Overview
- The extended trailer, released Friday, centers on Sharon Osbourne arranging the July 5 'Back To The Beginning' farewell concert in Birmingham as a final gift.
- Directed by BAFTA winner Tania Alexander, Ozzy: No Escape From Now features new footage from recent years and contributions from Tony Iommi, Slash, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Billy Idol and Chad Smith.
- The documentary traces Ozzy's struggle with chronic pain, Parkinson's and depression and shows how that period informed the reflective tone of Ordinary Man and Patient Number 9.
- Official records cited in coverage list his causes of death as out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease, with Parkinson's disease with autonomic dysfunction.
- A separate BBC film that was pulled hours before broadcast is now scheduled to air on BBC One on October 2 under a slightly revised title.