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Overview
Release Date:
17 September 2000 (USA) moreTagline:
He set the world on firePlot:
Biography of rock star Jimi Hendrix chronicles his early career, including a stint with Little Richard who fired him for getting too flamboyant... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Very well done movie moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Wood Harris | ... | Jimi Hendrix | |
| Billy Zane | ... | Michael Jeffrey | |
| Dorian Harewood | ... | Al Hendrix | |
| Christian Potenza | ... | Chas Chandler | |
| Vivica A. Fox | ... | Faye Pridgeon | |
| Kristen Holden-Ried | ... | Noel Redding (as Kristen J. Holdenried) | |
| Christopher Ralph | ... | Mitch Mitchell | |
| Christopher Bolton | ... | Ron Terry | |
| Michie Mee | ... | Devon Wilson (as Michi Mee) | |
| Ann Marin | ... | Linda Keith | |
| Kevin Hanchard | ... | Little Richard | |
| Kevin Duhaney | ... | Young Jimi | |
| Linda Carter | ... | Lucille Hendrix | |
| Clé Bennett | ... | Billy Cox | |
| Brian Paul | ... | Henry Steingarten |
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Rated R for language, sexuality and drug content.Parents Guide:
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100 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.33 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:RFilming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMOVIEmeter: 
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I'm very disappointed by the reviews I've seen so far. I think they can be broken into two very different views: 1) This is a low budget movie and should have done better, and 2) I'm a guitar player and the guitar playing and depiction Jimi's life were incomplete.
Okay, I think I can address those all at once: It wasn't a move for guitarists, and being a low budget movie, they couldn't possibly cover every aspect of the man's life.
What they chose to cover, I believe, was very substantial and important. Being a guitarist myself, I'm not disappointed in Wood's performance. Was his "guitar playing" perfect? No, he's an actor, not a guitarist. Nevertheless, the movie was very well done, Wood did an amazing job of portraying the character of Hendrix, and the story told a great deal of Jimi's early life in music. The latter part, I think, is probably what bothered most, as it didn't go into enough details about his demise.
I think it's unfair to put down the movie for that. I don't think that's where the writers and directors were focusing. They were concentrating on his early music career and I think they did it brilliantly. I found it entirely engrossing and having seen it three times, I'll watch it a fourth.
If you're not a Hendrix fan, but you're curious about his early career, I think this movie is just for you. I won't guarantee that it's entirely accurate, but it's close enough to satisfy me, and the acting and music are exceptional.