I Am (2012 film)

2012 South Korean film

I Am

Theatrical poster

Directed by| Choi Jin-sung
Produced by| Park Ji-seong
Jeong Yoon-jae
Kang Dong-goo
Lee Soo-man
Starring| Kangta
BoA
TVXQ
Super Junior
Girls' Generation
Shinee
f(x)
Cinematography| Kim Goo-hyeong
Shin Seong-hwan
Edited by| Kim Chang-ju
Kim Woo-hyeon
Music by| Choi Jae-hwa

Production
companies

CJ Entertainment
S.M. Entertainment

Distributed by| CJ Entertainment

Release dates

* 15 May 2012 (2012-05-15) (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival)
* 21 June 2012 (2012-06-21) (South Korea)

Running time

| 116 minutes
Country| South Korea
Language| Korean

I Am - SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Square Garden is a 2012 South Korean documentary film directed by Choi Jin-sung, that is about 32 SM Town K-pop artists on their journey to become the first Asian singers to stage their milestone SMTown Live '10 World Tour concert at Madison Square Garden in New York.[1] The film was originally scheduled for release in South Korea on 10 May 2012, but was postponed to 21 June 2012, due to audio issues.[2]

## Synopsis

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The movie follows 32 artists from SM Town as they rehearse and go about their daily lives.

## Cast

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* Kangta
* BoA
* TVXQ: U-Know Yunho, Max Changmin
* Super Junior: Leeteuk, Yesung, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun.
* Girls' Generation: Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun.
* Shinee: Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin
* f(x): Victoria, Amber, Luna, Sulli, and Krystal.

## Music

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On April 24, 2012, SM Town released the film's theme song, "Dear My Family", along with its music video. It is a remake of the song of the same name from Yoo Young-jin’s 2001 third album and 2002 Winter Vacation in SMTown.com – My Angel My Light performed by Kangta, Moon Hee-joon, S.E.S., Shinhwa, Fly to the Sky and BoA.[3] The 2012 version is performed by BoA, Kangta, TVXQ, Yesung of Super Junior, Taeyeon of Girls' Generation, Jonghyun of Shinee, Luna of f(x) and Baekhyun, D.O., Luhan & Chen of EXO.[4] A newer remake, with the additional singers; Kyuhyun of Super Junior, Wendy of Red Velvet, and Jaehyun of NCT, was released on SMTOWN's YouTube page on December 29, 2017. The music video contains footage from a SMTOWN concert that took place before the passing of former SHINee member Jonghyun, who plays a vital role in both the song and video.

## International releases

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* United States: July 13–19, 2012 at CGV CINEMAS in LA [5]
* Indonesia: May 18–20, 2012 at the Blitz Megaplex theater in Jakarta.[6]
* Hong Kong: May 18–30, 2012[7]
* Singapore: May 25, 2012
* Taiwan: May 25, 2012[8]
* Japan: June 2, 2012[9][10][11]
* Thailand: July 7–8, 2012 (Only in Paragon Cineplex at Siam Paragon, Bangkok)
* Vietnam: June 22, 2012 [12]

## DVD releases

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* Japan: October 3, 2012[13]
* United States: November 6, 2012[14]
* Taiwan: October 19, 2012
* Hong Kong: September 25, 2012
* Korea: September 27, 2012
* Thailand: December 6, 2012

## References

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1. ^ "Box Office: I AM (Korea)". The Korea Herald. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
2. ^ Hong, Lucia (8 June 2012). "SM Entertainment documentary to make local premiere in two weeks". 10 Asia. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
3. ^ Ho, Stewart (24 April 2012). "SM Entertainment Releases Music Video for Dear My Family for I AM". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
4. ^ I AM. (Original Film Soundtrack) - Single Archived 2013-12-07 at the Wayback Machine on iTunes 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-04-24
5. ^ "I AM. (Digital) - English subtitles (CGV CINEMAS site)". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
6. ^ SMTOWN "I AM." movie to be shown in Indonesia from May 18-20th! Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine dkpopnews Retrieved April 21, 2012
7. ^ I AM: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR IN NEW YORK Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine MCL Cinema Retrieved May 17, 2012
8. ^ I AM.-SM家族青春傳記電影 Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine avex Taiwan inc. Retrieved May 1, 2012
9. ^ SMTOWN 映画上映決定！！ Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine smtown.jp Retrieved April 26, 2012
10. ^ I AM. movie Japan site Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 27, 2012
11. ^ I AM. movie jp Archived 2015-11-07 at the Wayback Machine official Japan Facebook Retrieved April 27, 2012
12. ^ I AM.(Digital) - Rap phim MegaStar| Mua Ve, xem Trailer va Lich chieu Retrieved June 4, 2012
13. ^ SMTOWN "I AM." Archived 2013-12-23 at the Wayback Machine http://iam-movie.jp/ Retrieved September 07, 2012
14. ^ SMTOWN "I AM." Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine http://www.yesasia.com/us/i-am-smtown-4pc-sub-dol-us-version Retrieved September 07, 2012

