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Director:
Taylor Hackford
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 October 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary | Biography | Music more
Tagline:
The Whole World Knows the Music. Nobody Knows the Man.
Plot:
This documentary covers the concert at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, to celebrate Chuck Berry's sixtieth birthday... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
Hackford's Berry Documentary Wins Top Honors At DVD Awards
 (From WENN. 9 March 2007)
User Comments:
Great Music, Weird and Egocentric Personality more (19 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Chuck Berry ... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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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Additional Details

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Runtime:
120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:PG | Finland:S | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
East St. Louis, Illinois, USA more
Company:
Delilah Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
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. more
Quotes:
Chuck Berry: Don't touch my amp! more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Great Music, Weird and Egocentric Personality, 30 November 2008
8/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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.

Title (Brazil): "Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll"

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