EXCLUSIVE: The Spike Jonze documentary Beastie Boys Story has put a hold on its IMAX theatrical release which was originally set for April 3. A new theatrical date will be announced at a later date…
written by Jonze and the seminal rap group’s founding members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz. As part of the deal, a special cut of the film was set to open exclusively in select Imax theaters. The film was also set to make itsThe timing of the film comes ahead of the 26th anniversary of the release of Beastie Boys’ fourth albumThe film is billed as a live documentary experience that will focus on the history and legacy of the group and its intimate, personal story.
Diamond and Adam Yauch were part of a New York punk band in the late 1970s. They eventually transitioned to rap after adding Horowitz and hit big in 1986 with their debut albumsetting the up to become one of rap’s most successful groups, winning three Grammys. Yauch, who later would launch indie film distributor Oscilloscope Laboratories, died of cancer in 2012, the same year the group was elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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