshall, Micheal Ward, Sundra Oakley, Umi Myers, Naomi Cowan, Anna-Share Blake
Screenplay by: Zach Baylin, Frank E. Flowers, Terence Winter
Production Design by: Chris Lowe
Cinematography by: Robert Elswit
Film Editing by: Pamela Martin
Costume Design by: Anna B. Sheppard
Set Decoration by: Maudie Andrews, Raquel Anita Parke
Art Direction by: Andrew Bennett, Neal Callow, Tim Devine, Daniel Kearns
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: February 14, 2024
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