I Am (2012 film)

I Am
I Am
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Choi Jin-sung
Produced by	Park Ji-seong; Jeong Yoon-jae; Kang Dong-goo; Lee Soo-man
Starring	Kangta; BoA; TVXQ; Super Junior; Girls' Generation; Shinee; f(x)
Cinematography	Kim Goo-hyeong; Shin Seong-hwan
Edited by	Kim Chang-ju; Kim Woo-hyeon
Music by	Choi Jae-hwa
Production; companies	CJ Entertainment; S.M. Entertainment
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release dates	15 May 2012 (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival); 21 June 2012 (South Korea);
Running time	116 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun.
Shinee: Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin
f(x): Victoria, Amber, Luna, Sulli, and Krystal.

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-jin’s 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.^[3] 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.^[4] A newer remake, with the additional singers; Kyuhyun of Super Junior, Wendy of Red Velvet, and Jaehyun of NCT, 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 13–19, 2012 at CGV CINEMAS in LA ^[5]
Indonesia: May 18–20, 2012 at the Blitz Megaplex theater in Jakarta.^[6]
Hong Kong: May 18–30, 2012^[7]
Singapore: May 25, 2012
Taiwan: May 25, 2012^[8]
Japan: June 2, 2012^[9]^[10]^[11]
Thailand: July 7–8, 2012 (Only in Paragon Cineplex at Siam Paragon, Bangkok)
Vietnam: June 22, 2012 ^[12]

DVD releases

Japan: October 3, 2012^[13]
United States: November 6, 2012^[14]
Taiwan: October 19, 2012
Hong Kong: September 25, 2012
Korea: September 27, 2012
Thailand: December 6, 2012

References

^ "Box Office: I AM (Korea)". The Korea Herald. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
^ Hong, Lucia (8 June 2012). "SM Entertainment documentary to make local premiere in two weeks". 10 Asia. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
^ Ho, Stewart (24 April 2012). "SM Entertainment Releases Music Video for Dear My Family for I AM". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
^ I AM. (Original Film Soundtrack) - Single Archived 2013-12-07 at the Wayback Machine on iTunes 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-04-24
^ "I AM. (Digital) - English subtitles (CGV CINEMAS site)". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
^ SMTOWN "I AM." movie to be shown in Indonesia from May 18-20th! Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine dkpopnews Retrieved April 21, 2012
^ I AM: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR IN NEW YORK Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine MCL Cinema Retrieved May 17, 2012
^ I AM.-SM家族青春傳記電影 Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine avex Taiwan inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012
^ SMTOWN 映画上映決定！！ Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine smtown.jp Retrieved April 26, 2012
^ I AM. movie Japan site Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 27, 2012
^ I AM. movie jp Archived 2015-11-07 at the Wayback Machine official Japan Facebook Retrieved April 27, 2012
^ I AM.(Digital) - Rap phim MegaStar| Mua Ve, xem Trailer va Lich chieu Retrieved June 4, 2012
^ SMTOWN "I AM." Archived 2013-12-23 at the Wayback Machine http://iam-movie.jp/ Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 07, 2012
^ SMTOWN "I AM." Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine http://www.yesasia.com/us/i-am-smtown-4pc-sub-dol-us-version Archived 2017-07-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 07, 2012

External links

Official website (in Korean)

[1] "Box Office: I AM (Korea)". The Korea Herald. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

[2] Hong, Lucia (8 June 2012). "SM Entertainment documentary to make local premiere in two weeks". 10 Asia. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

[3] Ho, Stewart (24 April 2012). "SM Entertainment Releases Music Video for Dear My Family for I AM". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.

[4] I AM. (Original Film Soundtrack) - Single Archived 2013-12-07 at the Wayback Machine on iTunes 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-04-24

[5] "I AM. (Digital) - English subtitles (CGV CINEMAS site)". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2012-10-02.

[6] SMTOWN "I AM." movie to be shown in Indonesia from May 18-20th! Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine dkpopnews Retrieved April 21, 2012

[7] I AM: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR IN NEW YORK Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine MCL Cinema Retrieved May 17, 2012

[8] I AM.-SM家族青春傳記電影 Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine avex Taiwan inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012

[9] SMTOWN 映画上映決定！！ Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine smtown.jp Retrieved April 26, 2012

[10] I AM. movie Japan site Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 27, 2012

[11] I AM. movie jp Archived 2015-11-07 at the Wayback Machine official Japan Facebook Retrieved April 27, 2012

[12] I AM.(Digital) - Rap phim MegaStar| Mua Ve, xem Trailer va Lich chieu Retrieved June 4, 2012

[13] SMTOWN "I AM." Archived 2013-12-23 at the Wayback Machine http://iam-movie.jp/ Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 07, 2012

[14] SMTOWN "I AM." Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine http://www.yesasia.com/us/i-am-smtown-4pc-sub-dol-us-version Archived 2017-07-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 07, 2012

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