Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)

A film shot over during a two-night performance by Neil Young at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

Director:

Jonathan Demme

Stars:

Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Ben Keith

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Neil Young	...	Himself
Emmylou Harris	...	Herself
Ben Keith	...	Himself
Spooner Oldham	...	Himself
Rick Rosas	...	Himself
Karl T. Himmel	...	Himself (as Karl Himmel)
Chad Cromwell	...	Himself
Wayne Jackson	...	Himself
Pegi Young	...	Herself
Grant Boatwright	...	Himself
Diana DeWitt	...	Herself
Gary W. Pigg	...	Himself (as Gary Pigg)
Anthony Crawford	...	Himself
Tom McGinley	...	Himself
Jimmy Sharp	...	Himself

Storyline

A film shot over during a two-night performance by Neil Young at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

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Plot Keywords:

ryman auditorium | punctuation in title | country music | folk music | song | 

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Taglines:

From the director of one of the greatest music movies ever - The Talking Heads' STOP MAKING SENSE

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Genres:

Documentary | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some drug-related lyrics

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 May 2006 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Prairie Wind

Filming Locations:

Ryman Auditorium - 116 5th Avenue N., Downtown, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$53,908 (USA) (10 February 2006)

Gross:

$1,827,544 (USA) (14 July 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Clinica Estetico, Playtone, Shakey Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Grant Boatwright plays Neil's 1953 Les Paul during "No Wonder". This is the only song to feature an electric guitar in the film.

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Goofs

Several times in the film and bonus material, Neil's Martin D-45 is referred as a "B-45" when subtitled.

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Crazy Credits

Closing dedication: for daddy

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Connections

Referenced in Heart of Gold: 'Rehearsal Diaries' (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Here For You"
Written by Neil Young

User Reviews

As it gets for a film of this genre

I've seen this film twice and must say that, with Heart of Gold, Jonathan Demme has created the definitive Neil Young concert - this is as good as Neil Young gets and Demme has captured him perfectly. Neil Young fans and those who are turned on to him by this film will probably want to buy the DVD when it comes out. But see it in a theater if you can - production values are extremely high (this is no amateurish production), camera work (particularly the close up camera work) is among the best I have ever seen, the editing is superb, and the content is as good as it gets for a film of this genre.

Although I've been a Demme fan for years, I was lukewarm about Neil Young before seeing this film - count me as a big Neil Young fan now too. Jonathan, if you are reading this - any chance you could capture Stephen Stills one of these days?