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Directed by | David Dobkin |
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Cinematography | Danny Cohen |
Edited by | Greg Hayden |
Music by | Atli Örvarsson |
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Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 123 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $35 million[2] |
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is a 2020 American musical romantic comedy film directed by David Dobkin, written by Will Ferrell and Harper Steele,[a] and starring Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, Melissanthi Mahut, Mikael Persbrandt, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Graham Norton, Demi Lovato, Pierce Brosnan, and Elín Petersdóttir. The film follows the personally close Icelandic singers Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksdóttir as they are given the chance to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest.
The Story of Fire Saga was originally scheduled for a May 2020 release on Netflix to coincide with the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 contest was canceled, and the film was subsequently released a month later, on June 26.[3][4] It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the original music but criticised the screenplay and runtime, but was favourably received by many Eurovision fans.[5][6][7] The film received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 93rd Academy Awards (for "Husavik").[8]
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