Photos: Official RONNIE JAMES DIO Documentary ‘Dio: Dreamers Never Die’ Receives World Premiere At This Year’s SXSW Film Festival

“Dio: Dreamers On no account Die”, the career-spanning documentary on the life and situations of the legendary rock icon Ronnie James Dio, acquired its world premiere this earlier Thursday (March 17) at this yr’s SXSW Film Competitors in Austin, Texas.

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On Friday, quite a few music personalities who had been involved throughout the making of the film — Dio‘s partner and longtime supervisor Wendy Dio, BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler and former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach — took half in a panel, “Dreamers On no account Die: The Enduring Power Of Metal” panel, hosted by SiriusXM‘s Eddie Trunk at Austin Convention Coronary heart.

Pictures from every days shall be found underneath. Additional footage of the “Dreamers On no account Die: The Enduring Power Of Metal” panel could be discovered at Shutterstock.

“Dio: Dreamers On no account Die” is the first documentary about Dio to be completely licensed by the artist’s property. Based mostly on the film’s official description, it “delves deep into his unimaginable rise from ’50s doo-wop crooner to his early conventional rock days in Ritchie Blackmore‘s RAINBOW, to altering the enduring lead singer Ozzy Osbourne in BLACK SABBATH, to lastly cement his legend with DIO. Ronnie‘s biography is completely distinctive to the drained intercourse, treatment and rock and roll clichés. The film is about perseverance, needs and the ability to think about in your self.”

“Dio: Dreamers On no account Die” was financed solely by BMG and was helmed by Don Argott and Demian Fenton (“Framing John DeLorean”, “Believer”, “Closing Days Proper right here”), produced by Don Argott and Sheena Joyce for 9.14 Footage, and govt produced by Wendy Dio for Niji Productions and Kathy Rivkin Daum for BMG.

Ronnie James Dio‘s story transcends the same old rock documentary. Set in opposition to the backdrop of Dio‘s autobiography — half accomplished by Ronnie sooner than his untimely dying from stomach most cancers in 2010 — the film chronicles the inspiring journey of his life, love, and storied career. Whether or not or not collaborating in sold-out stadiums or battling illness, his extremely efficient voice and delicate coronary coronary heart have had a profound have an effect on on his family, friends, and followers everywhere in the world.

Wendy Dio simply these days suggested Argentinian journalist Lucas Gordon about “Dio: Dreamers On no account Die”: “I seen the first decrease of it. It was very emotional. It’s completely fully completely different from [Dio‘s autobiography]. ‘Set off the e-book finishes in 1986, with Ronnie collaborating in Madison Sq. Yard. Nevertheless the documentary goes throughout his life till the tip. And it was very emotional. I was watching it with my publicist and a person from BMG, who’re funding the documentary. And all of us cried. It was very emotional. However it certainly’s really fascinating and really good. Rob Halford is sweet in it, talking about tales. Lita Ford [and] Jack Black [are also in it]. Eddie Trunk and Mick Wall [author of Dio‘s autobiography] every kind of narrated it and each little factor. I’m very happy with it.”

Closing August, Wendy suggested SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” about what followers can anticipate to see throughout the documentary: “There’s a bunch of stuff from [old] Super 8 [tapes] and one other stuff. There’s unbelievable interviews with all kinds of varied people about after they’d been working with Ronnie or what they’d been doing on the time, maybe supporting Ronnie. It’s very fully completely different to the [recently released Dio] e-book. And I’m very to see this decrease. I’m excited, actually, to see it. And I really feel it’s gonna be good.”

In October 2019, Wendy suggested the WSOU radio station that the documentary “will go from Ronnie‘s childhood throughout [to the end of his life]. I really feel they interviewed Jack Black, and I really feel they interviewed all of Ronnie‘s bandmembers and Doug Aldrich and, I really feel, Jeff Pilson. That they had been on the point of go to Arizona to interview Rob Halford and Lita Ford. After which they’d been going into England to interview Tony Iommi. They already did Geezer. So there could be very fascinating tales from fully completely different people. I really feel it’s going to be a terrific issue, and it’ll current people plenty of points that people have in no way seen sooner than.”

Ronnie James Dio handed away of stomach most cancers on May 16, 2010 on the age of 67.

Dio was renowned all by the world as considered one of many greatest and most influential vocalists in heavy metal historic previous. The singer, who was recording and touring with BLACK SABBATH offshoot HEAVEN & HELL earlier to his illness, was acknowledged with stomach most cancers in late 2009. He underwent chemotherapy and made what’s now his final public look in April 2010 on the Revolver Golden Gods Awards in Los Angeles.

Dio‘s autobiography, titled “Rainbow In The Darkish: The Autobiography”, was launched ultimate July by Permuted Press.

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