Russell Crowe's secret music career? This doc hits different than your typical band drama.
Boy on Bridge is a feature length documentary that follows the engaging and energetic Alan Doyle as he collaborates with some of his friends and musical heroes. While the project unfolds Alan balances his career with Great Big Sea, navigates through debilitating back problems, and attempts to find a record label home for his new project. This liberating project has allowed Alan to step outside of the comfort zone of his day band and scratch some names off his musical bucket list. The names include icon Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo, indie legend Hawksley Workman, Robin Hood co-star Scott Grimes, Gordie Sampson, legendary television composer Mike Post, and Alans good friend and longtime musical partner, Russell Crowe.
Production
Intimate access to jam sessions with music royalty
Sound
Raw studio magic with Jim Cuddy and Mike Post
Director
John Vatcher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Russell Crowe and Alan Doyle met on the set of Robin Hood (2010) and became actual bandmates in The Ordinary Fear of God.
This captures a specific moment when Canadian folk-rock elders were gentrifying into 'heritage artists'—Doyle's panic about relevance is hilariously relatable.
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