| Bring On the Night | |
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| Directed by | Michael Apted |
| Written by | Michael Apted |
| Produced by | David Manson |
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| Cinematography | Ralf D. Bode |
| Edited by | Robert K. Lambert Melvin Shapiro |
| Music by | Sting, Sergei Prokofiev for Russians, Alex Atkins, J. B. Lenoir for Been Down So Long. |
| Distributed by | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States |
| Languages | English, French |
| Budget | $2.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $1.9 million[2] |
Bring On the Night is a 1985 documentary film directed by Michael Apted, focusing on the jazz-inspired project and band led by the British musician Sting during the early stages of his solo career and first solo tour. Some of the songs in the film appeared on his debut solo album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. The film won the Grammy Award for "Best Music Video, Long Form" at the 1987 Grammy Awards.
Much of the film takes place inside the French Château de Courson outside of Paris, where the band met, lived and rehearsed for nine days. Near the end of the film the band plays their first concert at Théâtre Mogador in Paris. The final scene shows Sting attending his wife Trudie Styler as she gives birth to Jake, their second child and Sting's fourth.[3] Sting said he "resisted" Apted's suggestion of filming the birth, but then he "realized there's a tenuous link between the band being born and the baby, so it fit."[4]
The film was named after the Police song "Bring On the Night" (1979),[3] it is also the title of Sting's 1986 live album featuring music recorded during the 1985 tour chronicled in the film.
- ^ Gold, Richard (November 27, 1985). "Sting Pic Stung In Wide Break; Plan New Strategy". Variety. p. 7.
- ^ Bring On the Night at Box Office Mojo
- ^ a b Montee, Chris (10 November 1985). "Sting: A new movie, a new band, a new birth". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ Plume, Janet (8 November 1985). "Pop star Sting goes jazz". The San Diego Union-Tribune. UPI. Retrieved 7 November 2021.