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Pearl Jam Twenty

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
8.3K
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Pearl Jam in Pearl Jam Twenty (2011)
A documentary on Pearl Jam that marks their 20th anniversary as a band.
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A documentary on the band Pearl Jam that marks their 20th anniversary in the year 2011.A documentary on the band Pearl Jam that marks their 20th anniversary in the year 2011.A documentary on the band Pearl Jam that marks their 20th anniversary in the year 2011.

  • Director
    • Cameron Crowe
  • Writer
    • Cameron Crowe
  • Stars
    • Eddie Vedder
    • Stone Gossard
    • Jeff Ament
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Cameron Crowe
    • Writer
      • Cameron Crowe
    • Stars
      • Eddie Vedder
      • Stone Gossard
      • Jeff Ament
    • 21User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
    • 59Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    Eddie Vedder
    Eddie Vedder
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    Stone Gossard
    • Self
    Jeff Ament
    Jeff Ament
    • Self
    Cameron Crowe
    Cameron Crowe
    • Self
    Matt Cameron
    • Self
    Mike McCready
    Mike McCready
    • Self
    Kenneth 'Boom' Gaspar
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Jack Irons
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Dave Krusen
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Matt Chamberlain
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Dave Abbruzzese
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Chris Cornell
    Chris Cornell
    • Self
    The U-Men
    • Themselves
    • (archive footage)
    Susan Silver
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Mother Love Bone
    Mother Love Bone
    • Themselves
    • (archive footage)
    Andrew Wood
    Andrew Wood
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Temple of the Dog
    Temple of the Dog
    • Themselves
    • (archive footage)
    Soundgarden
    Soundgarden
    • Themselves
    • (archive footage)
    • Director
      • Cameron Crowe
    • Writer
      • Cameron Crowe
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    10kevin_parks

    Perfect film for Pearl Jam fans!

    I'm a fan club member... and just a huge huge fan of the band. Been a fan for a very long time.

    This film is as good as it gets for Pearl Jam fans! I saw this at TIFF. And I can honestly say I was never disappointed about any part of this film.

    It captures the essence of the band perfectly with a very good and subtle amount of humour.

    I'm going to see this again in theatres.. and oh MY I cannot wait until this is released on Blu-Ray / DVD.

    A Must see for any Pearl Jam fan... and any fan of rock music for that matter.

    Cheers
    8tomgillespie2002

    Informative, moving and passionate

    Twenty years after Pearl Jam's debut album Ten took the music world by storm, Cameron Crowe directs this documentary that chronicles and celebrates the band's history, impact and longevity. Crowe starts way back in 1988 when guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament were part of Mother Love Bone, a band that were popular due to singer Andy Wood's charismatic personality and song writing talent. After Wood's overdose and untimely death, Gossard and Ament founded Pearl Jam, along with the hugely talented singer Eddie Vedder and lead guitarist Mike McCready. The band went on to be one of the most successful bands of the 90's, and were seen as the natural rivals of fellow 'grunge' band Nirvana.

    Crowe's documentary is hugely detailed, combining the standard talking heads with old interview footage, home video, and concert footage. Crowe apparently worked his way through 12,000 hours of footage of the band for the film. It was well worth it, as we get to see rare, grainy footage of Wood's exciting performances with Mother Love Bone, as well as the extremely moving performances by Vedder and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell as part of Wood tribute group Temple of the Dog. The talking heads are no mere conduits that progress the film along, they are as informative and moving as the performances, as Vedder and Cornell, especially, open up and give tearful recollections.

    It also covers the band's battle with ticket giant Ticketmaster, and how they objected to the fact that their fans were getting ripped off just to see a live band. It shows Pearl Jam as one of the few bands that remember their roots and are a dying breed. It was strange for me to watch this film, viewing the likes of Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Soundgarden as part of music history. I grew up with my old brother listening to the music, so I remember the whole 'grunge' craze quite well. I really only remember stripy shirts and long hair, but Pearl Jam Twenty reminded me of how good the music actually was. This is a must-see for fans of the band or the era, or for those enjoy an involving documentary. Crowe clearly knows his s**t (he was a journalist for Rolling Stone after all) and his passionate touch is all over it.

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    9dhsvincent

    Great Rockumentary

    I have been a fan on Pearl Jam for years. I was 18 when the Seattle scene broke, so Pearl Jam became the soundtrack of my young adult years.

    I was a bit leery of this movie, as it could have really have turned me off the band depending on how it all went down. I was sitting on the edge of my seat the whole movie. The crowd singing the song "Better Man", brought tears to my eyes. You really get an idea of how fast the band became huge, and the problems they had keeping their "art" rather than their business. I have gained a greater appreciation for this rock band, and it just made me a bigger fan

    Simply put, Pearl Jam "10" one of the greatest rock records ever, and Pearl jam "20" one of the greatest rock movies ever
    10DICK STEEL

    A Nutshell Review: Pearl Jam 20

    I have to admit I'm not what you will call a fanatical worshipper of Pearl Jam's music enough to compel me to watch what would be THE documentary this season with a single session, simultaneous screening around the world where PJ fans will likely already have made a beeline for. Instead, I'm a bigger fan of writer-director Cameron Crowe than the subject matter of his documentary (ok, so this sounds a little bit blasphemous), given that it's been years since we last saw a Cameron Crowe film hit the theatres, although that wait will soon be over by the end of this year with the release of We Bought a Zoo.

