Gimme Shelter

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Gimme Shelter

Directors:
Charlotte Zwerin , Albert Maysles , David Maysles
91 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

Called "the greatest rock film ever made," this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When 300,000 members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hell's Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, direct cinema pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin immortalized on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment.

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Runtime:
91 min.

Genre:
Documentary

Country:
UNITED STATES

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

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SPECIAL FEATURES: 

  • Breathtaking new high-definition transfer of the uncensored 30th Anniversary version, remastered and restored from the camera original
  • Exclusive Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround sound mixes
  • Never - before - seen performances of the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1969, including "Little Queenie," "Oh Carol," and "Prodigal Son," plus backstage outtakes
  • Audio commentary by directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, and collaborator Stanley Goldstein
  • Excerpts from KSAN Radio's Altamont wrap - up, recorded December 7, 1969, with new introductions by then - DJ, Stefan Ponek
  • Altamont stills gallery, featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower
  • "The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and GIMME SHELTER": A 44 - page booklet with essays by Jagger's former assistant Georgia Bergman, music writers Michael Lydon and Stanley Booth, ex - Oakland Hell's Angels chapter head Sonny Barger, and film critics Amy Taubin and Godfrey Cheshire
  • Original and re - release theatrical trailers, plus trailers for Maysles Films' classics Grey Gardens and Salesman
  • Filmographies for Maysles Films and Charlotte Zwerin
  • Restoration demonstration
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual layer edition

 

 

 

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