A Poem Is a Naked Person

2015 | Documentary, Music

Synopsis

Les Blank's first feature-length documentary captures music and other events at Leon Russell's Oklahoma recording studio during a three-year period (1972-1974).

Scores

Overall Score
27.4
Popularity Percentile (Year)
7.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
29.8%
Review Aggregate
67.8

Critic Consensus

87.8% Fresh • 41 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 88% of 41 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize historical, stylized, macabre. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

historicalstylizedmacabresuspensefulcharacter-drivenemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
N/A

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score88.0
RT critic review count41
Rotten Tomatoes audience score58.0
RT audience rating count100
IMDb rating4.9
IMDb votes255

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2015$96,592$127,852
International2015N/AN/A
Worldwide2015$96,592$127,852

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2015$48,296$63,926
Digital Rentals ?2015$1,176,000$1,556,587
Digital Purchases ?2015$1,233,000$1,632,034
Physical Rentals ?2015$1,334,000$1,765,721
Physical Purchases ?2015$3,575,000$4,731,973
TV & Streaming Revenue2015$48,296$63,926
Total Revenues2015$7,414,592$9,814,167
Expenses
Budget ?2015$250,000 (est)$330,907 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2015$80,000 (est)$105,890 (est)
Participations2015$297,000$393,118
Residuals ?2015$431,000$570,484
Interest & Overhead2015$50,000$66,181
Total Expenses2015$1,108,000$1,466,581
Movie Net Profit or Loss2015$6,306,592$8,347,586

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