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The Rolling Stones: Cocksucker Blues

Original title: Cocksucker Blues
  • 19721972
  • 1h 33m
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6.3/10
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The Rolling Stones: Cocksucker Blues (1972)
  • Documentary
  • Music
Follow the Rolling Stones on their 1972 North American Tour and their first return to the States since the tragedy at Altamont.Follow the Rolling Stones on their 1972 North American Tour and their first return to the States since the tragedy at Altamont.Follow the Rolling Stones on their 1972 North American Tour and their first return to the States since the tragedy at Altamont.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
828
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  • Director
    • Robert Frank
  • Stars
    • Truman Capote
    • Dick Cavett
    • Marshall Chess
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  • Director
    • Robert Frank
  • Stars
    • Truman Capote
    • Dick Cavett
    • Marshall Chess
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    • 20Critic reviews
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    Truman Capote
    Truman Capote
    • Self
    Dick Cavett
    Dick Cavett
    • Self
    Marshall Chess
    • Self
    Chris Collins
    • Connection
    Ahmet Ertegun
    Ahmet Ertegun
    • Self
    Steve Geolke
    • Self - Make-Up Man
    Nicky Hopkins
    • Self
    Bianca Jagger
    Bianca Jagger
    • Self
    Mick Jagger
    Mick Jagger
    • Self
    Bobby Keys
    Bobby Keys
    • Self
    • (as Bobby Keyes)
    Otto Levine
    • Self - Producer
    Jim Price
    • Self
    Lee Radziwill
    Lee Radziwill
    • Self
    • (as Princess Radziwill)
    Keith Richards
    Keith Richards
    • Self
    The Rolling Stones
    The Rolling Stones
    • Themselves
    Peter Rudge
    • Self - Commander
    Danny Seymour
    • Junky Soundman
    • (as Daniel Ceymore)
    Danny Seymour
    • Self - Photographer…
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      • Robert Frank
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    • Trivia
      The Rolling Stones were upset by this film's portrayal of them and sued to prevent its release. The film is under a court order that only allows it to be shown once a year with director Robert Frank present in person.
    • Connections
      Featured in 25x5: The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      You Can't Always Get What You Want
      Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

      Performed by The Rolling Stones

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    Flashy RnR candy has dark center
    'Cocksucker Blues' is a cinema-verite style time capsule, filmed by American photographer Robert Frank, who functions as a sort of fly on the dressing room wall, so to speak. As such, comparisons to any other existing "rockumentary" are pointless.

    The film is essentially a collection of real life situations captured during the Rolling Stones' infamous 1972 U.S. tour, when their celebrity status had reached critical mass. Viewers are sucked into the band's fishbowl existence, travelling from jet to hotel to venue, spending time, in many cases, in a surprisingly un-glamorous fashion.

    If nothing else, the film lets the fan into the eye of the storm; the band's onstage performances are repeatedly set in contrast with their travelling constraints, while around them both the media and the public continually orbit in a veritable feeding frenzy.

    The viewers' realization of what is the general event-less reality of a rock band's actual offstage touring experience--even more pointed, given the Stones' worldwide notoriety--makes the live musical highlights all the more impressive, and reveals insight into why no hotel room t.v. is safe from any rock band who can (or, sometimes, can't) pay for what they destroy.

    The band's treadmill lifestyle, coupled with the fact that the group is all but isolated from their fans lends perspective to why touring bands tend to indulge in random acts of destruction, self and otherwise. Possibly the most inane segment of the film is the backstage presence of seriously unwelcome hangers on such as writer Truman Capote and Princess Lee Radziwill, tabloid-style jet setters for whom the Stones are merely the Flavour of the Week, their dressing room another place to be "seen".

    Obviously, a tour film's main appeal is to the fans of the group. In the case of the Rolling Stones, their inner sanctum is harder to reach than almost any other, and considering the mythology that has built up around the band over the last 30 years, they deserve credit for having the courage to reveal their private world, warts and all.

    Anyone who has seen the film can understand why it has never seen official release, and probably never will. And that just makes 'Cocksucker Blues' an even bigger treat for true fans of the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World. See it if you can; regardless of its' flaws, it's still an amazing document of yet another turbulent period in the amazing lifespan of this remarkably resilient band.
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      • April 1979 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
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      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
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    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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