Alan Elliot's guest appearances

Alan Elliot

KUCI: Film School

Soho Radio

SoulProsper Radio: On The Record

Ben Shapiro

Donald Trump

John Sayles

Sam Jones

Billy Mize

David Sutherland

Alex Gibney

John Adams

Adam Carolla

Noël Wells

Jennifer Brea

Alexis Bloom

Mark Grieco

David Klein

Bassem Youssef

OwlTail

This film has been 47 years in the making and is now available. In this episode, Fred is speaking with Alan Elliot, producer of the film and he takes us inside the process of putting this film together and working with the family of the late, great Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin. Music in this episode: How I Got Over- Joseph Robinson &amp; the Chosen AggregationPrecious Lord, Take My Hand/You've Got a Friend- Aretha FranklinClimbing Higher Mountains- Aretha Franklin

This film has been 47 years in the making and is now available. In this episode, Fred is speaking with Alan Elliot, producer of the film and he takes us inside the process of putting this film together and working with the family of the late, great Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin. Music in this episode: How I Got Over- Joseph Robinson &amp; the Chosen Aggregation Precious Lord, Take My Hand/You've Got a Friend- Aretha Franklin Climbing Higher Mountains- Aretha Franklin

Alan Elliot: On the Record

The highly anticipated documentary AMAZING GRACE, captures the live recording of Aretha Franklin's album “Amazing Grace” at The New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972. Producer Alan Elliot joins us to talk about the “making of” and the resurrection of this remarkable display of raw talent and consuming passion, the 47-year long path that Amazing Grace has taken and how its arrival in theaters fulfills Aretha Franklin’s dying wish.The Amazing Grace backstoryIn 1972 Director Sydney Pollack (Tootsie, 3 Days of the Condor, Out of Africa) was inexperienced in shooting music documentary and shot without clapper boards snapping shut at the beginning of each take to help synchronize sound and picture in post-production. As a result of this mistake, even after months of work by experts, the 20 hours of footage couldn't be synchronized with the audio tracks. The choir director from the Watts recordings was brought in to try to lip-read the reels, but after months of work, only about 150 minutes of footage had been matched with sound, none of it adding up to a complete, useable song. Deadlines passed as the "Amazing Grace" album came out in June 1972, selling millions with no synergy. In August, Warner Bros. officially wrote off and shelved the movie. Pollack never gave up on the project, but constantly had other commitments. In 2007, dying of cancer, Pollack finally handed the documentary project over to producer and music enthusiast Producer Alan Elliott.For news and updates go to: amazing-grace-movie.com

The highly anticipated documentary AMAZING GRACE, captures the live recording of Aretha Franklin's album “Amazing Grace” at The New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972. Producer Alan Elliot joins us to talk about the “making of” and the resurrection of this remarkable display of raw talent and consuming passion, the 47-year long path that Amazing Grace has taken and how its arrival in theaters fulfills Aretha Franklin’s dying wish. The Amazing Grace backstory In 1972 Director Sydney Pollack (Tootsie, 3 Days of the Condor, Out of Africa) was inexperienced in shooting music documentary and shot without clapper boards snapping shut at the beginning of each take to help synchronize sound and picture in post-production. As a result of this mistake, even after months of work by experts, the 20 hours of footage couldn't be synchronized with the audio tracks. The choir director from the Watts recordings was brought in to try to lip-read the reels, but after months of work, only about 150 minutes of footage had been matched with sound, none of it adding up to a complete, useable song. Deadlines passed as the "Amazing Grace" album came out in June 1972, selling millions with no synergy. In August, Warner Bros. officially wrote off and shelved the movie. Pollack never gave up on the project, but constantly had other commitments. In 2007, dying of cancer, Pollack finally handed the documentary project over to producer and music enthusiast Producer Alan Elliott. For news and updates go to: <a href="http://amazing-grace-movie.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amazing-grace-movie.com</a>

Amazing Grace / Film School Radio interview with Producer Alan Elliot