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Genres:
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Documentary /
Music
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Director:
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Martin Scorsese
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Actors:
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Charlie Watts,
Jack White,
Christina Aguilera,
Buddy Guy,
Ron Wood,
Darryl Jones,
Chuck Leavell,
Bobby Keys,
Bernard Fowler,
Lisa Fischer,
Blondie Chaplin,
Tim Ries,
Kent Smith,
Mick Jagger,
Keith Richards
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Duration:
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113 min.
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Rating:
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(7.3/10)98
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Plot Summary:
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In autumn 2006 the Rolling Stones gave two concerts at Beacon Amphitheatre in New York. Here, in the 2,800-seater old Broadway acting that opened in 1928, we engagement living legends Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts. an fanatical audience that includes Hillary and Tally Clinton, the Stones present their clout songs as sumptuously as less known numbers. Visitor appea??rances include Christina Aguilera, blues legends Buddy Cat and Jack White.
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Shine a Light
The Rolling Stones in concert, directed by Martin Scorsese
At its premiere, Mick Jagger joked that Shine A Light was the first Martin Scorsese picture not to feature the Rolling Stones' 'Gimme Shelter'. Actually 'only' three films have (most recently The Departed, which introduced Jack Nicholson's villain to the song's apocalyptic riff), but Jagger's wry gag rang true. From Mean Streets, with Robert De Niro's slow-motion, cock-of-the-walk bar entrance set to 'Jumpin' Jack Flash', to Performance's 'Memo From Turner' and 'Monkey Man' from 'Let It Bleed' scoring Ray Liotta's coke-fuelled paranoia in GoodFellas, the Stones have underwritten more of Scorsese's dark drama than any other band. Effectively he's been directing their music for years.
Scorsese...
Still the greatest
I recently watched the DVD, having hired it from my local DVD hire shop. The Stones are the greatest rock group ever and this concert shows why. The supporting stars and the backing group does them proud. Nearly two hours of sheer enjoyment and a must to buy.
I have given this a rating of 5, would have been higher if possible.
Shine a Light
Elysa GardnerLet's face it: Plenty of senior citizens are better dancers than Mick Jagger. Strutting around the stage of New York's Beacon Theatre in Shine a Light, Martin Scorsese's documentary highlighting the Rolling Stones' 2006 shows at the relatively intimate venue, Jagger, who turns 65 in July, alternately resembles a hyperactive aerobics instructor and a guy who has had one too many at a karaoke bar. That doesn't matter, of course, to fans who grew up and have grown older with the Stones. For Jagger and his cohorts, with the possible exception of drummer Charlie Watts, aging gracefully has never been part of the game plan. The band has sustained its living legend by denying age altogether, thus enabling baby boomers to also enjoy eternal youth, at lea...
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