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9 October 1987 (USA)
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The Whole World Knows the Music. Nobody Knows the Man.
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This documentary covers the concert at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, to celebrate Chuck Berry's sixtieth birthday...
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Great Music, Weird and Egocentric Personality
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Chuck Berry | ... | Himself | |
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| Ingrid Berry | ... | Herself | |
| Eric Clapton | ... | Himself | |
| Robert Cray | ... | Himself | |
| Bo Diddley | ... | Himself | |
| Ahmet Ertegun | ... | Himself - DVD only | |
| Don Everly | ... | Himself | |
| Phil Everly | ... | Himself | |
| Etta James | ... | Herself | |
| Johnnie Johnson | ... | Himself | |
| Steve Jordan | ... | Himself | |
| Bobby Keys | ... | Himself | |
| Chuck Leavell | ... | Himself | |
| John Lennon | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Julian Lennon | ... | Himself | |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | ... | Himself - DVD only | |
| Little Richard | ... | Himself | |
| Roy Orbison | ... | Himself - DVD only | |
| Keith Richards | ... | Himself | |
| Robbie Robertson | ... | Himself - DVD only | |
| Linda Ronstadt | ... | Herself | |
| Joey Spampinato | ... | Himself - Bass Player (Bass Player) | |
| Bruce Springsteen | ... | Himself | |
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120 min
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The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce voted to give Chuck Berry a star on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame a couple of years before this film was made. The star was never dedicated because nobody was willing to step forward to pay for it. In order to help promote the film, Universal Pictures paid for the star and it was dedicated the same week the film was released.
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Chuck Berry:
Don't touch my amp!
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On October, 18th 1986, on the sixtieth birthday of Chuck Berry, there was a concert at the Fox Theater in his hometown Saint Louis. This documentary highlights some of the best moments of this concert, with footages of Chuck Berry playing his famous songs with a unique band composed by Keith Richards, Johnnie Johnson, Bobby Keys and other great musicians and the participation of Linda Ronstadt, Julian Lennon, Robert Cray, Eric Clapton and Etta James among others famous guests. In this tribute, there are also many interviews and archive footages with Chuck Berry's parents and siblings, and artists like Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bruce Springsteen, Roy Orbinson, Keith Richards, The Everly Brothers, John Lennon, Eric Clapton among others. There are many compliments, praise and recognition of his magnificent work from the interviewees; however there are also many obscure moments that deconstruct the idol. For example, Bruce Springsteen tells about Chuck Berry's concern with money and no rehearsal with the unknown local pick up bands before his gigs without any respect to the audiences and fans. Keith Richards is extremely ambiguous, and tells about the free physical aggression he suffered from Chuck Berry; and playing out of the rehearsed tune. Further, I understood that some of his famous songs actually were composed by Johnnie Johnson, and the keys adapted by Chuck Berry to the guitar. He manipulates many questions, like for example for his wife, and never mentions that he went to jail for tax evasion. Therefore it is a wonderful documentary of Chuck Berry as a player and singer; but regarding his behavior out of stage, I would dare to write that he seems to have at least a weird and egocentric personality. Therefore better off would be watching the concert without the additional footages. My vote is eight.
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