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8.6/10   379 votes
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Director:
Peter Bogdanovich
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Genre:
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Awards:
1 win more
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Cast

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Ron Blair ... Himself
Mike Campbell ... Himself

Johnny Cash ... Himself (archive footage)
George Drakoulias ... Himself

Bob Dylan ... Himself
Howie Epstein ... Himself (archive footage)
Steve Ferrone ... Himself
Jimmy Iovine ... Himself
Stan Lynch ... Himself
Jeff Lynne ... Himself
Stevie Nicks ... Herself
Roy Orbison ... Himself (archive footage)
Tom Petty ... Himself

Rick Rubin ... Himself

Ringo Starr ... Himself
Benmont Tench ... Himself
Scott Thurston ... Himself
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Untitled Tom Petty Documentary (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
USA:239 min (Director's Cut DVD)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White

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Featured in "Soundstage: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Live from Gatorville: Part 1 (#6.1)" (2008) more

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2 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Could Have Been Better, 20 January 2008
5/10
Author: robert-642 from United Kingdom

I bought this on both the name of Petty and Bogdanovich. Alas I didn't think Bogdanovich did as best as he could. Why for example include extracts from the "Gainesville Concert" in the two narrative DVD's when they are already on the Gainesville concert DVD? Padding out or what? I struggle to believe that he and his team went through thousands or hundreds of hours of clips. As I write this I am beginning to wonder if they only used Bogdanovich as a 'selling name'. In reality no director was needed. Rather it would have been better with a ruthless editor.

It was an interesting bio-rock venture that could have been done much better by the BBC's "Arena" team. I feel Scorcese's "The Band's Last Waltz" set the high bar in rock music bio-pics. Sadly Petty and Bogdanovich didn't reach the bar.

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