## External links

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* Official website (in Korean)

* v
* t
* e

SM Town

Artists|

| Groups|

* TVXQ
* Super Junior
* Girls' Generation
* Shinee
* Exo
* Red Velvet
* NCT
* Aespa
* Riize
* Hearts2Hearts
* DearALICE
* Mytro

|

Soloists|

* BoA
* Kangta
* J-Min
* Zhou Mi
* Taeyeon
* Ryeowook
* Yesung
* Hyo
* Yoona
* Yuri
* Key
* Heechul
* U-Know
* Sungmin
* Suho
* Max Changmin
* Kai
* Joy
* Minho
* Seulgi
* Taeyong
* Chanyeol
* Ten
* Lucas
* Doyoung
* Jaehyun
* Yuta
* Irene

Subgroups|

* Super Junior-K.R.Y.
* Girls' Generation-TTS
* Girls' Generation-Oh!GG
* Exo-SC
* Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi
* NCT 127
* NCT Dream
* WayV
* Got the Beat
* Super Junior-L.S.S.
* NCT DoJaeJung
* NCT Wish

Project groups|

* SM the Ballad
* Kim Heechul & Kim Jungmo
* SuperM

Actors|

* Lina

Producers|

* Young-hu Kim
* Kenzie
* Song Kwang-sik
* Misfit
* Raiden

Albums|

| Winter|

* 2003 Winter Vacation in SMTown.com
* 2011 SM Town Winter – The Warmest Gift
* 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express
* 2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace
* 2025 SM Town: The Culture, the Future

|

Documentary films|

* I AM.

Concert tours and
music festivals|

* SM Town Live
* SM Town Live '08
* SM Town Live '10 World Tour
* SM Town Live World Tour III
* SM Town Live World Tour IV
* SM Town Live World Tour V
* SM Town Live World Tour VI
* SM Town Live Culture Humanity
* SM Town Live 2022: SMCU Express at Kwangya
* SM Town Live 2022: SMCU Express
* SM Town Live 2023: SMCU Palace at Kwangya
* SM Town Week
* The Agit
* Beyond Live

Former artists|

* Hyun Jin-young
* Yoo Young-jin
* H.O.T.
* Shinhwa
* Fly to the Sky
* Jang Na-ra
* M.I.L.K.
* Sugar
* Black Beat
* Isak N Jiyeon
* Ahyoomee
* Hero Jaejoong
* Micky Yoochun
* Xiah Junsu
* No Min-woo
* Han Geng
* Tin Tin Five
* Chu Ga-yeoul
* SM The Performance
* Exo-K
* Exo-M
* Kris
* Luhan
* Tao
* Jessica
* Jino
* Kibum
* Stephanie
* Go Ara
* S.E.S.
* Zhang Liyin
* Tiffany
* Sooyoung
* Seohyun
* Jonghyun
* Henry
* TraxX
* Sulli
* Dana
* Lee Yeon-hee
* Sunday
* The Grace
* The Grace-Dana & Sunday
* f(x)
* Lay
* Kim Min-jong
* Kyuhyun
* Super Junior-D&E
* Super Junior-T
* Super Junior-M
* Super Junior-H
* Donghae
* Eunhyuk
* Sunny
* D.O.
* Exo-CBX
* Baekhyun
* Chen
* Xiumin
* Onew
* Taemin
* Taeil
* Wendy
* Yeri

Related topics|

* SM Entertainment
* Label SJ
* Lee Soo-man
* SM Rookies
* SM Station
* discography
* Remastering Project

Category

* v
* t
* e

SM Entertainment

People|

| Current|

* Lee Sung-soo
* Tak Young-jun
* Kenzie

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Former|

* Lee Soo-man (founder)
* Min Hee-jin
* Yoo Young-jin

Subsidiaries|

* SM Entertainment Japan
* SM Art Company
* SM Pictures
* SM F&B Development
* SM Brand Marketing
* Galaxia SM
* SM True
* SM Institute
* SM Studios
* Dear U
* KeyEast
* Mystic Story
* SM Culture & Contents
* SM Life Design Group
* SM Culture Partners
* Studio Realive
* Kreation Music Rights

Labels|

* Baljunso
* Label SJ
* ScreaM Records
* SM Classics

Real estate|

* SMT House
* SM Entertainment Square

Platforms and services|

* SuperStar SMTOWN
* Lysn
* Kwangya Club
* SM Town Meta-Passport

Related articles|

* SMTOWN
* SM Rookies
* SM Station (discography)
* SM Culture Universe
* SM 3.0

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