AKA Doc Pomus

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Doc Pomus' dramatic life is one of American music's great untold stories. Paralyzed with polio as a child, Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder (a.k.a. Doc Pomus) reinvented himself first as a blues singer, then emerged as one of the most brilliant songwriters of the early rock and roll era, writing "Save The Last Dance For Me, " "This Magic Moment, " "A Teenager In Love, " "Viva Las Ve" and hundreds of other hits that earned him a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For most of his life Doc was confined to crutches and a wheelchair, but he lived more during his sixty-five years than others could experience in several lifetimes. Doc was a mentor to generations of younger songwriters, including Lou Reed, John Lennon, and Phil Spector. His tale of disability and possibility is told by friends including Dr. John, Ben E. King, Joan Osborne, Dion, Leiber and Stoller, and Lou Reed, who reads from Doc's private journals. AKA DOC POMUS brings to life Doc's joyous, romantic, heartbreaking, inspiring and extraordinarily eventful journey---"AKA Doc Pomus is full of magic moments...Solidly directed... Expertly put together...People continue to be amazed at who he was and what he did, and this film shows us why"– Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times/"A touching, delightful and exceptionally well-crafted new documentary"–Paul de Barros, The Seattle Times/ "AKA Doc Pomus shines a light on the soulful, big-hearted man behind many magic moments in popular music."–Nicholas Rapold, New York Times/ "There is nothing remotely ordinary about this film. It can’t be compared to any other music biopic or documentary. There is just too much flair."–Greil Marcus, The Believer