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All Things Must Pass

Original title: All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records
  • 20152015
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 34m
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7.3/10
3.4K
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All Things Must Pass (2015)
A documentary that explores the rise and fall of Tower Records, and its legacy forged by its rebellious founder, Russ Solomon.
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'All Things Must Pass' is a documentary that explores the rise and fall of Tower Records, and its legacy forged by its rebellious founder, Russ Solomon.'All Things Must Pass' is a documentary that explores the rise and fall of Tower Records, and its legacy forged by its rebellious founder, Russ Solomon.'All Things Must Pass' is a documentary that explores the rise and fall of Tower Records, and its legacy forged by its rebellious founder, Russ Solomon.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
3.4K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Colin Hanks
  • Writer
    • Steven Leckart
  • Stars
    • Russ Solomon
    • Michael Solomon
    • Heidi Cotler
  • Director
    • Colin Hanks
  • Writer
    • Steven Leckart
  • Stars
    • Russ Solomon
    • Michael Solomon
    • Heidi Cotler
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 24User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Colin Hanks and Sean M. Stuart at an event for All Things Must Pass (2015)
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    Heidi Cotler at an event for All Things Must Pass (2015)
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    Russ Solomon
    Russ Solomon
    • Self - Founder, Tower Records
    Michael Solomon
    • Self - Russ's Son
    Heidi Cotler
    Heidi Cotler
    • Self - VP of Operations, Tower Books
    Paul Brown
    • Self - Manager, Watt Avenue, Sacramento
    Stan Goman
    • Self - Chief Operating Officer, Tower Worldwide
    Steve Knopper
    • Self - Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone
    David Geffen
    David Geffen
    • Self - Founder, Geffen Records DGC
    Rudy Danzinger
    • Self - VP of Community Relations
    Mike Farrace
    • Self - VP of Marketing, Tower Partners
    Steve Nikkel
    • Self - VP of Worldwide Advertising
    Bruce Springsteen
    Bruce Springsteen
    • Self - Singer-Songwriter
    Mark Viducich
    • Self - Shipping & Receiving Clerk
    Ken Sockolov
    • Self - Store Clerk, Watt Avenue
    Dave Grohl
    Dave Grohl
    • Self - Store Clerk, Washington D. C.
    Bob Delanoy
    • Self - Stan's Neighbor
    Elton John
    Elton John
    • Self - Singer-Songwriter
    • (as Sir Elton John)
    Jim Urie
    • Self - Former President & CEO, Universal Music Group
    Patty Drosins
    • Self - Russ's Wife
    • (as Patti Drosins-Solomon)
    • Director
      • Colin Hanks
    • Writer
      • Steven Leckart
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      To promote the release of the film, the still empty building which once housed the Tower Records on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood had its facade repainted to appear as it once had. This lead to rumors that the store may reopen, but in fact the building had been sold to Gibson Guitars in 2014 with the intention of opening a guitar showroom, while preserving the historic building itself. Not yet ready to open their showroom, Gibson worked with the documentary makers to repaint the building to display the Tower facade. The repaint was planned to be taken down after the premiere party was held inside the empty building, but remained up for over a year while Gibson continued to plan their new store.
    • Goofs
      In the closing credits the Japanese Translator, Kyoko Nishijima, is listed twice.
    • Quotes

      Dave Grohl, Himself: [Describing the cover of Nirvana's "Nevermind" LP] People went to great lengths. Like they'd get that weird foam and cardboard stuff and make a baby and there's a actual dollar bill dangling in front of it and it looks like water behind it. And, you know, when you would see people go to that much trouble for you, for your band, we were just, like, we were just shocked.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Carol Burnett/Colin Hanks/Baio/Abe Laboriel Jr. (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Bless This Morning Year
      Written and Performed by Helios

      Courtesy of Unseen Music LLC.

    User reviews24

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    Featured review
    8/10
    What should a documentary be?
    1. Entertaining, as it seems we do everything either for our entertainment

    or we do something to get something we can trade for entertainment,

    Like money or free time. 2. Informative, so we can come away thinking about something. 3. Well crafted, so the flow is not broken by subtext's material that

    may apply to a character, but not relevant to the subject.

    This documentary is very entertaining, and is a wonderful window into history, albeit a small one. It is human, and very honest. During the time of Tower, the world had space for crazy, human, amazing stuff. The documentary illustrates this very well. Right time, right place, right guy, right idea. It was about freedom then, doing your own thing, being and loving what you do, and the film displays this very well. RUSS SOLOMAN VS. STEVE JOBS...now there is food for thought, although the food might come in a paper sack. We want entertainment, and we are getting it in spades. Was tower depicted as a phenomenon of the times it flourished? Sure, and what evolved from that, and all those young people who had the power of Tower? Whoops.
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    • mikekozel
    • Feb 17, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 16, 2015 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Trailer
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records
    • Production companies
      • Company Name
      • Michaelgion
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $172,394
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $19,001
      • Oct 18, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $172,394
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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