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Greenwich Entertainment Acquires ‘Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible,’ Doc About Scottish Band Behind Chart-Topping “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”
'Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible,' a documentary about the Scottish band directed by Joss Crowley, has been acquired by Greenwich Entertainment.
The Scottish group best known for their hit “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” – unforgettably incorporated into the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club – is the focus of the documentary Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible. Simple Minds has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, charting two dozen singles in the U.K. alone, including “Don’t You” (which last year made the Spotify Billions Club), “Alive and Kicking,” “Let There Be Love,” “She’s a River,” and “Sanctify Yourself.” The band formed in Glasgow in 1977; singer-musician Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill are the only two members who have been with the group for its entire history (among previous band members are keyboardist Mick MacNeil, bassist Derek Forbes, bassist John Giblin, and drummers Brian McGee and Mel Gaynor). “From working-class kids in post-industrial Glasgow to rock stars playing Live Aid,” notes a description of the film, “this is the unlikely story of an extraordinary band that continues touring around the world to this day.”
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