The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry (2008)
The Upsetter
The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
95 min
The Upsetter tells the fascinating story of Lee Scratch Perry a visionary musician and artist from poor rural Jamaica who journeyed to the big city of Kingston in the late 1950’s with dreams of making it in the burgeoning record industry. He burst upon the scene with a brand new sound, inventing a genre of music that would come to be called Reggae, discovering a young Bob Marley and gaining international recognition as a record producer and solo artist. Soon he was being called upon by artists as diverse as The Clash and Paul McCartney to provide his unique sound.
- Release date
- March 1, 2008
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Ethan Higbee
Trailer
Cast
- Benicio Del Toro as Narrator
- Eve as Self
- Lee 'Scratch' Perry as Self
- Lee 'Scratch' Perry as Pipecock Jackson
- Lee 'Scratch' Perry as Doctor Dick
Crew
- Carl Bradshaw · Archive footage
- The Clash · Archive footage
- Marcus Garvey · Archive footage
- Bob Marley · Archive footage
- Paul McCartney · Archive footage
- Haile Selassie · Archive footage
- Peter Tosh · Archive footage
- Ethan Higbee · Director
- Adam Bhala Lough · Director
- Ethan Higbee · Writer
- Adam Bhala Lough · Writer
- Ethan Higbee · Producer
- Adam Bhala Lough · Producer
- Ethan Higbee · Composer