Sean Parkin, who grew up in York, has made the documentary about the city’s most successful musician, who scored the music for countless James Bond movies and helped write the musical language of modern film.
The film will be shown at the Everyman cinema in Blossom Street at 2.30pm and 4pm on June 7 followed by an afterparty at the Crescent. All profits will go to charity.
Sean’s previous films have focused on York’s punk and new wave scene in the late 1970s and 1980s.
His latest work covers the first half of Barry’s career between the 1950s until the early 1970s.
The script has been written and voiced by Charlie Francis, also a York born musician.
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It tells the story of Barry’s early career and details how he started to write film soundtracks, including his work on the main James Bond theme, plus scores for classics such as Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever.
John Barry expert and biographer Geoff Leonard said the film is “cleverly constructed”.
“With the help of archive images and film, the early life and career of John Barry is told by a fellow Yorkshireman, in this revealing documentary,” he said.
Tickets for the screenings and after show are sold as one. They can be purchased by searching John Barry at www.fienta.com
