Lightning in a Bottle (2004)

Director:

Antoine Fuqua

Release Date:

5 August 2004 (Germany)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Tagline:

A one night history of the blues

Plot:

Antoine Fuqua's documentary on the blues, shot at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Aerosmith	...	Themselves
Gregg Allman	...	Himself
James Blood Ulmer	...	Himself
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown	...	Himself
Ruth Brown	...	Herself
Solomon Burke	...	Himself
Natalie Cole	...	Herself
Shemekia Copeland	...	Herself
Bill Cosby	...	Himself
Robert Cray	...	Himself
Chuck D.	...	Himself
Dr. John	...	Himself
Honeyboy Edwards	...	Himself
John Fogerty	...	Himself
Macy Gray	...	Herself
Buddy Guy	...	Himself
John Hammond	...	Himself
Levon Helm	...	Himself
India.Arie	...	Herself
David Johansen	...	Himself
Larry Johnson	...	Himself
Angélique Kidjo	...	Herself
B.B. King	...	Himself
Chris Thomas King	...	Himself
Alison Krauss	...	Herself
Lazy Lester	...	Himself
Keb' Mo'	...	Himself
Mic Nuggette	...	Himself
Odetta	...	Herself
Bonnie Raitt	...	Herself
Vernon Reid	...	Himself
Mavis Staples	...	Herself
Hubert Sumlin	...	Himself
Jimmie Vaughan	...	Himself
Kim Wilson	...	Himself

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Runtime:

103 min | Argentina:108 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | Canada:110 min (Ontario)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:PG-13 | Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Radio City Music Hall - 1260 6th Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Vulcan Productions

Quotes:

Hubert Sumlin: We gotta do what we gotta do.

Lightning In A Bottle..... Yes! it's about time.

I rented this DVD tonight, and was extremely impressed with the entire program. An amazing house band led by drummer extrodinare Steve Jordan, backing the absolute cream of the crop of blues legends. Not to mention some surprising performances by some new artists paying homage to the greats of the blues. Being a huge blues fan for at least 25 years, I was shocked to accidentally run across this DVD in my local video store. For one, I didn't even know it had been made..and I was also amazed that our video store had the good taste to stock it on their shelves. My next move is to buy a copy for my own collection. One of the strangest things to me is that some of the best songs on this collection are only found in the bonus tracks and did not make the feature. For example an incredible version of "The Sky Is Crying" by Warren Haynes (one of the greatest white guitarists alive) and the legendary Gregg Allman. Plus some other great gems, from Buddy Guy and others. If you love the blues, do yourself a favor and see this movie. I plan on seeing it many more times myself. A totally inspirational music film for lovers of ANY music. I give it two thumbs up and the rest of my fingers too.