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So this Scott Walker guy-- wasn't he, like, some kind of crooner back in the day? And what's all this I keep hearing about his reclusiveness? And why are folks so gosh darn excited about this Drift album? It gives me the creeps, man!

Fear not, my inquisitive friend, for the answers to all these questions and more lie just beyond the theatre door. (Hey, like, that rhymes.) Anyway, the previously reported documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man-- which charts the eclectic career of the enigmatic singer/ songwriter-cum-noisemaker-- will finally land in London film palaces this April.

The film also boasts quite an array of interviews with a first-rate collection of Walker devotees: David Bowie, members of Radiohead, Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Johnny Marr, Alison Goldfrapp, the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, Richard Hawley, Cocteau Twin Simon Raymonde, one-time One Dove chanteuse Dot Allison, Ute Lemper, and even Sting.

Verve Pictures will deliver the Stephen Kijak-directed, Grant Gee DP'd picture-- executive produced by Walker championeer Bowie-- to cinemas this spring. 30 Century Man is tentatively slated to open April 27 at London's Curzon Soho, with openings in other theatres to follow.

It's unclear whether the film will cross the Atlantic anytime soon, but we have our fingers crossed a few dozen times over. UPDATE: The doc will likely be screened at SXSW.

German audiences (and film nuts) are in luck, however: 30 Century Man will screen four times at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival, which runs from February 8-18. For details, click here.