On October 7th, the documentary that tells the battle of Ozzy Osbourne with the disease and its desperate desire to return, at least one last time, will debut on Paramount+ “No escape from now”.
The trailer opens with a bitter and fulminating joke of the “Prince of Darkness”: “Once I took pills for fun. Now I take many”. It is the beginning of a story that promises to return an intimate and authentic portrait of the ex-frontman of the Black Sabbath, forced six years ago to stop abruptly after a serious accident and the diagnosis of Parkinson's. Since then Osbourne has confronted his fragility, with the prospect of the end and with the fear of not being able to greet the public as he would have liked.
Look at the trailer of “No escape from Now” below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rywnown81k5de
The film shows his daily struggle, but also the tenacity that led him to perform one last time in his Birmingham. Sharon Osbourne explains how the greatest regret of her husband was precisely that of not being able to take his fans worthily.
Next to Ozzy there will be the whole family – Sharon and the son Kelly, Jack and Aimee – together with the testimonies of friends and colleagues such as Tony Iommi, Zakk Wylde, James Hetfield, Billy Corgan and Tom Morello. In the trailer they flow images of sessions in the studio with Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and with the producer Andrew Watt.
Despite the pain, the documentary also returns the irony and vitality of Osbourne: “I had fun a world – he says in a passage – is the best medicine there is”. And, with the usual frankness, he adds: “If everything should end now, I could not complain: I did a good life”.
Ozzy Osbourne left us on 22 July in his residence in Buckinghamshire, at the age of 76 due to an acute myocardial infarction, followed by a cardiac arrest. Among the causes, a serious coronary pathology and Parkinson's disease with neurodegenerative dysfunctions, officially diagnosed in Osbourne in 2019 but he himself called “silent companion” for at least twenty years.
Afflicted by chronic health problems in recent years, Osbourne had not hidden, in the interviews released close to the great farewell concert-event, the awareness of the approach of the end. “Back to the Beginning”, staged on 5 July at the Villa Park in Birmingham – the stadium of his birthday neighborhood in Aston – represented the last farewell to his city and his audience: in front of a crowded arena, Ozzy had sang five songs, sitting, alongside the historic companions Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, alternating with bands as a metal band, Aerosmith and Guns n 'Roses, rushed to pay him homage.
The week following his disappearance, Birmingham made him tribute to a public funeral procession in the streets of the city, animated by his music and by the affectionate participation of the fans. The next day the funeral in private form took place in the church of Gerrards Cross, not far from his home, followed by the burial, which was attended by his wife Sharon, the children and a small group of friends and colleagues, including Elton John, James Hetfield and Yungblud.
Antonio Santini for SANREMO.FM