    Pearl Jam 20 chronicles the beginnings of the band back in the year 1989 where Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard came together after the demise of their band Mother Love Bone, and like all successful bands that came before it, was subjected to recruiting and changing of members until the perfect chemistry was achieved, culminating with frontman Eddie Vedder, with his distinct growling voice, joining the band, and together put alternative grunge music on the radar of music everywhere. Sure there were many others in the same vein since the 90s was the era where this sound had taken the world by storm, with what would possibly be the largest rivals to Nirvana before Kurt Cobain's passing.

    You can probably read a lot more details on the band from its Wikipage, and Cameron Crowe's film digs through large treasure troves of archival footage from television newsreels to more independent, off the cuff capture of the band's early years, that we get to witness the second earliest band performance ever and plenty of other home made videos that expectedly get pixelated for the big screen. Crowe's background as a music journalist being a tremendous factor in the crafting of this film, where in lesser hands would have been relegated to the standard talking heads interviews, and to stuff the film with chock full of music videos and live performances from the band's tours around the world.

    Instead, Crowe provides the narration, and shares interesting nuggets of information through what would be a largely chronological format without overwhelmingly bombarding the audience with too much information. Being on close terms with all the band members and collaborators also allowed for unfettered access to more intimate and honest interview answers, with the utilizing of milestones in the band's career to timestamp the feature, including their courtroom lawsuit with Ticketmaster. But with everything crammed into two hours, expect some areas of focus to be skimmed through as Crowe paced his documentary at breakneck speed to cover as much ground as possible, mixing it up quite a bit with comedy, pathos, and allowing the many visuals both moving and static to breathe and tell a story.

    It's about the capture of a phase of growing up, where looking around I see folks around my age group (or older) who had grown with the band in the 90s when we were in our teens where music played a large part in our lives, as we shift through the sands of time with the identification of many songs from the band's discography, where I didn't even realize that Daughter was supposed to be called Brother initially, and listening to Vedder actually sing it that way during a practice on the tour bus, is reason enough amongst others why fans just have to watch this, and perhaps reminisce the times where they had seen their idols perform on stage during one of the many concert tours done worldwide at the peak of their popularity.

    And that is if a theatrical release gets secured soon, which I suspect would be the case given the sold out, one off screening. Watch for it!
    10kisp_1

    Gave it a 10 and am not a PJ fan

    I can honestly say that I'm not an avid Pearl Jam fan. Yes, I owned "TEN" when I was a kid in 6th grade, and songs such as "Betterman" and "Immortality" always make it to my iPod, but I was never a traditional fan as I am of other bands such as The Cure.

    I am, however, a huge fan of documentaries. Especially those that bring to surface the deep rooted emotions and thoughts as expressed by the subjects interviewed without the facade of flashy lights and glitter. Which is why I love documentaries by Errol Morris, the Maysles brothers, and Hubert Sauper. (that is also why I despise Moore, Herzog, and Spurlock.... too much glitter.) But Crowe manages to balance the depth of the interviews and story, if you will, with entertainment. At the end of the documentary I wanted more. I felt it was too short. Plus, it helped one appreciate the artistic value of Pearl Jam. So much so, that later that day I ended up logging into iTunes and purchasing Pearl Jam's greatest hits album. It's been playing on my iPod ever since.

    This documentary made Pearl Jam what they have always been..... human. It was moving when Eddie Veddar expressed how he feels to this day when he sings "Black", and so on. It takes these renown Rock stars and places them in your living room as the type of people you can hang-out with and talk about history and music for a couple of hours..... it was a fantastic documentary, and I recommend it to anyone. Even if you are not a fan of Pearl Jam...

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    • Trivia
      When asked how he felt about the film, bassist Jeff Ament claimed he felt uncomfortable with how often he used profanity on camera.
    • Goofs
      Eddie Vedder dedicates a performance to Kurt Cobain and the date is given as "April 8th, 1994 - The Day Kurt Died". This may appear as a goof, as in some places it is mentioned that Kurt Cobain died on April 5th 1994.

      Both dates are relevant: April 8th is the day Kurt Cobain was discovered dead. The coroner established that he had died on April 5th.
    • Quotes

      Mike McCready: [about Andrew Wood, singer of Mother Love Bone] He would do something like go to The Central Tavern when there was 25 people there. He play it like it was The Colosseum. "To all you people in the back!" And there's like... the guy at the door.

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    • Release date
      • October 21, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 珍珠果醬20周年紀念電影
    • Filming locations
      • Seattle, Washington, USA
    • Production companies
      • Tremolo Productions
      • Vinyl Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $471,334
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $102,448
      • Sep 25, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $471,334
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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