The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Saul Swimmer

Release Date:

7 June 1972 (Sweden)

Genre:

Documentary | History | Music

Tagline:

The Greatest Concert of the Decade! Now you can see it and hear it...as if you were there !

Plot:

A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for the poor of Bangladesh.

Plot Keywords:

Concert | Bangladesh | Musician | Unicef | Benefit

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

George Harrison	...	Himself
Bob Dylan	...	Himself
Ravi Shankar	...	Himself
Ringo Starr	...	Himself
Eric Clapton	...	Himself
Leon Russell	...	Himself
Billy Preston	...	Himself
Klaus Voormann	...	Himself
Jim Keltner	...	Himself
Pete Ham	...	Himself
Tom Evans	...	Himself
Mike Gibbins	...	Himself
Joey Molland	...	Himself
Jesse Ed Davis	...	Himself
Jim Horn	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden - 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Apple Corps

Trivia:

The show marked one of Bob Dylan's first concert appearances since the mid-1960s, when he was injured in a motorcycle accident. He later toured extensively. Capitol Records made a special deal with Columbia Records (Dylan's label) to include Dylan's portion of the show in the soundtrack album: while the LP (and later CD) version was issued on Apple Records (the Beatles's label), Columbia Records issued the cassette (and 8-track tape) version.

Goofs:

Continuity: In between 'Blowin' in the Wind' and 'Just Like a Woman', Bob Dylan attaches his capo to the second fret of his guitar. George Harrison then leans over to speak to Leon Russell, but immediately in the next shot, Dylan's guitar is capoed on the fourth fret and George is back in his regular position. (This is most likely due to the deletion of another Dylan song, 'Mr. Tambourine Man', which was played with a capo on the 2nd fret and is included on the film's soundtrack album.)

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This legend movie is specially with Harrison,Dylan,Russel and Clapton one of the concerts you must see.They are all in a good mood and if you want to see some history of pop music you will have to see this concert.