Cleopatra Entertainment Selects Jan. 21 For The DVD And Blu-ray Debut Of Documentary Filmmaker Brian A. Loschiavo’s Bluebird

Rather than being a honky-tonk café serving catfish and fries, Amy Kurland opened her little restaurant with the thought in mind of bringing a little upscale dining to Nashville.   That was in 1982 when she opened the Bluebird Café and, as history (or is legend?) records, she put in a small stage as something of an afterthought (for the occasional — emphasis on “occasional” — music performance).   

Little did she realize that a music landmark was being born.   Cleopatra Entertainment, with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, will be opening the New Year with the Jan. 21 Blu-ray and DVD debut of documentary filmmaker Brian A. Loschiavo’s Bluebird. 

The film made its first appearance at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March of this year, played the Nashville Film Festival in October and Cleopatra will be giving Bluebird a limited theatrical showcase run beginning on Nov. 19.  The mid-January home entertainment launch will allow the film to reach a much wider audience.

The Bluebird Café has become a Nashville institution — only 90 seats — having been featured in the Nashville television series and in director Peter Bogdanovich’s 1993 film, The Thing Called Love (with Sandra Bullock and River Phoenix … his last film), it is the place where Taylor Swift was discovered (at just 14) and Garth Brooks got his start with the café’s “songwriters-in-the-round” (aka: “Writer’s Night”) weekly showcase for new talent.    Even Alan Jackson’s first big hit (which he co-wrote with one of the bartenders, seriously, one of the staff of the Bluebird Café) was presented at the place.

Producer and filmmaker Brian A. Loschiavo knows the Bluebird Café well and was more than happy to tell the history.   He does just that with an introduction and then a series of vignettes, including one with Kathy Mattea about the origins of her 1991 Grammy-winning song “Where've You Been” and fellow Grammy-winner (four times over) Jason Isbell relates how he was so nervous performing a new song that he wrote, that he sang the lines out of order — people loved it, so he left “Streetlights” as is (true story).

Others interviewed in the film include Steve Earle, Vince Gil, Faith Hill, Kacey Musgraves, Trisha Yearwood and more!  Mark this one on your must-see calendar come Jan. 21 in the New Year, you will not be disappointed!!