The Love We Make (2011) (TV)

Directors:

Bradley Kaplan
Albert Maysles

Release Date:

10 September 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

A chronicle of Paul McCartney's cathartic journey through New York City in the aftermath of 9/11

Plot:

In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, Paul McCartney travels through the streets of New York and organizes a benefit concert. |

Cast

Rusty Anderson	...	Himself
Backstreet Boys	...	Themselves
Jon Bon Jovi	...	Himself
David Bowie	...	Himself
Steve Buscemi	...	Himself
Jim Carrey	...	Himself
Eric Clapton	...	Himself
Bill Clinton	...	Himself
Sheryl Crow	...	Herself
Billy Crystal	...	Himself
Destiny's Child	...	Themselves
Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Himself
Melissa Etheridge	...	Herself
Jimmy Fallon	...	Himself
Will Ferrell	...	Himself
Harrison Ford	...	Himself
Michael J. Fox	...	Himself
Buddy Guy
Salma Hayek	...	Herself
Mick Jagger	...	Himself
Jay-Z	...	Himself
Billy Joel	...	Himself
Elton John	...	Himself
Kid Rock	...	Himself
Abraham Laboriel Jr.	...	Himself
Paul McCartney	...	Himself
Stella McCartney	...	Herself
George Pataki	...	Himself
Dan Rather	...	Himself
Brian Ray	...	Himself
Keith Richards	...	Himself
Richie Sambora	...	Himself
Paul Shaffer	...	Himself
Howard Stern	...	Himself
James Taylor	...	Himself
Barbara Walters	...	Herself
Harvey Weinstein	...	Himself
The Who	...	Themselves
Paul Wickens	...	Himself

Directed by
Bradley Kaplan
Albert Maysles

Produced by
Laura Coxson	....	producer
Susan Frömke	....	producer (as Susan Froemke)
Bradley Kaplan	....	producer
Ian Markiewicz	....	producer
Paul McCartney	....	executive producer
Katie Sorohan	....	producer

Cinematography by
Albert Maysles

Film Editing by
Ian Markiewicz		(edited by)

Production Management
Marcelo Gandola	....	post-production manager
Joe Hobaica	....	post-production supervisor

Sound Department
Martin Czembor	....	supervising sound editor
Mariusz Glabinski	....	sound editor
Andrew Kris	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Wahnon	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Nick Canfield	....	assistant camera
Sean Price Williams	....	additional cinematography

Editorial Department
John Diesso	....	digital conform

Music Department
Martin Czembor	....	music editor
Chris Robertson	....	music clearances

Other crew
Thomas James Bond	....	production office manager

Production Companies

• Maysles Films
• MPL Communications

Distributors

• UPLINK Company (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Showtime Networks (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Yamaha Music & Visuals (2011) (Japan) (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Japan:G | Singapore:PG13

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Maysles Films

Behind the Scenes Look at McCartney and NYC

Love We Make, The (2011)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Terrific documentary from Bradley Kaplan and Albert Maysles follows Paul McCartney as he prepares for The Concert for New York, the benefit for the victims of the 9/11 attacks. The film starts off a couple weeks before the main event as McCartney shares where he was when the attacks happened and then we follow him as he hits a variety of talk shows. The film closes with behind the scenes footage of the benefit concert where we get countless stars including The Who, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Leonardo DiCaprio, Howard Stern, James Taylor and many more. THE LOVE WE MAKE works on a number of levels but I think its biggest fans are going to be McCartney nuts. This is a pretty interesting little documentary as we see him walking around New York, meeting the police and fireman but also just walking around talking to fans. In some of the films best moments we see McCartney walking down the street where one or two people notice him, start asking for autographs and before long more people start to show up. Even stranger is a sequence where McCartney feels that he's being followed by a couple people and it really does seem as if he's worried something bad's going to happen. We get a number of behind the scenes footage from various interviews he gave during this period including those to Access Hollywood, E! News and the Howard Stern show where we even get to see him meeting Ozzy Osbourne. The benefit concert is something I'm sure most people have already seen but we do get some musical performances by The Who, Bon Jovi, Clapton, Taylor, Joel & John and of course McCartney. The behind the scenes footage here is pretty priceless as we get to see the celebrities talking to one another back stage and we get a pretty funny bit with Bill Clinton talking about the 60's children. There's certainly a lot of mention of 9/11 but I think the real focus here is on McCartney, which some might object to but I think this is a very respectful document of the events after 9/11 and how this concert came to be.