Concert for George (2003) (V)

Director:

David Leland

Release Date:

3 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

George Harrison's friends, family, and bandmates unite for a tribute concert on the one-year anniversary of his death. |

Plot Keywords:

George Harrison | Tribute | Paul Mccartney | The Beatles | Reunion

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Malcolm Abbs
Gary Brooker	...	Himself
Joe Brown	...	Himself
Mark Brown
Sam Brown	...	Herself
Sam Brown
Jim Capaldi	...	Himself
Eric Clapton	...	Himself
Michael Clarke
Carol Cleveland	...	Herself / Best girl
Ray Cooper	...	Himself
Andy Fairweather-Low	...	Himself
Terry Gilliam	...	Himself / Barber / Mountie
Dhani Harrison	...	Himself
Olivia Harrison	...	Herself
Jools Holland	...	Himself
Bob Hunter
Eric Idle	...	Himself / Barber / Mountie
Neil Innes	...	Himself / Barber
Terry Jones	...	Himself / Barber / Mountie
Michael Kamen	...	Himself
Jim Keltner	...	Himself
Kathleen Kissoon	...	Background vocals (as Katie Kissoon)
Albert Lee	...	Himself
Jeff Lynne	...	Himself
Marc Mann	...	Himself
Paul McCartney	...	Himself
Tessa Niles	...	Background vocals
Michael Palin	...	Himself / Bevis
Tom Petty	...	Himself
David Porter Thomas
Billy Preston	...	Himself
Anoushka Shankar	...	Herself
Ravi Shankar	...	Himself
Ringo Starr	...	Himself
Fred Tomlinson
Klaus Voormann	...	Himself
Tom Hanks	...	Mountie (uncredited)
George Harrison	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
David Leland

Produced by
Zennia M. Barahona	....	associate post-production producer
James Bradley	....	line producer
Ray Cooper	....	producer
Craig Fruin	....	associate producer
Olivia Harrison	....	producer
Jon Kamen	....	producer
Frank Scherma	....	associate producer

Film Editing by
Claire Ferguson

Production Design by
Eve Stewart

Art Direction by
Tanya Clark
Tanya Clarke
Sabina Daley
Ed Walsh

Makeup Department
Louise Fisher	....	hair stylist
Louise Fisher	....	makeup artist
Maureen Hetherington	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Mark Cox	....	unit manager
Mike Double	....	production manager
Barry Noakes	....	unit manager
Andy Wild	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Henry Sheldon	....	second assistant director
Mark Sinton	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mark Baldwin	....	scenic painter
Ben Chappel	....	lead developer
Andrew Grant	....	rigging
David Green	....	scenic painter
Bill Howe	....	rigging (as William Howe)
Dean Howe	....	rigging
Dave Lawrence	....	rigging
Karen Mattson	....	designer
Karen Mattson	....	graphic artist
Richard Mills	....	rigging
Andy Moore	....	rigging
Ian Norgate	....	rigging
Steven Pollecutt	....	rigging
Terry Richards	....	rigging
Brian Santalone	....	art implementation
Don Santos	....	rigging
Ivar Wifan	....	rigging

Sound Department
Alan Barker	....	sound recordist
Adam Brown	....	sound transfer
Dave Catlin	....	sound coordinator
Leigh Crisp	....	sound recordist
Brian Cunningham	....	sound transfer
Daniel Dearnley	....	guitar technician
Lee Dickson	....	guitar technician
Alex Goodison	....	assistant sound
Sven Hertens	....	assistant sound
Jon Hose	....	sound recordist
André Jacquemin	....	sound consultant
André Jacquemin	....	sound designer
John Kurlander	....	surround sound consultant
Jeff Lynne	....	sound producer
Garth Marshall	....	sound recordist
Andrew Morris	....	sound recordist
Paul Nickerson	....	sound recordist
Mike Prestwood Smith	....	dubbing mixer
Mike Prestwood Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alan Rogan	....	guitar technician
Will Shapland	....	sound recordist
Alastair Sirkett	....	post-production sound
Alastair Sirkett	....	sound editor
Keith Smith	....	guitar technician
Paul Strudwick	....	assistant sound
Sven Taits	....	dubbing mixer
Ryan Ulyate	....	sound consultant
Ryan Ulyate	....	sound recordist
Nick Watson	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Tom Webster	....	assistant sound
Alan 'Bugs' Weidel	....	guitar technician
Steve Winstead	....	guitar technician
Jason Wormer	....	assistant sound engineer

