The Sweatbox (2002)

Directed by

Trudie Styler

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the making of The Emperor's New Groove at Disney. It shows the creative clash between artists and executives as a promising project gets heavily reworked. The focus is on musician Sting as his soundtrack is repeatedly altered.

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What happens

The Sweatbox is a 2002 American documentary film produced and directed by Trudie Styler, which documents the production of the Walt Disney Pictures film The Emperor's New Groove. Utilizing behind-the-scenes footage and interviews, it illustrates the slow and painful transformation of the original version of the film (titled Kingdom of the Sun) to the finished product, with a focus on Sting's work on the soundtrack. The documentary's major theme is creative-executive conflicts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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