Burt Bacharach - A Life in Song

Burt Bacharach - A Life in Song

2016 · ★ 7.5 · Music

Filmed at London's Royal Festival Hall in 2015, A Life In Song presents on-stage conversations between Burt Bacharach and Michael Grade traversing different aspects of his years in music, interspersed with performances of many of his best loved songs by a diverse cast of artists.

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