AC/DC: Family Jewels (2005) (V)

User Rating:

9.2/10   

Directors:

George Young
Paul Becher

Release Date:

29 March 2005 (Australia)

Genre:

Music

Plot:

Clips of AC/DC rocking out in both Live and Studio! |

Cast

AC/DC	...	Themselves
Mark Evans	...	Himself
Brian Johnson	...	Himself
Phil Rudd	...	Himself
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Jack Slater (segment "Big Gun") (archive footage)
Ronald Belford Scott	...	Himself (as Bon Scott)
Chris Slade	...	Himself
Cliff Williams	...	Himself
Simon Wright	...	Himself
Angus Young	...	Himself
Malcolm Young	...	Himself

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Certification:

Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Movie Connections:

Features "Countdown" (1974)

AC/DC: Highvoltage DVD

As a hardcore AC/DC fan I was stoked at the release of this DVD. It contains most of the video clips that AC/DC have done, but however, it is not all of them I was disappointed to find out.

On disc one is the Bon era, there are some clips i'd never seen before like Show Business and some clips from Highway To Hell performed on a live show in '79. (tho,m they are miming and not playing live!)

On disc 2 is most of the Brian era.

But what was truly disappointing was how many clips where left off. There where many alternate clips from the Bon era, and many live clips that later replaced Studio clips. Then as it comes to an end, the last clip is off The Razors Edge album (1990) Are You Ready... Rock Your Heart Out has been left off, as well as all the clips after that from Big Gun, the Ballbreaker album and Stiff Upper Lip.

Both DVD's run for about 2 hours each, which makes me wonder who the hell did the DVD formatting? A DVD will hold 4 hours of footage without any worries, so this being a 2 disc set which could have all fit onto one disc. Notable missing clips are - Long Way To The Top (original studio version) - Dirty Deeds (2 alternate versions) - Dog Eat Dog (alternate versions) - Highway To Hell (original studio version) - Girls Got Rhythm (original studio version) - Let There Be Rock (live versions) - You Shook Me All Night Long (original studio version) - TNT (original, and Live versions) - Let Me Put My Love Into You - Nervous Shakedown (both versions) - Rock Your Heart Out - Big Gun - Hard As A Rock - Hail Ceaser - Cover You In Oil - Ballbreaker (live) - Stiff Upper Lip - Satellite Blues - Safe In NY City

It truly should have been a 3 disc set, or fix it right and make a true double set including bonus alternate clips. But oh well, it's here now. What is on it is worth owning and it's good to have them all in a nifty set.