Visual Effects by
Angus Bickerton	....	visual effects
Bronwyn Edwards	....	technical assistant
Katherine Granger	....	visual effects
Barrie Hemsley	....	visual effects
Dave Houghton	....	visual effects
Jeff North	....	visual effects
Lee Clappison	....	online film editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Barry Ackroyd	....	camera operator
Pete Arias	....	camera operator
Clive Arrowsmith	....	still photographer
Del Bailey	....	lighting technician
Matt Ball	....	assistant camera
Stuart Barell	....	focus puller
Tim Barnes	....	assistant camera
Jeff Baynes	....	camera operator
Barney Bloomfield	....	focus puller
Bruce Bloomfield	....	vision engineer
Reg Boddy	....	electrician
Roy Branch	....	gaffer
Angus Brock	....	camera rigger
Joan Churchill	....	camera operator
Matt Clyde	....	assistant camera
Vernon Connolly	....	electrician
Richard Crawshaw	....	lighting technician
Dave Dearlove	....	camera rigger
Barrie Dodd	....	camera operator
Scott Duhig	....	lighting director
Steve Foster	....	electrician
Jill Furmanovsky	....	still photographer
Theo Garland	....	focus puller
Eugene Grobler	....	electrician
Ryan Hardacre	....	assistant camera
Guy Hazel	....	focus puller
Oliver Hecks	....	still photographer
Tony Hennessey	....	camera rigger
John Higgins	....	gaffer
Gareth Hoskins	....	assistant camera
Simon Hume	....	focus puller
Barry Humphries	....	camera rigger
Andrew Hurst	....	lighting technician
John King	....	electrician
Wayne King	....	electrician
Steve Kitchen	....	electrician
Nicholas D. Knowland	....	camera operator
Casper Leaver	....	camera operator
Chloe Leland	....	camera operator
Ben Lidell	....	assistant camera
John Lynch	....	camera operator
Dave Maxwell	....	lighting designer
Michael McDermott	....	gaffer
Chris Morphet	....	camera operator
Graham Norton III	....	focus puller
Sean O'Mahony	....	still photographer
Darren Pearcey	....	assistant camera
Roger Pratt	....	camera operator
Tim Probert	....	lighting technician
Kate Robinson	....	camera operator
Nick Roylance	....	camera operator
Philip Sindall	....	camera operator
Yvonne Donnelly Smith	....	lighting coordinator
Mat Sunderland	....	assistant camera (as Matthew Sunderland)
Paul Tattersfield	....	electric rigger
Jeff Vine	....	focus puller
Tiffany Walker	....	focus puller
Andrew Worden	....	vision engineer
Richard Young	....	still photographer

Animation Department
Jay Bandlish	....	animator
Jay Miolla	....	title animator
Tim Wilder	....	title animator

Editorial Department
Jay Bandlish	....	on-line editor
Jo Dale	....	assistant editor
Nadia Naimi	....	additional editor
Matthew Streatfield	....	assistant editor
Kai Van Beers	....	colorist
Juliet Yashar	....	assistant editor
Lee Clappison	....	on-line film editor (uncredited)

Music Department
M. Balanchandar	....	musician
Vishwamohan Bhatt	....	musician: guitar
Ron Blair	....	musician: bass guitar
Tanmoy Bose	....	musician
Dave Bronze	....	musician: bass guitar
Andrew Brown	....	musician
Mike Campbell	....	musician: guitar
Jim Capaldi	....	musician: drums
Phil Capaldi	....	musician: drums
Chandrasekhar	....	musician: violin
Roger Chase	....	musician
Eric Clapton	....	musician: guitar
Ray Cooper	....	musician: percussion
Pedro Eustache	....	musician: wind instruments
Andy Fairweather-Low	....	musician: guitar
Steve Ferrone	....	musician: drums
Neil Gauntlett	....	musician: guitar
Steve Hal	....	music mastering
Dhani Harrison	....	musician: guitar
Lynda Houghton	....	musician
Ian Humphries	....	musician
Michael Kamen	....	conductor: orchestra
Michael Kamen	....	music arranger
Jim Keltner	....	musician: drums
John Kurlander	....	music mixer
Albert Lee	....	musician: guitar
The London Metropolitan Orchestra	....	orchestra
Jeff Lynne	....	music mixer
Marc Mann	....	music editor
Marc Mann	....	music mixer
Marc Mann	....	musician: guitar
Zoe Martlew	....	musician
Gaurav Mazumdar	....	musician: sitar
Snehashish Mazumdar	....	musician: mandolin
Ramesh Mishra	....	musician
Kenji Ota	....	musician
Stella Page	....	musician
Barry Phillips	....	musician: cello
Rajendara Prasanna	....	musician
Balu Raghuraman	....	musician: violin
Emil Richards	....	musician: marimba
M.A. Partha Sarathy	....	musician
Tom Scott	....	musician: alto sax
Hari Silvanesan	....	musician
Sivaskti Silvanesan	....	musician
Henry Spinetti	....	musician: drums
Chris Stainton	....	musician: keyboard
Benmont Tench	....	musician: keyboard
Scott Thurston	....	musician: guitar
Scott Thurston	....	musician: harmonica
Ryan Ulyate	....	music mixer
Klaus Voormann	....	musician: bass

Transportation Department
Linton Small	....	driver
Bill Stevenson	....	driver: bus

