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Released
2023 · FILM

Heirloom: Guitar

Directed by
Daniel Putkowski
Written by
Daniel Putkowski
Runtime
70 min
Documentary
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Follow the journey of the steel string, acoustic guitar from humble beginnings to the world's most popular instrument. Musicologist Greg Reish explains how what was basically a quiet instrument played in parlors went on to become one played by the biggest stars in music. Each segment shows how the guitar progressed and is supplemented with music played by top musicians, including Rissi Palmer, Bryan Sutton, David Grier, Trey Hensley, Florence Dore, and more. Then, audiences see a luthier build a custom guitar, every step of the process. This is a film that will inform the curious and satisfy fans of the acoustic guitar.

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Principal cast & crew: 5

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Maisie TaylorShot by Adam Allington

Box Office

2023 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$1K

Budget$1K
Worldwide gross$1K
break-even (2.5×)

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