Now the film version is set to do the same. "Young at Heart" documents the group of U.S. senior citizens belting out songs by Sonic Youth through to James Brown.

The small-town act has been running for some 25 years but international fame is now at hand. The film opens across the United States this week and, after scoring distribution deals, will soon open in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Japan and Australia - more on this story

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