Rockshow (1980)

In 1975 and 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings undertook the epic Wings over the World tour, the largest scale tour they would ever undertake as a band. From this tour came both the legendary "... See full summary »

Director:

Paul McCartney (uncredited)

Stars:

Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Denny Laine

Cast

Cast overview:
Paul McCartney	...	Himself
Linda McCartney	...	Herself
Denny Laine	...	Himself
Jimmy McCulloch	...	Himself
Joe English	...	Himself
Tony Dorsey	...	Himself
Howie Casey	...	Himself
Steve Howard Jr.	...	Himself
Thaddeus Richard	...	Himself

Storyline

In 1975 and 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings undertook the epic Wings over the World tour, the largest scale tour they would ever undertake as a band. From this tour came both the legendary "Wings over America" triple live album and the concert film "Rockshow". Although filmed on this tour at the enormous Kingdome in Seattle, "Rockshow", originally a cut down version of the concert, was not premiered until November 1980 in New York and April 1981 in London. It was released on Betamax and later on laserdisc. Now for the first time the complete full length concert is being made available fully restored from the original 35mm film and with restored & remastered sound, including a 5.1 mix for the first time. This is Paul McCartney and Wings live on stage in a concert that is destined to live forever!

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Plot Keywords:

rock music | concert film | independent film | 

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Taglines:

In concert. On film. At last.

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Genres:

Documentary | Music

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 November 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Рок шоу

Filming Locations:

Kingdome - 589 Occidental Avenue South, Seattle, Washington, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eagle Rock Entertainment, MPL Communications

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min (re-release) 129 min (re-release)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital (re-release) DTS (re-release)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The cover-version of The Beatles' 'Lady Madonna' included on The McCartney Years (2007) DVD was a song that was actually originally dropped from the original 1980s home video release of this movie.

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Connections

Featured in Wingspan (2001)

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Soundtracks

Beware My Love
(uncredited)
Composed by Linda McCartney / Paul McCartney

User Reviews

Saw it back in 1980...

...at a theatre--but not a movie theatre. For some reason this played at a huge concert hall in Boston for one week only. I was a little disappointed by it.

I mostly loved it. Paul McCartney and Wings were a great group and (I heard) always put a good show on. McCartney is always full of energy and charisma and it shows in this movie. Also the sound, where I saw it, was fantastic. They had TWENTY speakers set up so it was VERY loud but clear. Still, I can only give the movie a 7. Why? It was horribly directed. Half the time it was filmed too far away and during "Live and Let Die" (with strobe lights) I couldn't tell what was going on. There's also no directoral credits which should tell you something. Also the film was very grainy--they seem to have spent most of the money on the sound recording.

So, it is worth seeing if you're a Wings fan. Otherwise you might not like it.