Release Date
October 26, 2007 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
April 8, 2008 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Steven Sawalich
Writer
Mark Andrew Olson, Bret McKinney, Kelly Kennemer
Cast
Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Michael Sheen, Yul Vazquez, Rebecca DeMornay, Hector Elizondo
Studio
Running Time
93 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language including sexual references, and some drug content
What is Music Within about?
Richard Pimentel (Ron Livingston) begins his life as a fighter, and his life's work becomes a process of fighting for the rights of others.
Rising up from a childhood in a dysfunctional family, armed with a talent for public speaking and a winning personality, the young man makes his way to a Northwestern college, confident that he will ace his try-out for his idol Dr. Ben Padrow (Hector Elizondo), the coach of the winningest team in... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
I just finished watching Music Within, the new Ron Livingston movie about the true story of Richard Pimentel. Having never seen a trailer for Music Within, having never read the synopsis for the film and having no clue who Richard Pimentel is, I was expecting a sappy romantic comedy about some musician. Considering that the movie never received a wide release, I had to assume that it was going to be a bad, sappy romantic comedy. I was wrong.
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