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4 April 2008 (Brazil) morePlot:
A career-spanning documentary on the Rolling Stones, with concert footage from their "A Bigger Bang" tour. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(25 articles)
Weekend Box Office - This Is It Number One with $21.3 Million; Worldwide Total Now Over $100 Million (From Collider.com. 1 November 2009, 10:37 AM, PST)
Universal To Release Reissue Of 5 Rolling Stones Albums
(From iCelebz. 8 October 2009, 4:57 AM, PDT)
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Enlightment more (59 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mick Jagger | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones: vocals / guitar / harmonica (also archive footage) | |
| Keith Richards | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones: guitar / vocals (also archive footage) | |
| Charlie Watts | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones: drums (also archive footage) | |
| Ron Wood | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones: guitar (as Ronnie Wood) | |
| Christina Aguilera | ... | Herself | |
| Buddy Guy | ... | Himself | |
| Jack White | ... | Himself (as Jack White III) | |
| Darryl Jones | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones: bass guitar | |
| Chuck Leavell | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones: keyboards | |
| Bobby Keys | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones: saxophone | |
| Bernard Fowler | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones: vocals | |
| Lisa Fischer | ... | Herself - The Rolling Stones: vocals | |
| Blondie Chaplin | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones: vocals | |
| Tim Ries | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones: saxophone / keyboards | |
| Kent Smith | ... | Himself - The Rolling Stones: trumpet |
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Shine a Light (USA) (working title)Shine a Light: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
Untitled Rolling Stones Documentary (USA) (working title)
Untitled Stones/Scorsese Film (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, drug references and smoking. (edited for re-rating; originally rated R for some language)Parents Guide:
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USA:122 min | Argentina:122 minLanguage:
EnglishAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Ireland:12A | Norway:A | Brazil:Livre | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:o.Al. | Sweden:Btl | Australia:M | Finland:K-3 | Hong Kong:IIA | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43785) | Argentina:Atp | Singapore:M18 | UK:12A | South Korea:All | New Zealand:M | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Peru:PT | Netherlands:ALFun Stuff
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Cameo: [Benicio Del Toro]Around the 103 minute mark, Del Toro can be seen in the crowd. moreQuotes:
Mick Jagger: Well we've been doing this music thing for two years now and we never thought we would last this long, but I can see us doing it for maybe another year. moreSoundtrack:
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Sometimes you might feel that the rock concert movie genre hasn't moved much since "Woodstock". Which doesn't mean Scorsese doesn't manage the tradition in a very proper way.
You certainly have the concert feeling here. But Stones have made it both better and worse. There are ups and downs in this performance, with an absolute peak from the blues man Buddy Guy entering stage.
The clips from old Stones interviews are entertaining, but what's the purpose of having them there? If they are supposed to be included, they should have taken a bigger place, telling something more of this band, which in itself forms essentials of rock history. Anyway, good work by Scorsese, although traditional.