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The Day the Music Died/American Pie
Directed by
Mark Moormann
PG
2022
1h 34m
Documentary
,
Biography
,
and more
7.1
70%
71%
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50 years after its release, Don McLean shares the secrets behind his iconic song 'American Pie', one of the great musical touchstones of the 20th century.
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Cast of The Day the Music Died/American Pie
Don McLean
Self
Garth Brooks
Self
Peter Gallagher
Self
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Self
Harvey Mason Jr.
Self
Jade Bird
Self
Jencarlos Canela
Self
Maffio
Self
Brian Wilson
Self (archive footage)
Buddy Holly
Self (archive footage)
Ritchie Valens
Self (archive footage)
The Big Bopper
Self (archive footage)
Austin Brown
Self
Rob Lundquist
Self
Adam Rupp
Self
Tim Foust
Self
Adam Chance
Self
The Day the Music Died/American Pie Ratings & Reviews
Splice Today
Stephen Silver
Takes a maximalist approach to its exploration of McLean's 1971 hit
Los Angeles Times
Noel Murray
Somehow, the more McLean explains the song, the more wondrous it seems.
Wall Street Journal
John Anderson
What the 90-odd-minute show clears up is that obscurity doesn't equal profundity, and sometimes when "moss grows fat on a rolling stone" it's because the songwriter thinks he's gaining weight.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
McLean, who has frequently been portrayed as a prickly figure, and worse, puts on his most ingratiating mien here. And why not. Few musicians are given such generous opportunities to be docent to their legacies.
Film Inquiry
Tynan Yanaga
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's American Pie is something I felt compelled to search out even as I remained fairly guarded about what it had to offer.
Paste Magazine
Aurora Amidon
At times, the documentary simply feels like a fan letter.
KUNR (Reno, NV)
Robin Holabird
While filmmakers emphasize a storytelling universality for the song, it still seems locked in a specific era.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Don McLean shares his 'American Pie' recipe in this thorough documentary.
Decider
Johnny Loftus
The Day the Music Died feels most like something Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy might have written into the plot of A Mighty Wind.
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