The official trailer for the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to blackdropped on Friday (Feb. 2) and pulls back the curtain on the film's all-star cast, while also giving another look at the timeline of the “You Know I'm No Good” singer's rise to fame.
Coming less than a month after a more compact international trailer, the new two-minute preview from Focus Features is accompanied by one of Winehouse's most iconic hits, “Rehab,” and provides a deeper look into the ghostly portrayal of lead Marisa Abel. of the troubled British R&B icon.
The trailer opens with a teenage Winehouse strumming an acoustic guitar in her childhood bedroom. Industry Actress Abela says, “I want people to hear my voice… and just forget their problems for five minutes.” The camera then flashes to images of Abela-as-Winehouse on stage in what would become the singer's signature look: short, vintage cocktail dresses, chunky high heels, a teased beehive hairdo and her iconic pin-up girl tattoos .
“You know what girl power means to me?” asks Winehouse. “Sarah Vaughan. Lauryn Hill… you should know this. I ain't no Spice Girl,' she says, describing the unique retro-modern lane Winehouse explored during her tragically short six-year run in the limelight, during which she combined girl group vocals and swing with a hip-hop inspired comedy. .
The clip features a number of live performance clips, as well as footage of Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan) as proud father Mitch Winehouse and Jack O'Connell (Godless) as troubled husband Blake Fielder-Civil. It follows Winehouse's joy at her US success, her marriage to Fielder-Civil – including her dream of becoming a mum one day – and the pair's tumultuous, hot and cold relationship.
“I don't make ten hits by lunch,” Winehouse says of Abela, explaining, “I've got to live my songs. So that's what I'm going to do.” In her short career, Winehouse would release only two full-length albums, her 2003 debut, Sincereand the 2006 Grammy Award-winning International Breakthrough/Swan Song, Back to black; Winehouse died in 2011 at the age of 27 from an accidental alcohol overdose after years of struggling with substance abuse.
Film The Studio Canal directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (A million little pieces) and written by Matt Greenhalgh (Nowhere boy) was made with the support of the Winehouse estate, Universal Music Group and Sony Music Publishing and will feature a number of the singer's best-loved hits. The film is slated to hit theaters on May 17.
Check out the official one Back to black trailer below.
