Bobby darin biography kevin spacey movie

Beyond the Sea" tells the life story of singer Bobby Darin (Kevin Spacey), framing it as a musical film he's making about his life. Raised in the Bronx, Darin's not expected to live past 15, a consequence of rheumatic fever.

He becomes a teen idol ("Splish Splash"), nightclub star ("Mack the Knife") and Hollywood actor, marrying Sandra Dee (Kate Bosworth). His life falls apart in the late s.

DAVID ANSEN: You manage to avoid some of the problems of the biopic.

Your movie has a flow to it. It doesn't play like, "This happened and then this happened " There's a theatrical flair that you bring to it as a director.

KEVIN SPACEY: In the Italian sequence [when Darin meets Sandra Dee], I wanted the film to take on an MGM Technicolor musical look.

Bobby darin biography kevin spacey movie

All those incredible colors.

But your choice of doing it as a kind of '50s musical seems strange. I don't associate Darin with that kind of movie. I think of him as primarily a nightclub performer.

Bobby Darin was a guy who sang his guts ou