The Peoples Tenor Teaser (Official)

THE PEOPLE'S TENOR is a 60min made for television documentary completed in 2012 and circulating film festivals and soon TV broadcast worldwide. It is the story of the most passionate and reckless pursuit of 'music industry success' ever told. Rejected by music colleges, Scottish tenor John Craig Innes, sings on the streets for years to make a living selling his home made CDs. Aged 47, without a record contract and fearing his time to succeed is running out, he desperately spends his life savings to hire The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and the creative team behind Katherine Jenkins to record his debut album. When sales of his professional album come no easier, he self produces a UK concert tour to promote it! John's harrowing journey will make viewers both cringe and cheer as it casts stark light on the music industry today.
John's improbable climb from street to stage is a refreshing reminder of the old fashioned power of perseverance. But it also contributes to the topical debate about a modern 'youth generation' that expects everything for nothing. THE PEOPLE'S TENOR is about a true outsider breaking into the music industry, but this film is for all outsiders in every walk of life. The film was shot in full HD, on location in 3 countries over 2 years. At the start of production the filmmakers didn't know how the story would end, nor when, so conventional broadcaster funding was denied. Inspired by the example of their subject, the filmmakers made it anyway, on a shoe string budget, with borrowed equipment and every favor they could beg.