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Searching for Sugar Man

"Great Art Always Survives"

Rating7.9/10

Release2012

Runtime1h 25m

Votes1,004

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.

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Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$3,696,196

370% ROI

Original Language

Release Date

June 30, 2012

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Production Companies

Passion Pictures

Red Box Films

Canfield Pictures

Cast

Stephen Segerman

Self

Rodriguez

Self

Regan Rodriguez

Self

Eva Rodriguez

Self

Mike Theodore

Self

Dennis Coffey

Self

Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy

Self

Clarence Avant

Self

Steve Rowland

Self

Malik Bendjelloul

Self (uncredited)

Dan DiMaggio

Self

Jerome Ferretti

Self

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