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I Am (2012 film)
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Wikipedia article
'I Am - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden' is a 2012 South Korean documentary film directed by Choi Jin-sung, that is about 32 SM Town K-pop artists on their journey to become the first Asian singers to stage their milestone 'SMTown Live '10 World Tour' concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. The film was originally scheduled for release in South Korea on 10 May 2012, but was postponed to 21 June 2012, due to audio issues.
Synopsis
The movie follows 32 artists from SM Town as they rehearse and go about their daily lives.
Cast
*Kangta
*BoA
*TVXQ: U-Know Yunho, Max Changmin
*Super Junior: Leeteuk, Yesung, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun.
*Girls' Generation: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, Seohyun and Jessica.
*Shinee: Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin
*f(x): Victoria, Amber, Luna, Krystal and Sulli.
Music
On April 24, 2012, SM Town released the film's theme song, "Dear My Family", along with its music video. It is a remake of the song of the same name from Yoo Young-jins 2001 third album and '2002 Winter Vacation in SMTown.com My Angel My Light' performed by Kangta, Moon Hee-joon, S.E.S., Shinhwa, Fly to the Sky and BoA. The 2012 version is performed by BoA, Kangta, TVXQ, Yesung of Super Junior, Taeyeon of Girls' Generation, Jonghyun of Shinee, Luna of f(x) and Baekhyun, D.O., Luhan & Chen of EXO.[https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-am.-original-film-soundtrack/id521954013 I AM. (Original Film Soundtrack) - Single] on iTunes 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-04-24
A newer remake was released on SMTOWN's YouTube page on December 29, 2017. The music video contains footage from a SMTOWN concert that took place before the passing of former SHINee member Jonghyun, who plays a vital role in both the song and video.
International releases
*United States: July 1319, 2012 at CGV CINEMAS in LA
*Indonesia: May 1820, 2012 at the Blitz Megaplex theater in Jakarta.[http://www.dkpopnews.net/2012/04/info-smtown-i-am-movie-to-be-shown-in.html SMTOWN "I AM." movie to be shown in Indonesia from May 18-20th!] dkpopnews Retrieved April 21, 2012
*Hong Kong: May 1830, 2012[http://www2.mclcinema.com/visMovieSelect.aspx?visSearchBy=mov&visLang=1&visMovieName=I+AM%3a+SMTOWN+LIVE+WORLD+TOUR+IN+NEW+YORK I AM: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR IN NEW YORK] MCL Cinema Retrieved May 17, 2012
*Singapore: May 25, 2012
*Taiwan: May 25, 2012[http://www.avex.com.tw/Artist/Artist.asp?CategoryID=3&ArtistCode=IAMSMK I AM.-SM] avex Taiwan inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012
*Japan: June 2, 2012[http://www.smtown.jp/news/23-news-news/280-i-am-smtown-live-world-tour-in-madison-square-garden SMTOWN ] smtown.jp Retrieved April 26, 2012[http://iam-movie.jp/ I AM. movie Japan site] Retrieved April 27, 2012[https://www.facebook.com/iammoviejp I AM. movie jp] official Japan Facebook Retrieved April 27, 2012
*Thailand: July 78, 2012 (Only in Paragon Cineplex at Siam Paragon, Bangkok)
*Vietnam: June 22, 2012 [https://archive.today/20130422000003/http://www.megastar.vn/vn/i-am-digital I AM.(Digital) - Rap phim MegaStar| Mua Ve, xem Trailer va Lich chieu] Retrieved June 4, 2012
DVD releases
*Japan: October 3, 2012[http://mv.avex.jp/iam/index.html SMTOWN "I AM."] http://iam-movie.jp/ Retrieved September 07, 2012
*United States: November 6, 2012[http://www.yesasia.com/us/i-am-smtown-4pc-sub-dol-us-version/1031395556-0-0-0-en/info.html SMTOWN "I AM."] http://www.yesasia.com/us/i-am-smtown-4pc-sub-dol-us-version Retrieved September 07, 2012
*Taiwan: October 19, 2012
*Hong Kong: September 25, 2012
*Korea: September 27, 2012
*Thailand: December 6, 2012
References
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