The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill

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Documentary exploring the singer-songwriter's career and music from her 1978 debut single Wuthering Heights to her 2011 album 50 Words for Snow with testimony from collaborators, fellow artists inspired by her work and fans. Featuring David Gilmour, the guitarist who discovered Bush, as well as Peter Gabriel, Elton John, Stephen Fry, Outkast's Big Boi and Steve Coogan

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Jack Seale

Kate Bush can’t be rubber-stamped with a jaunty cut-and-paste-job. The good news is you can safely dim the lights and hold your breath, because this film really gets it.

It’s a simple chronology, from the 15-year-old who, impossibly, had already written The Man with the Child in His Eyes, to the leotarded waif hypnotising Britain with Wuthering Heights and the complete, singular artist who now only appears when she feels like it because, in the wise words of author Neil Gaiman, she has “the willingness to be quiet until it’s time to speak”.

Gaiman is one of several surprising but carefully chosen contributors who collectively, without the need for a chirping narrator, give thanks for the way Bush’s records have changed their life, like a cold hand gently pushing on their shoulder.

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rolenameParticipantDavid GilmourParticipantLindsay KempParticipantPeter GabrielParticipantDel PalmerParticipantElton JohnParticipantStephen FryParticipantNigel KennedyParticipantAnnie ClarkParticipantNatasha KhanParticipantTori AmosParticipantBig BoiParticipantGuy GarveyParticipantTrickyParticipantJo BrandParticipantSteve CooganParticipantNeil GaimanExecutive producerMark CooperDirectorAdrian SibleyProducerAdrian Sibley

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