By Isabelle Bates,Mark Jefferies
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A new film is set to be released giving fans an insight into the last few years of Ozzy Osbourne’s life. The proud Brummie musician sadly died on July 22 this year just weeks after his Back To The Beginning gig at Villa Park. In the emotional film titled ‘Ozzy: No Escape From Now’, the heavy metal legend and his family reveal the struggles he faced following a nasty fall in 2019 and a diagnosis of Parkinson’s in 2020. READ MORE: Sharon Osbourne breaks silence after Ozzy’s death and says ‘still having trouble’ In the trailer, Ozzy is shown in the middle of a candid interview and says: “If my life is coming to an end I really can’t complain. I’ve had a great life.” Wife Sharon adds: “He had a brilliant career and it ended in a brilliant way.” Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy paused touring in 2023 after extensive spinal surgery. He had a fall at home in 2019 which aggravated injuries from a near-fatal quad bike crash in 2003. In the trailer, Ozzy says: “I went smack” and daughter Kelly says frankly “he had broken his f**king neck.” Ozzy and Sharon – alongside their children Aimee, Kelly and Jack – speak candidly about the incident in the film which led to him cancelling his two-and-a-half-year farewell tour. Jack says after surgery following the fall his dad “came out far worse”. And Sharon talks about times he struggled to stayed motivated as his injuries impacted his mental health, The Mirror reports. She said: “At that time, the depression was so bad. [He’d] be like what’s the point in even getting up? “I’m not getting up. I’m not working with the physiotherapist. What’s the point?” The singer reveals how Take What You Want, his collaboration with Post Malone – instigated by Kelly and producer Andrew Watt and released in October 2019 – kick-started a new musical phase in his storied career. He said: “It got me out of the blues. It helped me. That was the best medicine I ever had at that point.” Kelly added: “I took dad to the studio every single day. He would go into the studio in the basement of Andrew’s house and get comfortable in this chair that Andrew bought him and it was like the magic would begin.” And Aimee Osbourne recalls how her father’s accident in 2019 was life changing. She said: “He was in hospital for weeks. To fall like that and not be able to bounce back like he had in the past, and then having to cancel the tour – that was his biggest heartbreak,” In the trailer for the film he is shown speaking with his trademark humour, never one to take things too seriously. A former hellraiser and heavy drugs user Ozzy says: “The thing about getting older is I used to take pills for fun. Now I take just a lot.” He is also shown saying he only wants to do a final show if it can be “the old Ozzy” up there on stage. Thankfully, months of physio and training meant his final show was a huge success and the documentary will show how he went out on a high on the stage. Makers say the new film was “never intended as a posthumous film”. However, following his death on July 22, 2025, the documentary now stands as a testament to Ozzy’s “courage, wit, determination, and talent – qualities that ensure he remains a hero to millions around the world”. The film is billed as an “intimate look at Ozzy’s final act” and is directed by BAFTA-award winner Tania Alexander. As frontman of Black Sabbath, the Birmingham-born musician is credited with inventing heavy metal, thanks to songs like Iron Man and Paranoid. In a statement at the time of his death in July, his family said: “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love.” Ozzy: No Escape From Now will be released October 7 on Paramount+.
