Let's Spend the Night Together (1982)

Director:

Hal Ashby

Release Date:

29 October 1982 (Denmark)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Tagline:

Let's Spend the Night Together . . . live it!

Plot Keywords:

The Star Spangled Banner | Rock Music | Concert Film | Rolling Stones | Live Performance

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Mick Jagger	...	Himself
Keith Richards	...	Himself
Charlie Watts	...	Himself
Bill Wyman	...	Himself
Ron Wood	...	Himself
Ian Stewart	...	Himself
Ian McLagan	...	Himself
Ernie Watts	...	Himself
Bobby Keys	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jerry Hall	...	Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Hal Ashby

Produced by
Ken Ryan	....	associate producer (as Kenneth J. Ryan)
Ronald L. Schwary	....	producer

Cinematography by
Caleb Deschanel
Gerald Feil

Film Editing by
Lisa Day

Production Management
Gerald R. Molen	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Patrick Burns	....	second assistant director
Mary Ellen Canniff	....	second assistant director
Charles Myers	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Crew Chamberlain	....	cable person
Don Coufal	....	boom operator
Don Digirolamo	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Hewitt	....	24 track sound recordist
Robert Knudson	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Buzz Knudsen)
Jeff Wexler	....	production sound mixer
Billy Youdelman	....	production sound slating

Camera and Electrical Department
John L. Black	....	key grip
Garrett Brown	....	Steadicam operator
Greg Brunton	....	concert lighting
Ted Churchill	....	camera operator: New York
Dick Colean	....	camera operator: Los Angeles
Gerald Cotts	....	camera operator: New York
Ray De La Motte	....	camera operator: Los Angeles
Craig Denault	....	camera operator: Los Angeles
Gil Geller	....	camera operator: New York
Michael Genne	....	supervising assistant camera: Los Angeles
Michael Gershman	....	camera operator: Los Angeles
James Glennon	....	camera operator: Los Angeles
Ted Holt	....	gaffer
Gary B. Kibbe	....	camera operator: Los Angeles
Robert Leacock	....	camera operator: New York
Victor Losick	....	camera operator: New York
Louis Mahler	....	video playback operator
Michael R. Marquette	....	assistant camera
Nick McLean	....	camera operator: Los Angeles
Mike Miller	....	key grip (as Michael A. Miller)
Paul Murphey	....	video assist operator
Tibor Sands	....	supervising assistant camera: New York
Michael Stone	....	camera operator: New York
Robert C. Thomas	....	camera operator: Los Angeles
Lance Williams	....	camera operator: Los Angeles

Editorial Department
Donah Bassett	....	negative cutter
Lori Hollingshead	....	additional editor
Catherine Peacock	....	assistant editor: film and video tape
Peck Prior	....	assistant film editor
Robert Raring	....	color timer
Sonya Sones	....	additional editor

Music Department
Bob Clearmountain	....	music mixer: Rolling Stones
Bill Marino	....	electronic multitrack editing: concert music
Michael Tronick	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Glenn Carter	....	transportation supervisor

Other crew
Alvenia Bridges	....	executive production assistant
Tommy Burns	....	production assistant
Justin Cooke	....	production assistant
Pablo Ferro	....	creative associate
Pablo Ferro	....	creative consultant
Ron Furmanek	....	photo researcher
Lauri Gaffin	....	assistant: Hal Ashby
Mike Kaplan	....	seeker
James Karnbach	....	photo researcher
Gary Knott	....	production assistant
Penny McCarthy	....	auditor
Eileen McGuire	....	auditor
Diana Tinkley	....	assistant: Ron Schwary
Gary Vermillion	....	production assistant
Melissa Ward	....	assistant: Pablo Ferro

Production Companies

• Northstar Media
• Raindrop
• Weintraub Entertainment Group

Distributors

• Embassy Pictures Corporation (1983) (USA) (theatrical)
• Gaumont (1983) (France) (theatrical)
• Shochiku-Fuji Company (1983) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Synergy (2011) (Japan) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Globo Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• LW Editora (Brazil) (DVD)
• Roadshow Home Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Tohokashinsha Film Company Ltd. (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Joseph F. Rascoff & Company  business affairs
• Location Video  video playback services
• Michael Ochs Archive  photo research
• Northstar Media  sound transfers
• Northstar Media  video transfers
• Pacific Title  titles
• Production Payments  payroll services
• Regent Sound Studios  electronic multi-track editing
• Sound Advice Inc.  post-production payments
• The Record Plant  24 track recording
• Via Ventura Travel  travel arrangements

Also Known As:

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:PG | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Sun Devil Stadium - 500 East Veterans Way, Tempe, Arizona, USA

Company:

Northstar Media

Trivia:

At the Phoenix (ASU's Sun Devil Stadium) Joe Ely opened followed by George Thorogood.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 25x5: The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1990) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Let's Spend the Night Together

Great Music, Great concert.

I saw this movie for the first time in June 1983 when it was released in France (my God, 20 years already), i was 11. I saw it many times after this. I watched it again this week, for the first time in 12 years and i can say, it's a great movie. Don't know what people expect of it. It's colorful, kicking, music is good, and you can hear some songs never or rarely heard after and before in other concerts. What to ask more? I give it a 10/10.

I Don't understand people (see others comments) who blame musicians' behavior : Keith is like this, Bill is like that... or that we don't have access to the backstage. Who cares?

This movie is a concert and it's a GREAT concert, with no boring conversations, as you can hear sometimes with music in background (the height of bad taste). People interested by History should rather read a book.

Among all the Rolling Stones' concerts i watched (probably all those available in video) this one is probably one of the best, if not the best.

Finally, having a recent DVD version of this movie i can say the picture is nice and the sound is powerful.

To conclude, i should say, subjectively, that this concert is a contribution in the foundation of my being (more or less...). Hope i convinced someone.