The film intercuts performances, violence, Grace Slick and Mick Jagger's attempts to cool things down, close-ups of young listeners (dancing, drugged, or suffering Angel shock), and a look at the Stones later as they watch concert footage and reflect on what happened.The film documentary of the Rolling Stones first tour of the United States in three years. During the Stones' set, Meredith Hunter, high on methamphetamine and armed with a gun, makes a lunge for the stage and is stabbed to death by the Hells Angels. 1969.
A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? A film account and presentation of the final concert of The other problem was that a large portion of the crowd were high on drugs.
And, so we point the finger. The other problem was that a large portion of the crowd were high on drugs. They get angry and they get picked on. "Gimme Shelter" has been played in a variety of movies and television shows/commercials. Called the greatest rock film ever made, this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. Friction ensues. This part is frightening.
An innovative concert movie for the rock group The Talking Heads. A look at the creation and impact of the 1972 Rolling Stones album "Exile on Main St." You've got all the evidence to believe that flower children were as stupid as portrayed in their modern context. A pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by her stepmother and forced to survive on the streets until a compassionate stranger offers a hopeful alternative. Watching "Gimme Shelter" is akin to witnessing a court deposition with the Rolling Stones i.e. Other bands performing included Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Ike and Tina Turner, Crosby Stills Nash and Young and Santana. However, it is far from being the peace and love of Woodstock. Directed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin. Other bands performing included Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Ike and Tina Turner, Crosby Stills Nash and Young and Santana. The 1970 documentary Gimme Shelter, directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, captures the end of that tour. Showing all 4 items Jump to: Summaries (4) Summaries. Use the HTML below. An old mother and her middle-aged daughter, the aunt and cousin of But, the most scary thing...it is what is.
A free concert, it is the Stones' idea and it was meant to be the Woodstock of the West (Woodstock having occurred four months earlier). He did his best.
You've got British concert promoters playing the stereotypes to a tee. Yes, this was the end of peace/love. We see footage of their concerts and of them making the Sticky Fingers album in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The retaliate like a wild animals.
A documentary on the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour and the tragic events that concluded it. It's a fascinating brief glimpse at some of the darker sides … Mick Jagger testifying to their culpability in the wake of the Altamont free concert disaster.
I can't get enough of Mick Jagger in his prime. Armed with pool cues and knifes, Angels spent the concert beating up spectators, killing at least one. It begins with the Stones looking at rough cuts of the film and then looking at the events that lead up to one of the darkest days in the history of rock and roll.It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. Friction ensues. Directed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin. Gimme Shelter, a documentary on some of their 1969 concert material, interestingly weaves the concert footage with a little mayhem that was occurring at one of their concerts, that ultimately ended in tragedy.