Celine: Through The Eyes Of The World

[Jacqui]

 

'Eyes of the World': Part Dion concert film, part family album

 

By Marco R. della Cava, USA TODAY

Call it the trailer of two Celines.

 

A chart-topping diva and a globe-trotting mom both star in the new concert film Celine: Through the Eyes of the World, scheduled for limited theatrical release next spring by the Hot Ticket, Sony Pictures' alternative-content division. The trailer, which was viewed by USA TODAY, will begin showing in theaters early next year.

 

"I know there are some impressive numbers out there," Dion says, rattling off key stats of her 2008-2009 Taking Chances world tour, which played to 3 million people in 93 cities spanning 25 countries. "But for me, the most special parts were having my mother on the road and allowing my son (Rene-Charles) to see the world."

 

The documentary's many cameras followed the Canadian siren onstage and backstage across multiple continents. One moment she's belting out a song to 250,000 people in Quebec City, the next she's softly dueting with a girl in a South African township. Over here, Dion is getting mobbed by fans; over there, she's saying a prayer with her husband, Rene, inside their private jet.

 

And always, whether squarely in frame or just out, there's her 8-year-old son.

 

"Rene-Charles was already being home-schooled when we lived in Las Vegas (during Dion's five-year concert residency at Caesars Palace), so we thought, 'Let's just continue that and let him have the experience of his life,' " says Dion, now comfortably ensconced in the family's rented home in Jupiter Island, Fla., while their new residence is being built.

 

"He loved it. But now that we're back, I see we made the right choice. Rene-Charles has friends, loves sports, he has roots. We'd never take him away now," she says.

 

In that sense, Eyes of the World plays as one long Dion family vacation, African safaris and strolls through parks mixed in with grandly choreographed tunes to keep the pace lively.

 

This blending of biography and discography is fast becoming a post-concert tour staple, says Rory Bruer, Sony's president of worldwide distribution.

 

"For fans, this is a chance to both hear an artist in a theater setting with great sound, as well as take a look inside their lives," says Bruer, whose company is also behind next April's release of Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D. "It isn't like seeing the person live, but it does add that huge element of intimacy."

 

But Dion's movie won't linger. It will screen in major U.S. cities just "seven or eight times over a couple of weeks," Bruer says.

 

Dion, too, is moving on. Next up: a summer album and a possible return to Las Vegas, school schedules permitting.

 

"I can see performing in Vegas, but only when Rene-Charles has vacation," says Dion, whose big trips these days amount to the seven-minute drive to and from her son's school. "My biggest joy is seeing him have a life."

 

 

TRYING FOR ANOTHER BABY

 

Celine Dion and husband Rene Angelil are pursuing a fourth in-vitro fertilization procedure after a recent attempt failed, the singer tells USA TODAY.

 

"We feel great, and we're putting lots of energy into this," says Dion. "But having said that, we are parents already. We'd love to be blessed again, but it's not like everything rises or falls on this news."

 

Son Rene-Charles, 8, had gotten his hopes up for a sibling when Dion announced she was pregnant last summer. When she learned the implantation didn't take, she decided to use the experience as a teaching moment.

 

"I told him this is all about nature, and nothing in nature is 100% just look at the weather," she says. "I also said to him, 'Look at what a fighter you were. You wanted to be in this world, and so here you are.' "

 

 

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/20...line03_ST_N.htm

Edited December 12, 2009 at 07:51 PM by Koolan
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[idroveallnight]

Thank you for sharing this. I can't wait to see this documentary and I think a lot of people will fall in love with her when they see it as well. Her comments about the failed pregnancy are just beautiful. Celine can be so poetic sometimes.

[lakers]

Hi all so I found the site where you can sign up and get the notice when the film will be released and out in theatres, here is the link..... http://www.thehotticket.net can't waite to go see it, but they still better release the DVD soon, lololol enjoy....

[Celine CRAZY]

I think this is the dvd being put out in theaters like the AND dvd was. And the AND dvd came out I believe at around the same time it was released in theaters so I'm dying to see it in the spring!!

[essence5]

A new album??? ..thanks for sharing.

[Koolan]

OMD, lots of info. New album next year?

[manolo19]

Omg thanks for sharing, I still hope to get the full concert as well

[I Love You]

Wow thank you so much, wow she was really candid about this. New C.D. Out next year and Las Vegas. :whee:

[davidjag79]

Omg!!!!!! Thanks Jacqui i can not wait!!!!

