| | Gimme Shelter Blu-ray Mick Jagger / Gram Parsons / Keith Richards / Rolling Stones CDS
| Category | Music Video DVDs, Rock Movies, Blu-ray Videos, Criterion Collection, Documentary, Pop Music Videos, Music (General), Pop/Rock, Live Performances, Rock And Roll, Concert, Murder, Essential Cinema, Concert Footage | | Starring | Tina Turner, Jefferson Airplane, Ike Turner, Grace Slick, Marty Balin, Melvin Belli, Paul Kantner | | Director | Charlotte Zwerin, Albert Maysles, David Maysles | | Director of Photography | Albert Maysles, David Maysles | | Editor | Joanne Burke, Kent McKinney, Ellen Giffard | | Featured | Rolling Stones | | Music | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards |
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; Blue Ray HD-DVD The Maysles brothers unwittingly captured the end of the 1960s as they documented the Rolling Stones' tragic 1970 free concert at Altamont, California. The backstage antics and the logistics that go into planning an event that was to be attended by 300,000 people pales as the Hells Angels fatally stab an audience member to death while Jagger helplessly performs "Sympathy for the Devil." Terrifying and electrifying filmmaking. This documentary of the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour has become a legendary, harrowing symbol of the tragic demise of the "Peace and Love" era. After a successful tour across the United States, the Rolling Stones gave a free December concert at Altamont Speedway in California with the Grateful Dead (not seen performing), Ike and Tina Turner, Jefferson Airplane, and the Flying Burrito Brothers (all seen performing one song each). The poorly planned show was fraught with problems from its inception. The band unwisely selected the Hells Angels motorcycle club to provide security, and after the pre-existing chaos was fueled by very visible alcohol and drug abuse, the bikers resorted to violence to keep the stoned, restless, and often naked crowd in line. The result: dozens of injuries and the on-screen stabbing of a young African-American man (during "Sympathy for the Devil," no less) by one of the concert's "staff security."
In a manipulative but effective move, the Maysles brothers and Charlotte Zwerin filmed Mick Jagger in the editing room witnessing the on-camera murder for the first time. But aside from that unexpected drama, the film also works as a rock-and-roll document, capturing the band at their most relaxed, intoxicating, and electrifying. Theatrical release: December 6, 1970
Restored for a theatrical re-release in August 2000 as GIMME SHELTER: 30TH ANNIVERSARY.
George Lucas was a cameraman on the film, but his footage was not used in the final print. (Removed George Lucas as Cinematographer as per Kritsten at Maysle Films, Nov. 22, 2002)
A total of four people died at the Altamont concert.
New Yorker critic Pauline Kael wrote a scathing review of the film upon its release, accusing the filmmakers of setting the stage for the violence that transpired.
The film includes footage of the band in a southern recording studio listening to tracks that would appear on their STICKY FINGERS record. Gimme Shelter Reviews: "...Mesmerizing....The only rock-and-roll film that exerts the saturnine intensity of a thriller..." -- Rating: A-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "...Framed with photographic precision in an all-out combat zone, this is a landmark documentary..." -- 4 out of 4 stars-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...A genuinely scary affair, a slow-motion depiction of a cultural car crash, which turned the dewy-eyed optimism of Woodstock on its head..."
-- Mark Kermode, Sight and Sound "...A gripping chronicle of the Stones at their height..."
-- Rolling Stone Staff, Rolling Stone 5 stars out of 5 -- "In its unwilted capacity to shock and palpable sense of a culture shifting, SHELTER gives potent testimony to tragedy."-- Kevin Harley, Total Film Gimme Shelter | List Price | $39.95 (You save $10.39) | | Studio | Criterion Collection | | Orig Year | 1970 | | CD Universe Part number | 8016685 | | Catalog number | 1853 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | New Gimme Shelter BRAY release date Dec 01, 2009 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter | | Running Time | 91 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color; Criterion Collection |
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Gimme Shelter Video Beatles: The First U.S. Visit, Being Mick, Black Crowes - Freak 'N' Roll Into the Fog, Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back, Doors - Inside the Doors: 1967-1969, Festival Express, Gates, Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Videos, Hells Angels On Wheels, Joe Cocker - The Best of Joe Cocker Live, Johnny Thunders - Who's Been Talking, Last Waltz, Let's Spend the Night Together, Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival - The Movie, Monterey Pop, Neil Young Friends & Relatives - Red Rocks Live, Rolling Stones - Rock and Roll Circus, Shut Up and Sing, Song Remains the Same, Sympathy for the Devil, Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut) Purchase Gimme Shelter Movie To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Crosby, Stills & Nash - Long Time Comin' DVD (1990)
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Taking the place of the obligatory cd two-fer of GP and GREVIOUS ANGEL, Gram Parsons's THE COMPLETE REPRISE SESSIONS covers it all and then some for Grampires of all stripes. Produced by Emmylou Harris and Parsons cohort James Austin, this beautifully designed three-disc set includes one disc devoted to each solo record and a third featuring outtakes from each album's sessions. With fewer overdubs and Gram and Emmylou's vocals front-and-center in the mix, the final disc brims with the emotive soul and earthbound angelic vocals the two perfected. Among the final discs many highlights are looser alternate takes of "She" and "Streets of Baltimore" from GP and a "Hickory Wind" unadorned by the ridiculous fake crowd noise that mars the GRIEVOUS ANGEL version. The latter is the best and most stirring recorded performance of Parsons's signature song and alone worth the box's sticker price. Other features scattered on the first two discs include radio interviews (with Parsons's southern hippie charm in overdrive); captivatingly raw acoustic performances with him, Harris, and drummer N.D. Smart; and an instrumental version of "Return of the Grievous Angel" that reveals just how ace a country band the Waycross longhair had.
Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
Audio Remixer: Hugh Davies.
Liner Note Authors: Emmylou Harris; Parke Puterbaugh; James Austin; Holly George-Warren.
Recording information: Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood, CA (09/1972-07/1973); Wally Heider Studio 4, Hollywood, CA (09/1972-07/1973).
Author: Emmylou Harris.
Photographers: Ginny Winn; Kim Gottlieb-Walker; Barry Feinstein; Greg Allen; Andee Nathanson; Doug Hanners; Rodney Bingenheimer.
Personnel: Gram Parsons (vocals, acoustic guitar); Gram Parsons; Barry Tashian (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Bernie Leadon (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro); Al Perkins , Buddy Emmons (pedal steel guitar); Hal Battiste (baritone saxophone); John Conrad, Emory Gordy, Rick Grech (bass g
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