Celine: Through the Eyes of the World | |
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Directed by | Stéphane Laporte |
Produced by | Julie Snyder |
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Celine Dion René Angélil René-Charles Angélil |
Distributed by | The Hot Ticket |
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180 minutes |
Country | Canada |
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Metacritic | 52/100 |
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Boston Herald | A- |
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Celine: Through the Eyes of the World | ||||
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Video by Celine Dion | ||||
Released | 29 April 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2008–2009 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 173:00 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Director | Stéphane Laporte | |||
Producer | Julie Snyder | |||
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Celine: Through the Eyes of the World is a documentary–concert film chronicling the life of Canadian singer, Celine Dion during her 2008–2009 Taking Chances World Tour. It premiered in Miami on 16 February 2010 and was released by The Hot Ticket in theaters in North America on 17 February 2010. It was also released in Australia and the United Kingdom. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with most of them indicating it is mainly for the fans. Celine: Through the Eyes of the World grossed $1,027,341 in Canada alone and became the number-one domestic movie there.
It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 29 April 2010 in Australia and in early May 2010 in Europe and North America. The home version of Celine: Through the Eyes of the World includes an additional hour of footage not seen in the film's limited theatrical run in February 2010. In Francophone countries, it was entitled Céline: autour du monde. The DVD/Blu-ray release was commercially successful reaching number one on the charts in Canada, United Kingdom and Belgium, and number two in the United States, France, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Sweden, Argentina and South Africa. It also peaked inside top ten in many other countries around the world. Celine: Through the Eyes of the World was certified two-times Diamond in Canada, Platinum in France, and Gold in the United States and Australia.
During the Taking Chances World Tour, Dion played concerts in five continents, 25 countries and 93 cities, selling more than three million tickets. Running from February 2008 through February 2009, featuring both Anglophone and Francophone setlists, the tour broke attendance and box office records at venues around the world. In December 2009, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that their division, The Hot Ticket will bring a special motion picture entitled Celine: Through the Eyes of the World to theaters.