Shangri-La (miniseries)

Shangri-La is a four-part television documentary miniseries, directed by Morgan Neville and Jeff Malmberg, that aired on Showtime from July 12 to August 2, 2019. The series concerns the Shangri-La recording studio in Malibu, California and its owner, record producer and Def Jam Records co-founder Rick Rubin. A "work-in-progress" cut of the docuseries was screened at the 2019 SXSW Festival.

The miniseries was nominated for Best Music Film at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.

Main

 * Rick Rubin

Reenactments

 * David Pluebell as Young Rick
 * Rowan Smyth as Kid Rick
 * Joseph Yokozuna Fatu as Wrestler Rick
 * David Nesler as Young Rick Magician (Hands)
 * Jill Galbraith as Nancy Heller

Other

 * Joel Bennett as Beachcomber

Critical reception
According to Metacritic, which assigned a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 9 critics, the series received "generally favorable" reviews.

Time called the series "flawed but sublime."

Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter called the miniseries "inspiring and oddly riveting" and said, "There is more creativity, weirdness, thoughtfulness and ambition — both achieved and failed — in the new Showtime docuseries Shangri-La than in a good portion of recent TV dramas." Goodman also felt, however, that series should have got "a little dirtier and messier in the examination" of Rubin's mid-career years.

On November 20, 2019, the miniseries was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Music Film at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.