Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got is a 1985 Canadian documentary film about clarinetist Artie Shaw.Artie Shaw: The Reluctant Jazz Star: NPR It was written, directed and narrated by Brigitte Berman (who first interviewed Shaw in her 1981 documentary about Bix Beiderbecke titled Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet).ARTIE SHAW: TIME IS ALL YOU'VE GOT|Library of CongressFilm Fourm
Aftermath In 1987, after the film won the Oscar, Shaw sued Berman on the grounds that as Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got had become more critically and commercially successful than had been expected, he was entitled to receive a greater share of the film's profits."Big Band star Artie Shaw sues film-maker over documentary". Edmonton Journal, December 14, 1996. His lawsuit was dismissed in Ontario Superior Court in 1997."Bandleader Artie Shaw loses lawsuit over film". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, March 10, 1997.
Accolades The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986.Jay Scott, "Joshua, American Cousin lead pack in Genie pursuit". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1986.
At the 59th Academy Awards in 1987, it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,Jazz Giant Artie Shaw Die at 94 (washingtonpost.com) tying with Lee Grant's Down and Out in America.Gaga vs. Glenn: What Happened in an Oscar Tie?|Vanity Fair1987|Oscars.orgOprah Winfrey presents a Tie for Documentary Feature - Oscars on YouTube
It also won first prize at the Valladolid Film Festival in Spain in 1986.
Restoration A new 4K resolution print of Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got was slated to screen in the TIFF Classics program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, in advance of being permanently archived in the collection of the Film Reference Library.Pat Mullen, "TIFF Announces Luminary-Filled Wavelengths and Classics". Point of View, August 11, 2023. The screening took place on 9 September 2023.Toronto International Film Festival, "Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got" .
It also premiered on January 5, 2024 at Film Forum in New York City and December 15 at Ted Mann Theater in Los Angeles that same year.Academy Museum
It was released on Blu-ray by Film Movement Classics in April 2025 with director's commentary and a 16-page booklet featuring an essay by jazz writer Bill Milkowski.Vinegar Syndrome: April 2025 – No Bad MovieVinegar Syndrome
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