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Release Date:
6 December 1970 (USA)
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Tagline:
The music that thrilled the world ... and the killing that stunned it!
Plot:
A harrowing documentary of the Stones' 1969 tour, with much of the focus on the tragic concert at Altamont. full summary | add synopsis
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Concert
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Rolling Stones
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Knife
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Hells Angel
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Speedway
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(18 articles)
Four Seasons Lodge Screenings
(From Alternative Film Guide. 18 November 2009, 1:19 PM, PST)
London Film Festival 2009: Taking Woodstock
(From SoundOnSight. 1 November 2009, 7:08 PM, PST)
(From Alternative Film Guide. 18 November 2009, 1:19 PM, PST)
London Film Festival 2009: Taking Woodstock
(From SoundOnSight. 1 November 2009, 7:08 PM, PST)
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It used to be a lot more than Only Rock'n'Roll
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Cast
(Credited cast) | The Rolling Stones | ... | Themselves |
 | Mick Jagger | ... | Himself |
| Charlie Watts | ... | Himself |
| Keith Richards | ... | Himself (as Keith Richard) |
| Mick Taylor | ... | Himself |
| Bill Wyman | ... | Himself |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Marty Balin | ... | Himself (as Jefferson Airplane) |
| Sonny Barger | ... | Himself |
| Melvin Belli | ... | Himself |
| Dick Carter | ... | Himself |
| Jack Casady | ... | Himself (as Jefferson Airplane) |
| Mike Clarke | ... | Himself (as The Flying Burrito Brothers) |
| Sam Cutler | ... | Himself |
| Spencer Dryden | ... | Himself (as Jefferson Airplane) |
| Chris Hillman | ... | Himself (as The Flying Burrito Brothers) |
| John Jaymes | ... | Himself |
| Paul Kantner | ... | Himself (as Jefferson Airplane) |
| Jorma Kaukonen | ... | Himself (as Jefferson Airplane) |
| Pete Kleinow | ... | Himself (as The Flying Burrito Brothers) |
| Bernie Leadon | ... | Himself (as The Flying Burrito Brothers) |
| Gram Parsons | ... | Himself (as The Flying Burrito Brothers) |
| Ronald Schneider | ... | Himself |
| Rock Scully | ... | Himself |
| Grace Slick | ... | Herself (as Jefferson Airplane) |
| Frank Terry | ... | Himself - KFRC Anchor |
| Ike Turner | ... | Himself |
| Tina Turner | ... | Herself |
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91 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) |
Canada:14A (Alberta) (2002) |
UK:15 (video) (1993) (uncut) |
UK:A (theatrical release) (1971) (cut) |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:K-8 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:PG |
USA:R (original cut)
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The opening scenes of the movie with the donkey are the photo shoot for what would be come the cover of "Get Yer Ya-Yas Out". Several earlier concert scenes filmed at Madison Square Garden made it onto that album. Albert Maysles and David Maysles filmed the Madison Square Garden shows; they form part of this movie.
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Mick Jagger:
Who's fighting and what for?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Death Proof (2007)
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Soundtrack:
Wild Horses
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What Happened to the Hells Angel Who Stabbed the Man at the Altamont Concert?more
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When you see this movie you really understand how sanitised, safe and corporate the music scene is today.
The Stones were possibly the biggest band in the world at the time, so by today's standards it seems unbelievable they'd put on a free concert where the venue was changed at the last minute, the set was still being constructed as the 300,000 very fried looking hippies turned up, and there was no security for their satanic majesties except for the San Francisco Hell's Angels who were paid in beer and brought along pool cues with lead weights at the end for added security - as well as the standard knives and baseball bats. And they weren't afraid to use them, even on the bands, especially Jefferson Airplane's Marty Balin.
Throw in some of the original Satanic rock band's finest sinister creations and you get the real deal, not some pantomime metal/goth horror facsimile. At the time many people really did believe that they could change the world and looked to bands like the Stones as leaders of the counterculture, and you really get the impression things like this mattered a hell of a lot more, but after Altamont, well...
Nevertheless, the version of Under My Thumb that Jagger delivers as he's watching the terrible action unfold in front of him is, for whatever reason, devastatingly understated and desperate, compared to all the OTT cavorting earlier in the set. But it's the genuine craziness of the 'fans' that makes this film seem like it was shot on another planet. Gimme Shelter is the most rock'n'roll film ever made, for all the right and wrong reasons.