Lee Perry

Lee Perry

Born: March 20, 1936
Died: August 29, 2021
in Kendal, Jamaica
Lee "Scratch" Perry is a Jamaican record producer and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style.

Movies for Lee Perry...

Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes
Title: Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes
Character: Self
Released: October 18, 2019
Type: Movie
A newly discovered treasure trove of tapes from Studio 17, or Randy's located in downtown Kingston Jamaica, is the starting point for this remarkable story about a Chinese Jamaican family who helped create the music we now know as reggae.
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The Revelation of Lee Scratch Perry
Title: The Revelation of Lee Scratch Perry
Released: January 18, 2019
Type: Movie
This documentary is set at Lee Perry's mountain top home and studio in Switzerland and features some of the actual sessions for the original studio recording of "Revelation". It focuses on Lee's work in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Steve Marshall in both his engineering and his producer ("John Saxon") roles.
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Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records
Title: Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
This stylish documentary about the iconic ska, reggae and rock-steady label is a timely and wide-ranging celebration of british Jamaican working-class youth culture.
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Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Title: Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Character: Self
Released: April 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Documentary about reggae music and culture in London in 1977. Filmed in Super 8 camera by Don Letts. With participation of Richard Branson, Neneh Cherry, Paul Cook, Sly Dunbar, Paul Weller, John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and others. Released in 2017.
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Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise
Title: Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise
Released: April 18, 2015
Type: Movie
Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise is a unique project in many ways. It is the life story of the legendary musician, but it is not a biography, it is a fairytale documentary! The director followed Lee Perry for thirteen years and discovered an unbelievable story, a revelation, told about and with one of the major protagonists of contemporary music, the other half of the story that has never been told. The movie can be seen as a guide for how to change the world with music, with a positive attitude, mindset or, as Lee Perry calls it, vibration.
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I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae
Title: I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae
Character: Self
Released: November 10, 2013
Type: Movie
This feature length documentary charts the story of the great Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee. A legend himself, there’s not a lot of pioneers of roots and reggae that he didn’t work with, becoming the go-to producer for that dub sound coming out of Jamaica in the sixties and seventies, further cementing his legacy when he started licensing his productions straight to London labels. Diggory Kenrick’s doco calls on not only Lee himself to tell the story, but features the likes of U Roy, Dennis Alcapone, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Sly and Robbie, Johnny Clarke and Johnny Holt among others.
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Negus - Lee
Title: Negus - Lee "Scratch" Perry
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
The legendary Jamaican-born dub and regga master Rasta Lee "Scratch" Perry, the spiritual MC of the film, invokes Haile Selassie in a fiery re-enactment of an historical event from the Italian Fascist period when an effigy of the last Negus of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, was burned in the main square of the filmmaker’s hometown, Vernasca, a village located between Milano and Bologna. At the same time, Hailé Selassié I was becoming the Black Messiah for Rastafarianism, a movement born in Jamaica during the 30s and spread all over the planet, including Ethiopia, considered the Mother Land by Rasta followers.
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RiseUp
Title: RiseUp
Character: Self
Released: February 13, 2011
Type: Movie
Rise Up is a journey into the heart of Jamaica - the island that gave birth to the worldwide cultural phenomenon of Reggae. In a society where talent abounds and opportunity is scarce, three distinct and courageous artists fight to rise up from obscurity and write themselves into the pages of history. With music and appearances by legends Lee "Scratch" Perry, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, and a slew of soon-to-be superstars, Rise Up follows artists in the dangerous streets, back alleys and crowded dance halls of Kingston and the countryside. These artists demonstrate the raw power of hope and courage in a land which is largely unseen, but certainly not unsung.
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The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
Title: The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry
Character: Himself
Released: March 1, 2008
Type: Movie
The Upsetter tells the fascinating story of Lee Scratch Perry a visionary musician and artist from poor rural Jamaica who journeyed to the big city of Kingston in the late 1950’s with dreams of making it in the burgeoning record industry. He burst upon the scene with a brand new sound, inventing a genre of music that would come to be called Reggae, discovering a young Bob Marley and gaining international recognition as a record producer and solo artist. Soon he was being called upon by artists as diverse as The Clash and Paul McCartney to provide his unique sound.
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Lee Scratch Perry: The Unlimited Destruction
Title: Lee Scratch Perry: The Unlimited Destruction
Character: Self
Released: August 20, 2002
Type: Movie
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Rebel Music - The Bob Marley Story
Title: Rebel Music - The Bob Marley Story
Character: Self (as Lee "Sratch" Perry
Released: February 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Profile of the life and music of the legendary reggae singer.
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Mulan
Title: Mulan
Character: (voice)
Released: July 14, 1998
Type: Movie
Determined to bring honor to her family, Mulan lies her way into the army to protect her father.
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Deep Into Dub
Title: Deep Into Dub
Released: November 26, 1997
Type: Movie
A German documentary that explores dub music, sound system culture and its influence
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Title: ER
Character: Ben #1
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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Puss in Boots
Title: Puss in Boots
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
After the death of his father, young Carabas leaves home to seek his fortune with the evil landlord's cat. To his amazement, the cat actually speaks to him and devises a plan to help him get rich. First, the cat must wear Carabas' boots.
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Frank Enstein
Title: Frank Enstein
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Frank is a human robot built by Dr. Max Einstein to retrieve a scientific formula that has been robbed of their enemies. Frank is a thousand and one difficulties in carrying out its mission and bring the desired formula to its creator. Its large size and simplicity make it big boy get in situations as disparate as fun.
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Beats of the Heart: Roots Rock Reggae
Title: Beats of the Heart: Roots Rock Reggae
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
'Roots Rock Reggae' depicts an unforgettable moment in Jamaica's history when music defined the island's struggles and immortalized its heroes. Director Jeremy Marre films Bob Marley and the Wailers, and Lee 'Scratch' Perry record in his legendary Black Ark studio with The Upsetters. Jimmy Cliff rehearses with Sly and Robbie, while Inner Circle's historic live gig is recorded on the violent Kingston streets. The legendary Abyssinians harmonize their haunting Rastafarian songs; Joe Higgs (formerly Bob Marley's teacher) plays and talks; majestic toaster U Roy raps alongside The Mighty Diamonds, and Third World record in a Kingston studio. There is also early archive footage of Toots and the Maytals, and Haile Selessie's royal visit to Jamaica while police and thieves battle it out on the streets, and the ghettos erupt in violence. 1977: An extraordinary year for Reggae music.