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Gimme shelter
Title:
Gimme shelter
Author:
Maysles, David.
Edition:
Blu-ray edition.
Publication Information:
[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2009]

©2009
Physical Description:
1 Blu-ray Disc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
"Called the greatest rock film ever made, this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, Direct Cinima pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin were there to immortalize on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment"--Container.
General Note:
Title from disc surface ; added title from container.

DVD of the 1970 motion picture, remastered and restored from the camera original.

Blu-ray special edition features: High-definition digital transfer of the uncensored thirtieth anniversary version ; audio commentary by directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin and collaborator Stanley Goldstein ; performances from the Madison Square Garden show in 1969 and footage of the band mixing "Little Queenie" ; audio excerpts from KSAN Radio's Altamont wrap-up with introductions by then DJ Stefan Ponek ; an Altamont stills gallery featuring the work of photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower ; original and re-release theatrical trailers ; and a booklet featuring essays by Amy Taubin, Stanley Booth, Georgia Bergman, Michael Lydon, and Godfrey Cheshire.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781604652215
UPC:
715515051514
Format :
Blu-Ray