The life and work of the enigmatic singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson.
Tag: rock ‘n’ roll
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U2: From the Sky Down
This documentary film is about the making of U2’s Achtung Baby. In 2011, U2 returned to Hansa Studios in Berlin to discuss the making of Achtung Baby. This film is directed by Davis Guggenheim. Screened in the UK as part of the BBC’s Imagine series, this film was the first ever documentary to open the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival. Included is bonus footage of “So Cruel,” “Love is Blindness,” and “The Fly” shot in May 2010 during the band’s visit to Hansa Studios to mark the 20th anniversary of Achtung Baby. Also included is a Q&A with Bono, The Edge, and Davis Guggenheim filmed at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2011.
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Queen: Days of Our Lives
In 1971, four college students got together to form a rock band. Since then, that certain band called Queen have released 26 albums and sold over 300 million records worldwide. The popularity of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon is stronger than ever 40 years on. But it was no bed of roses. No pleasure cruise. Queen had their share of kicks in the face, but they came through and this is how they did it, set against the backdrop of brilliant music and stunning live performances from every corner of the globe. In this film, for the first time, it is the band that tells their story. Featuring brand new interviews with the band and unseen archive footage (including their recently unearthed, first ever TV performance), it is a compelling story told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humor and painful honesty.
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The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll
In this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that compels them to face their past, present, and future. Rocker Spyder, whose debut album was a huge hit saw his follow-on album bomb, causing him to retreat to his small hometown and give up. Seven years later, 27-year-old Spyder reconnects with his long-lost best friend and writer of his debut album Eric, son of a late great punk rock guitar legend, who has long settled into the sedate life of a suburban middle school music teacher. The reunion forces the two to recall their youthful ambitions and re-examine the choices they’ve made.
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This Must Be the Place
A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father’s tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.
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The Salvation Poem
Pablo Olivares is a lively and talented child born into a Christian family. His mother, Carmen, devotes her time to teach him biblical principles and cultivates in him a love for music. His father, Roberto, spends most of his time working, which keeps him busy and distant from Pablo’s life. Because of his father’s emotional absence, Pablo gets involved with friends who introduce him to the world of rock n’ roll, and becomes captivated by occultism. His musical talents are evident, and even though Carmen believes in him, rock is something that she will not condone. The pain caused by his father’s absence and his mother’s rejection of his dreams, incite in this young man a hate which he slowly directs towards Carmen and the religion she professes. Driven by his ambitions of success, Pablo makes a pact with the devil. Carmen does everything she can to re-establish her relationship with her son, and faithful to her beliefs, she prays earnestly for him for more than fourteen years.
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Vinyl
In 1970s New York, jaded record exec Richie Finestra tries to resurrect his failing label and fractured personal life while keeping his finger on the pulse of the city’s new sound.
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The Rolling Stones: From the Vault – The Marquee Club 1971
‘From The Vault’ is a series of live concerts from The Rolling Stones archive which are getting their first official release. ‘The Marquee Live In 1971’ is the latest addition to the series. The show was filmed at London’s legendary Marquee club on March 26th 1971, shortly after the finish of the band’s 1971 UK tour and about a month before the release of the ‘Sticky Fingers’ album in late April. Mick Taylor was now fully integrated into the group and the band had used the tour to showcase some of the tracks from the forthcoming album. The show at the Marquee was filmed for American television and four songs from the ‘Sticky Fingers’ album were featured, including the rarely performed ‘I Got The Blues’. The footage has now been carefully restored and the sound has been newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain for this first official release of the show.
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Love & Mercy
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson stops touring, produces “Pet Sounds” and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
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Rock Dog
When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.