Song Sung Blue (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson)

Song Sung Blue" basiert auf einer wahren Geschichte und handelt von zwei Musikern einer Neil-Diamond-Tribute-Band namens Lightning and Thunder, die beweisen, dass es nie zu spät ist, die Liebe zu finden und seinen Träumen zu folgen.

Based on a true story.

Song Sung Blue is a 2025 American biographical musical drama film written, produced, and directed by Craig Brewer, based on the 2008 documentary film of the same name by Greg Kohs.

The film stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as Mike and Claire Sardina, who performed as the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder.

In 1987, musician Mike Sardina is hired to appear at the Wisconsin State Fair, filling in for a Don Ho impersonator who has undergone emergency surgery. After refusing to go on stage when the promoter stops him from performing his own material, he quits, just as Claire Stengl, a hairdresser by day and performer by night, is preparing to perform as Patsy Cline.

In 1988, Mike and Claire meet again as neighbors and have a conversation in which she suggests he go down "the Neil Diamond route." He watches her sing and is immediately smitten. Mike returns home and starts practicing. The two decide to perform together and later begin a romantic relationship.

After a misunderstanding about the target audience for their first gig, the show ends almost immediately in a brawl. Claire tells Mike he cannot be so stubborn about the band's future. He is upset about the failure, as he had the perfect night planned; in complaining about the night's ruination, he lets slip that he had planned to propose.