I AM.

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)
Music by	Choi Jae-hwa
Cinematography	Kim Goo-hyeong Shin Seong-hwan
Edited by	Kim Chang-joo Kim Woo-hyeon
Production company	CJ Entertainment SM Entertainment
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release dates	15 May 2012 (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival) 21 June 2012 (South Korea)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

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]

Plot

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, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, Seohyun and Jessica.
• Shinee: Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin
• f(x): Victoria, Amber, Luna, Krystal and Sulli (former).

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]

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)". Korea Herald. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
2. Hong, Lucia (8 June 2012). "SM Entertainment documentary to make local premiere in two weeks". 10 Asia. 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. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
4. I AM. (Original Film Soundtrack) - Single on iTunes 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-04-24
5. "I AM. (Digital) - English subtitles (CGV CINEMAS site)".
6. SMTOWN "I AM." movie to be shown in Indonesia from May 18-20th! dkpopnews Retrieved April 21, 2012
7. I AM: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR IN NEW YORK MCL Cinema Retrieved May 17, 2012
8. I AM.-SM家族青春傳記電影 avex taiwan inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012
9. SMTOWN 映画上映決定！！ smtown.jp Retrieved April 26, 2012
10. I AM. movie Japan site Retrieved April 27, 2012
11. I AM. movie jp 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." http://iam-movie.jp/ Retrieved September 07, 2012
14. SMTOWN "I AM." http://www.yesasia.com/us/i-am-smtown-4pc-sub-dol-us-version Retrieved September 07, 2012

External links

• Official website (Korean)