[QueenCeline]

So there will be a short movie in theaters, AND the DVD??? Do you think it will be exactly the same?

[dovey15]

This is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing...can't wait to hear more about this movie and album!!

[BLM]

Wow, thanks so much for the info.....a film and a new album....2010 gonna be a good year!

[thesupernova]

i can barely breathe right now im soooo excited.....one of those major US cities better be boston

[Raevaz]

OMD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So much info!! I can't wait to see this movie! Thanks so much for the article!! Wow what a way to end the day..

[bonninpili]

A lot of good news!!!!!! Thank you!!

[Lou555]

Thank you for sharing this. I can't wait to see this documentary and I think a lot of people will fall in love with her when they see it as well. Her comments about the failed pregnancy are just beautiful. Celine can be so poetic sometimes.

 

idroveallnight, my thoughts exactly!

 

Thanks Jacqui!

Edited December 3, 2009 at 03:46 AM by Lou555

[Belle Céline]

I know they won't screen the movie here, Huntington,WV is definetly not a major city by any means. They might screen it in Columbus, OH though. Wouldn't be able to get away to Columbus though to see it So does this mean no tour dvd or is this part of the tour dvd or what? I'm confused. It doesn't really say anything about a tour dvd....just a documentary. I hope it will be on dvd as well as the tour. With it only being released in "major" cities, seven or eight times. I'm guessing it'll be places like NYC, LA, Vegas and Miami or somewhere. Edited December 3, 2009 at 04:02 AM by Belle Céline

[I Love You]

They better show it in Canada as well. Or there will be allot of angry Celine Fans. :xmaswhistling:

[alvaap24]

soo many news, good news, can't wait for the DVD! since i don't have a chance to see it on theaters haha =)

[Belle Céline]

soo many news, good news, can't wait for the DVD! since i don't have a chance to see it on theaters haha =)

I hope this is included on the dvd or is the tour dvd. I don't want to mis something that sounds so great because I'm like you I know they won't show this where I live. Maybe I could petition the movie theather company and see if they'd play it here if enough people demaned it? Doubt it though, I don't think there are many Celine fans in WV aside from myself. Not that I'm aware of.

Edited December 3, 2009 at 04:18 AM by Belle Céline

[Frenchie]

Thank you so much for the article! I can't wait to see this documentary, it sounds really interesting and personable. I hope they show it in Charlotte though! If not, then I hope they release it on DVD WITH the Taking Chances Tour. I have been dying to relive that night I went to see Celine Live for the first time....in HD quality recording.

 

A new album out new year! Yay! It seems all my favorite artists will be releasing new albums next year...better start saving.

Alicia

[Acacia]

What great news!!! and a great article. I love how happy and positive Céline is. When she went on break I was real sad that I've missed her prime, but it's almost impossible to be sad now because there is still new stuff coming out and she's so happy and being a wonderful mom. She's such a great person. As for the documentary, I really hope they screen it in Seattle, WA.

[Defyxx]

this is so cool! can't wait:)

[celine_rox]

new album

this was a really good article

[sazzlepop123]

Summer album.........!?!?!?!?

[nano]

Great news...thanks for posting!!

 

A new album?!

[Fanny!]

I guess that makes it official now, the DVD will be out in theater... probably before spring though.

[Claudette]

I really hope this will be on DVD so that the rest of the world can see it too...

 

Can someone just clear this up for me: summer in the USA is when exactly?

 

Thanks for the article!

[Davey84]

very cool news!!

 

Dion, too, is moving on. Next up: a summer album and a possible return to Las Vegas, school schedules permitting.

 

[kerche]

What great news!!! and a great article. I love how happy and positive Céline is. When she went on break I was real sad that I've missed her prime, but it's almost impossible to be sad now because there is still new stuff coming out and she's so happy and being a wonderful mom. She's such a great person. As for the documentary, I really hope they screen it in Seattle, WA.

 

Hey Acacia!

If it doesn't show up in theatres in Canada at the same time, and it shows in Seattle...I'd wanna come down to see it!! and maybe join ya

 

I really hope this will be on DVD so that the rest of the world can see it too...

 

Can someone just clear this up for me: summer in the USA is when exactly?

 

Thanks for the article!

 

Summer is between June to August