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Searching for Sugar Man

2012·1h 26m·PG-13
BiographyMusicDocumentary
IMDb Rating
★ 8.2/10
76,433 votes
Metascore
79
Metacritic

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.

Searching for Sugar Man is a 2012 biography music movie directed by Malik Bendjelloul, starring Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.2/10 from 76,433 votes and runs 1h 26m.

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Director
Malik Bendjelloul
Stars
Rodriguez
Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman
Dennis Coffey
Mike Theodore
Details
2012-07-26
86 min
Movie
PG-13
★ Sweden, Finland, United Kingdom
★ English, Afrikaans, Spanish
Keywords
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