I Am (2012 film)

I Am - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden is a 2012 South Korean documentary film directed by Choi Jin-sung, that is about 32 SM Town K-pop artists on their journey to become the first Asian singers to stage their milestone SMTown Live '10 World Tour concert at Madison Square Garden in New York.^[1] The film was originally scheduled for release in South Korea on 10 May 2012, but was postponed to 21 June 2012, due to audio issues.^[2]

I Am
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Choi Jin-sung
Produced by	Park Ji-seong Jeong Yoon-jae Kang Dong-goo Lee Soo-man
Starring	Kangta BoA TVXQ Super Junior Girls' Generation Shinee f(x)
Cinematography	Kim Goo-hyeong Shin Seong-hwan
Edited by	Kim Chang-ju Kim Woo-hyeon
Music by	Choi Jae-hwa
Production companies	CJ Entertainment S.M. Entertainment
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release dates	15 May 2012 (2012-05-15) (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival) 21 June 2012 (2012-06-21) (South Korea)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Synopsis

The movie follows 32 artists from SM Town as they rehearse and go about their daily lives.

Cast

• Kangta
• BoA
• TVXQ: U-Know Yunho, Max Changmin
• Super Junior: Leeteuk, Yesung, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun.
• Girls' Generation: Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun.
• Shinee: Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin
• f(x): Victoria, Amber, Luna, Sulli, and Krystal.

Music

On April 24, 2012, SM Town released the film's theme song, "Dear My Family", along with its music video. It is a remake of the song of the same name from Yoo Young-jin’s 2001 third album and 2002 Winter Vacation in SMTown.com – My Angel My Light performed by Kangta, Moon Hee-joon, S.E.S., Shinhwa, Fly to the Sky and BoA.^[3] The 2012 version is performed by BoA, Kangta, TVXQ, Yesung of Super Junior, Taeyeon of Girls' Generation, Jonghyun of Shinee, Luna of f(x) and Baekhyun, D.O., Luhan & Chen of EXO.^[4] A newer remake, with the additional singers; Kyuhyun of Super Junior, Wendy of Red Velvet, and Jaehyun of NCT, was released on SMTOWN's YouTube page on December 29, 2017. The music video contains footage from a SMTOWN concert that took place before the passing of former SHINee member Jonghyun, who plays a vital role in both the song and video.

International releases

• United States: July 13–19, 2012 at CGV CINEMAS in LA ^[5]
• Indonesia: May 18–20, 2012 at the Blitz Megaplex theater in Jakarta.^[6]
• Hong Kong: May 18–30, 2012^[7]
• Singapore: May 25, 2012
• Taiwan: May 25, 2012^[8]
• Japan: June 2, 2012^[9][10][11]
• Thailand: July 7–8, 2012 (Only in Paragon Cineplex at Siam Paragon, Bangkok)
• Vietnam: June 22, 2012 ^[12]

DVD releases

• Japan: October 3, 2012^[13]
• United States: November 6, 2012^[14]
• Taiwan: October 19, 2012
• Hong Kong: September 25, 2012
• Korea: September 27, 2012
• Thailand: December 6, 2012

References

1. "Box Office: I AM (Korea)". The Korea Herald. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
2. Hong, Lucia (8 June 2012). "SM Entertainment documentary to make local premiere in two weeks". 10 Asia. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
3. Ho, Stewart (24 April 2012). "SM Entertainment Releases Music Video for Dear My Family for I AM". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
4. I AM. (Original Film Soundtrack) - Single Archived 2013-12-07 at the Wayback Machine on iTunes 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-04-24
5. "I AM. (Digital) - English subtitles (CGV CINEMAS site)". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
6. SMTOWN "I AM." movie to be shown in Indonesia from May 18-20th! Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine dkpopnews Retrieved April 21, 2012
7. I AM: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR IN NEW YORK Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine MCL Cinema Retrieved May 17, 2012
8. I AM.-SM家族青春傳記電影 Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine avex Taiwan inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012
9. SMTOWN 映画上映決定！！ Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine smtown.jp Retrieved April 26, 2012
10. I AM. movie Japan site Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 27, 2012
11. I AM. movie jp Archived 2015-11-07 at the Wayback Machine official Japan Facebook Retrieved April 27, 2012
12. I AM.(Digital) - Rap phim MegaStar| Mua Ve, xem Trailer va Lich chieu Retrieved June 4, 2012
13. SMTOWN "I AM." Archived 2013-12-23 at the Wayback Machine http://iam-movie.jp/ Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 07, 2012
14. SMTOWN "I AM." Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine http://www.yesasia.com/us/i-am-smtown-4pc-sub-dol-us-version Archived 2017-07-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 07, 2012

External links

• Official website (in Korean)