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The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

Plot: 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
Release Date: Saturday, March 1 2008
16 years ago
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Portrait of Lee PerryLee PerryLee Perry was 71 in The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry as 'Self'.
Birthday: Fri, Mar 20 1936 –
Sun, Aug 29 2021
Portrait of Haile Selassie IHaile Selassie IHaile Selassie I would have been no older than 83 in The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry as 'Self'.
Birthday: Fri, Jul 22 1892 –
Tue, Aug 26 1975
Portrait of Peter ToshPeter ToshPeter Tosh would have been no older than 42 in The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry as 'Self'.
Birthday: Thu, Oct 19 1944 –
Fri, Sep 11 1987
Portrait of Benicio del ToroBenicio del ToroBenicio del Toro was 41 in The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry as 'Narrator (voice)'.
Birthday: Sun, Feb 19 1967
Portrait of Bob MarleyBob MarleyBob Marley would have been no older than 36 in The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry as 'Self'.
Birthday: Tue, Feb 06 1945 –
Mon, May 11 1981

Crew

Portrait of Ethan HigbeeEthan HigbeeEthan Higbee was >> in The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry as 'Director'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Adam Bhala LoughAdam Bhala LoughAdam Bhala Lough was 28 in The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry as 'Director'
Birthday: Wed, May 09 1979