Stones in Exile (2010)A look at the creation and impact of the 1972 Rolling Stones album "Exile on Main St." Director:Stephen Kijak |
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Stones in Exile (2010)A look at the creation and impact of the 1972 Rolling Stones album "Exile on Main St." Director:Stephen Kijak |
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| The Rolling Stones | ... |
Themselves
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| Mick Jagger | ... |
Himself
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| Keith Richards | ... |
Himself
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| Charlie Watts | ... |
Himself
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| Bill Wyman | ... |
Himself
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| Mick Taylor | ... |
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Marshall Chess | ... |
Himself
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| Sheryl Crow | ... |
Herself
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| Benicio Del Toro | ... |
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| Caleb Followill | ... |
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Ashli Haynes | ... |
Singer
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Andy Johns | ... |
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| Anita Pallenberg | ... |
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| Liz Phair | ... |
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| Martin Scorsese | ... |
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In 1971, to get breathing room from tax and management problems, the Stones go to France. Jimmy Miller parks a recording truck next to Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg's Blue Coast villa, and by June the band is in the basement a few days at a time. Upstairs, heroin, bourbon, and visitors are everywhere. The Stones, other musicians and crew, Pallenberg, and photographer Dominique Tarle, plus old clips and photos and contemporary footage, provide commentary on the album's haphazard construction. By September, the villa is empty; Richards and Jagger complete production in LA. "Exile on Main Street" is released to mediocre reviews that soon give way to lionization. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
This documentary of the so-called 'making' of the great Stones' Album Exile on Main Street is a tedious and totally unconvincing and disappointing bit of science fictionalized fluff Having lived the early 70's in much the same way as the band and the hanger's on I failed to find a logical moment in the almost 50 minutes of this wingefest Much whining about conditions??? It was 1971 and life was wonderful if you had the money and the drugs and the women and the music The film is ludicrous and the statements are out of context A poor piece of work about a great band is only partially saved by the music Save 50 minutes of your life and listen to the album whilst watching the documentary-without the sound.........