Other crew
Laurence Adams	....	keyboard technician
Antony Adel	....	epk producer
Bob Adleman	....	business manager
Harry Amies	....	production assistant
Linda Arias	....	artist liaison
Dennis Arnold	....	concert promoter
Violet Astor	....	production assistant
Alan Barker	....	technical advisor
Peter Barnes	....	programmer
Bruce Bloomfield	....	engineer
Paul Boothroyd	....	engineer
Debbie Bray	....	production assistant
Andy Brown	....	contractor
Raife Burchell	....	production assistant
Anthony Chapman	....	interactive director
Diana Cofresi-Terrero	....	production assistant
Christopher Coote	....	production assistant
Jane Darby	....	script supervisor
Carmen DiRienzo	....	vice president
Caroline Eddington	....	funding
Ges Edwards-Webb	....	technical stage manager
Kate Fenhalls	....	production coordinator
Andrew Field	....	keyboard technician
Tom Filin	....	technical supporter
Adrian Fitzpatrick	....	stage crew
Tim Fraser	....	communications and time code
Tim Fraser	....	communications
Yard Gavrilovic	....	drum technician
Terry Golindo	....	personal assistant
Claire Grainger	....	product buyer
James Graley	....	production assistant
India Hammer	....	personal assistant
Mathew Harmer	....	communications
Bill Harrison	....	percussion technician
Genevieve Harrison	....	researcher
Suzana Haugh	....	personal assistant
Jeff Hooper	....	engineer
Jo Illman	....	production assistant
Peter Jackson	....	artist coordinator
Jasmine Jaisinghani	....	funding
Jasmine Jaisinghani	....	representative: Material World Charitable Foundation
Leslie Kriesel	....	copy editor
Ben Kyne	....	production assistant
Denise Larkin	....	production coordinator
Brian Lee	....	technical director
Kerry Lewis	....	monitor engineer
Irene Nash	....	production accountant
Katie Nash	....	production assistant
Alan Pope	....	event manager
Jacqui Pringle	....	production assistant
Dave Ryan	....	stage crew
Ravi Sharman	....	stage technician
Ian Shepherd	....	production assistant
Gary Tobyn	....	cutting room assistant
Kip Trevor	....	personal assistant
Helen Turner	....	production assistant
Andrew Worden	....	engineer

Thanks
Marc Carpenter	....	special thanks
Tony Dimitriades	....	special thanks
Michael Eaton	....	special thanks
William H. Goetzmann	....	special thanks
Tom Hanks	....	special thanks
George Kangis	....	special thanks
Chris Kim	....	special thanks
Paul Loasby	....	special thanks
Roger Saunders	....	special thanks
Nick Valner	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• ArenaPlex LLC
• Radical Media

Distributors

• ArenaPlex LLC (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Music Group (USA)

Other Companies

• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some risque humor

Runtime:

Brazil:146 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Germany:o.Al. | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, London, England, UK

Company:

ArenaPlex LLC

Trivia:

This was the first time that Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr performed together on stage since the breakup of The Beatles.

The love didn't sleep George

I saw this delightful tribute concert to the music and life of George Harrison in the theater when it first came out. This is a good film with a great soundtrack that won a Grammy Award but it only saw a limited run in art house theaters and quickly disappeared from the big screen for DVD release. If it ever comes back around on a big screen somewhere someday see it in it's theatrical glory. Excellent camera work in this film directed by David Leland who was one of the eight directors of the award winning 10 part HBO mini series Band of Brothers and as a screenwriter wrote such films as Mona Lisa. This was filmed as a special tribute concert for George Harrison at the Royal Albert Hall in London on the first year anniversary of his death. Long time inner circle Beatle musician friends led by Eric Clapton take the stage in an evening of music from the career George Harrison. Surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are here as well as musicians who recorded with the Beatles, Billy Preston and Klaus Voorman. Ravi Shankar and his daughter do a set. Harrison's Traveling Wilbury band mates Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty are here as well as long time Harrison musician pals Gary Brooker from Procol Harum and Jim Capaldi from Traffic. Jools Holland from Squeeze and touring and recording utility ax man Albert Lee are here too. Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Michael Palin from Monty Python and Pyton players Carol Cleveland and Neil Innes are joined by actor Tom Hanks for a classic Python sketch song. Longtime Harrison friend and fellow ukulele affection ado Joe Brown closes out the show. George Harrison's son Dhani, looking like a young George Harrison plays guitar among the band on several numbers. There is one moment when Paul Mccartney looks at Dhani and you tell he notices the resemblance to his father from the Beatles days and he tries for a second to get his attention during the song so they can share a microphone like Paul and George would often do as Beatles but Dhani is concentrating so hard on his fingerboard that he doesn't quite get what Paul is implying and the song rolls on and the moment is lost. Jeff Lynne produced the concert audio. Eric Clapton is the musical director.

In his role as musical director it reminded me of when Eric Clapton married George Harrison's ex-wife Patti Boyd. At the wedding reception there was a stage set up with amps and instruments and Harrison asked Clapton who the band was. Clapton said, you are. Harrison laughed and said I am? Clapton just said, yeah, look around there are nothing but musicians here so I'm sure you can find enough to make a band out of. Harrison was hesitant but he went up to Paul Mccartney and told him what Clapton instructed him to do. McCartney put down his plate of food and said, lets do it. Harrison must have looked down from beyond at the Concert for George and smiled as to how Clapton was now in charge of putting together the musicians. I would give this a 9.0 out of 10.