Overview

• The two-part, five-hour film covers Joel’s career from his early bands in Hicksville through his Grammy-winning peak and into his recent songwriting resurgence.
• A companion soundtrack released alongside the documentary offers nearly seven hours of material, including hits, deep cuts and almost 60 unreleased outtakes and live performances.
• The documentary reveals that Joel was born into a Jewish family in the Bronx and that his father escaped Nazi Germany as a Holocaust survivor.
• Directors Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin exercised full editorial control, featuring candid interviews with Joel, his ex-wives and former bandmates.
• Critics have hailed the film as one of the best music documentaries ever made and publications like Ultimate Classic Rock have curated must-hear track guides for fans.