All My Loving (1968) (TV)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Tony Palmer

Release Date:

1968 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot Keywords:

Pop Music | Interview | Concert Footage | Rock 'n' Roll | Band

Cast

Patrick Allen	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ginger Baker	...	Himself
Jack Bruce	...	Himself
Eric Burdon	...	Himself
Anthony Burgess	...	Himself
Eric Clapton	...	Himself
Cream	...	Themselves (as The Cream)
Terry Dene	...	Himself
Donovan	...	Himself
Pink Floyd	...	Themselves (as The Pink Floyd)
Grapefruit	...	Themselves
Tony Hall	...	Himself - Pop Impresario
George Harrison	...	Himself
Louise Harrison	...	Herself - George Harrison's Mother
Jimi Hendrix	...	Himself
Dan Ingram	...	Himself - Disc Jockey
Mick Jagger	...	Himself (archive footage)
Kit Lambert	...	Himself - Manager of The Who
John Lennon	...	Himself
Lulu	...	Herself
Manfred Mann	...	Himself
George Martin	...	Himself
Paul McCartney	...	Himself
The Moody Blues	...	Themselves
Kenward S. Oliphant	...	Himself (as Dr. Kenward Oliphant)
Eddie Rogers	...	Himself - Publisher
Ringo Starr	...	Himself
Derek Taylor	...	Himself - The Beatles' Publicist
Pete Townshend	...	Himself
Jim West	...	Himself - Jingle Executive
The Who	...	Themselves (also archive footage)
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi	...	Himself (as The Maharishi)
Frank Zappa	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:52 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

This was the first BBC documentary ever to be televised in the US.

Soundtrack:

Pictures at an Exhibition

Interesting time capsule but a bit dated

Just saw this at a screening at the American Cinematheque with director Tony Palmer present. For the record, interviews and performances include: Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Cream, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Martin, Donovan, Jimi Hendrix, Manfred Mann, Lulu, The Who, Pete Townshend, Anthony Burgess and others. Great to see the fine performances; trenchant insight from Zappa. McCartney and Donovan seem like naive, starry-eyed idealists in hindsight. But a lot of what seems most dated is the whole "what's this pop music all about?" stuff from guys in suits doing experiments and such -- seems almost like a Monty Python parody of this kind of BBC documentary. Still, just as archival footage, it's a treat. Wish he'd shown some performance footage of Zappa and the Mothers, since all the other bands are well represented.