Searching for sugar man bbc4 now

Watched it last week, didn't expect to enjoy it but was quite surprised. Thought it was excellent.

Guy said there was only one other person doing what rodriguez was doing and that was dylan.  About right too.  Criminal that he wasnt more famous.

was a good watch... very sad tale...got robbed by a few ...some great songs & wonderful voice

The music sounds like it should have sold millions in the early 70's .
Very dylanesque .....but tuneful.

The doco failed to mention how well known he was in Australia. My sister went to two of his concerts in the 70's.

Excellent. Nothing really to do with his music, just an unbelievable true story.  Watch it.

Great documentary ,with a terrific true life ending.

Maybe, but they conveniently left out the fact, he toured Australia twice in the late 70's and then the early 80's, plus had a recored deal here.

I guess it makes for a better story.

I was in aus in 2000 when i first heard him and regardless of the "fact" he apparently toured there twice, to my knowledge no one knew where he was and i also heard the rumour about him killing himself on stage.  I presumed he was dead until i found out otherwise about five years ago.

BBC4 tonight 12.55

What a story. I'd never heard of him. The idea that someone can be listened to by thousands of people and he doesn't know it living in a near slum across the world in Detroit is quite something. In some ways like Syd Barrett, living his life oblivious to all the people listening to his music every night. Listening to him now, and as much as I like Bob Dylan, this guy should have been mega as he wrote and sang better than Dylan (I like Dylan's voice), what a good voice. One thing I don't think was answered, or maybe I missed it - His record label, Sussex, in the USA were receiving royalties for about two decades, yet it folded in the mid 70s, so where did all those cheques go? Anyway, incredible story.

one of the most uplifting thing ive ever seen,so glad it all came good in the end, "i wonder" sounds so fresh it could have been recorded yesterday not 44 yrs ago

id never heard anything of his until yesterday, "street boy" is also fantastic. how is it possible?

Oscar-winning director of 'Searching for Sugar Man' became depressed in wake of film's success and committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a subway train
Malik Bendjelloul, 36, committed suicide on May 13 by throwing himself in front of a subway train at Stockholm's Solna Centrum station
His death comes just one year after he won an Academy Award for his documentary 'Searching for Sugar Man'
Friends say he had become isolated and lonely while struggling to find a new project to work on

"I wonder" is superb, all women love it.