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   At Glen Campbell's elbow as he adjusts to Alzheimer's   
   Glen Campbell documentary shows struggles with Alzheimer's   
      
      
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   In the documentary 'I'll Be Me,' Glen Campbell faces difficult circumstances   
   with humor and resolve   
   A new documentary about Glen Campbell doesn't flinch from the realities of   
   Alzheimer's   
      
   Filmmaker James Keach calls Glen Campbell documentary 'a love story'   
   Actor and filmmaker James Keach got a glimpse of how Glen Campbell might   
   adjust to life at an Alzheimer's care facility near Nashville on one of the   
   singer and guitarist's first visits there last year.   
      
   "As soon as he walked in, he spotted a guitar, picked it up and started   
   playing for the other residents," Keach, 66, said over lunch in Beverly Hills   
   recently while discussing his new documentary, "Glen Campbell ... I'll Be Me."   
   The film chronicles the    
   Grammy Award-winning artist's battle with Alzheimer's and his family's   
   decision to take that struggle public in 2011.   
      
    Glen Campbell   
   Ashley and Glen Campbell perform a song during "The Goodbye Tour," in a scene   
   from "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me," directed by James Keach. (PCH Films)   
   "When he finished, everyone applauded," Keach said, "and then Glen said, 'I'd   
   like to thank y'all for coming tonight!'" indicating that Campbell was well   
   aware of the irony in his comment.   
      
   Campbell's condition sparked an outpouring of public support when he and his   
   wife, Kim Woolen, made the announcement in an effort to educate the public   
   about Alzheimer's and to allow the country-pop star to continue performing as   
   long as he was able    
   during sometimes disjointed performances.   
      
   Keach, a producer of the Academy Award-winning 2005 Johnny Cash biopic "Walk   
   the Line," said he was initially reluctant to take on a documentary, given the   
   downward trajectory Alzheimer's typically takes.   
      
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   He'd been approached with the idea by music producer Julian Raymond, who   
   worked with Campbell on his most recent studio albums, "Meet Glen Campbell"   
   from 2008 and "Ghost on the Canvas" three years later.   
      
   "I told him I didn't think I could do it, but he said, 'Just come and meet   
   with Glen,'" Keach recalled.   
      
   What he encountered was an upbeat man facing difficult circumstances with an   
   unyielding sense of humor and resolve, bolstered by the talent that helped him   
   sell more than 70 million records since he made the jump from in-demand Los   
   Angeles studio    
   musician to star in the 1960s and beyond.   
      
   Keach signed on, originally expecting to follow Campbell for five weeks on   
   what was billed as a "Goodbye Tour" in 2011-12. The effort turned into months   
   of filming not only concert performances (Campbell played 151 shows before   
   calling it quits) but    
   myriad aspects of Campbell's life.   
      
   I told Julian Raymond I didn't think I could do it, but he said, 'Just come   
   and meet with Glen.'   
   - Actor and filmmaker James Keach   
   Keach interviewed a raft of family members, friends and admirers, including   
   Brad Paisley, Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen and the Edge, as well as former   
   President (and fellow Arkansan) Bill Clinton.   
      
   Far from being a dark portrait of physical and mental deterioration, "I'll Be   
   Me" captures audiences cheering Campbell even as he struggles to remember song   
   lyrics or repeats jokes during his time on stage.   
      
   It also follows Campbell and his wife as they meet with politicians in   
   Washington to lobby for increased attention to what's projected to be an   
   Alzheimer's epidemic by 2050 if effective treatment isn't developed.   
      
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   Sounds good...I hope Campbell's family donate all the film's money to research.   
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   The documentary shows doctor visits Campbell couldn't comprehend, sometimes   
   testy rehearsals with his band, a 2012 trip to the Grammy Awards to perform   
   and accept a Lifetime Achievement Award, and the occasional trek to the golf   
   course that had long been    
   another of his passions.   
      
   The film doesn't flinch from the harsh realities of Alzheimer's, showing   
   Campbell losing his temper at times with loved ones and frequently falling   
   back on the jovial manner that made him an engaging star of "The Glen Campbell   
   Goodtime Hour" variety    
   series that ran on CBS from 1969-71.   
      
   "I got to know Johnny Cash at the end of his life, and when he made the 'Hurt'   
   video, he said, 'I want people to see the ugly truth.'" Keach said. "I think   
   what Glen is doing is the same -- he's being incredibly honest and vulnerable   
   in putting himself    
   out there this way."   
      
    Glen Campbell   
   From left, Ashley Campbell, Susan Disney Lord, Kimberly Woolen, and Jane   
   Seymour attend the "Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me" premiere. (Rick Diamond /   
   Getty Images for PCH Films)   
   At one point late in the film, Keach is heard off-screen asking Campbell, "Are   
   you ever blue?" and the audience finally sees the "Gentle on My Mind" and   
   "Rhinestone Cowboy" singer let go with tears that often seem to be lurking not   
   far beneath his    
   smiling, joking persona.   
      
   In turn, it also portrays the joy Campbell has always received from music, and   
   displays what seems to be an almost miraculous ability to play complex chord   
   progressions and fills at the same time he's singing sometimes deeply poetic   
   lyrics of writers    
   including Jimmy Webb and Allen Toussaint.   
      
   The film closes with shots from what's being called Campbell's final recording   
   session last year, during which he sang a new song "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"   
   that powerfully expresses his love for those around him before the song's   
   haunting tag line: "And    
   best of all / I'm not gonna miss you."   
      
   When "I'll Be Me" was screened in April at the Nashville Film Festival, it was   
   award the Grand Jury Prize. It's slated to start theatrical runs in Nashville   
   and New York on Friday, followed by a Los Angeles engagement opening Nov. 14   
   along with    
   screenings in more than 50 cities across the country.   
      
   Keach ultimately sees his film not as a tragedy.   
      
   "You see what this family goes through together for him, and with him. What   
   I've found is so many people have been touched by this disease -- someone's   
   mother or father, a friend, an aunt or uncle,"" Keach said. "It's a love   
   story."   
      
      
      
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