“Behind the world’s most iconic red guitar… was a man almost no one ever truly saw.” Ben Marvin didn’t grow up with the Hank Marvin the world talks about — the legend with the red Stratocaster, the man who shaped the sound of modern music. He grew up with a father he’s still trying to fully understand. So now, six decades after Hank changed everything, Ben starts a quieter journey. No spotlight. No history lessons. Just stories whispered in old living rooms, the kind of memories people only share when the cameras turn away. And little by little, the myth fades, revealing a gentle, complicated man who lived, loved, and stumbled like the rest of us. A father the world never really got to meet.

Six decades after his sound changed everything, Hank Marvin’s story takes a quiet turn. We’ve always seen the legend — the red Stratocaster, the riffs heard around the world, the lightning-in-a-guitar-case glare of spotlight. But now his son, Ben Marvin, invites us into a different room: where cameras are off, voices soften, memories linger in the corners.

Ben didn’t grow up with the myth; he grew up with a father still wrapped in layers of fame and silence. What’s left when the applause fades? What’s the man behind the one who shaped modern music? Through old photographs, late-night conversations, and stories the public never got to hear, Ben peels away the iconic red finish and finds something unexpected: a father who lived, loved and stumbled just like we do.

This documentary is not a textbook of greatest hits. It’s a tender portrait, a pause in the climb, a chance to sit next to Hank ­— not the legend, but the person he has always been. And as the myth slowly fades, what remains is human. Vulnerable. Real. And deeply moving.