This documentary movie covers two concerts at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, to celebrate Chuck Berry's 60th birthday, and also discusses his life and career.
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| Chuck Berry | ... | Himself | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Ingrid Berry | ... | Herself |
| Eric Clapton | ... | Himself | |
| Robert Cray | ... | Himself | |
| Bo Diddley | ... | Himself | |
| Ahmet Ertegun | ... | Himself - DVD only | |
| Don Everly | ... | Himself | |
| Phil Everly | ... | Himself | |
| Etta James | ... | Herself | |
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Johnnie Johnson | ... | Himself |
| Steve Jordan | ... | Himself | |
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Bobby Keys | ... | Himself |
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Chuck Leavell | ... | Himself |
| John Lennon | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Julian Lennon | ... | Himself | |
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St. Louis, Missouri. For Chuck Berry's 60th birthday, Keith Richards assembles a pickup band of Robert Cray, Joey Spampinato, Eric Clapton, himself, and longtime pianist Johnnie Johnson. Joined on stage by Etta James, Linda Ronstadt and Julian Lennon, Berry performs his classic rock songs. His abilities as a composer, lyricist, singer, musician and entertainer are on display and, in behind-the-scenes interviews, are discussed by Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, the Everly Brothers, Bruce Springsteen and others. There's even a rarity for Berry, a rehearsal. Archival footage from the early 1950s and a duet with John Lennon round out this portrait of a master. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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9 October 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Shot in 1986, not released until 1987. See more »Quotes
Bo Diddley: It became seperated. Suddenly, what they did was rock and roll and what we did was rhythm and blues.See more »
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Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll/Like Father Like Son/Baby Boom/Big Shots/Matewan (1987) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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If you hear anything bad about this documentary, stop listening. If you don't smile while watching the concert footage, you don't love rock 'n' roll. Betty is a complicated, intelligent, real human being with all the frailties that includes...but he is a generous showman who personifies rock music. If there was any doubt who the father of rock 'n' roll was, with all due respect to the King, there is none after watching this absorbing, if incomplete, biopic about Chuck Berry. Don't rent it - buy it. Today.