Shine a Light (film)

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This article is about the musical documentary. For the Rolling Stones song from the album Exile on Main St., see Shine a Light (song).
Shine a Light

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Produced by Steve Bing
Michael Cohl
Starring Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
Charlie Watts
Ronnie Wood
Christina Aguilera
Buddy Guy
Jack White
Music by The Rolling Stones
Cinematography Ellen Kuras
Stuart Dryburgh
Robert Elswit
Andrew Lesnie
Emmanuel Lubezki
John Toll
Robert Richardson
Distributed by Paramount Vantage (USA)
20th Century Fox (UK)
Release date(s) April 4, 2008
Running time 122 min.
Country  United States
Language English
Budget $1,000,000
Gross revenue $13,943,404

Shine a Light is a 2008 documentary film directed by Martin Scorsese documenting the Rolling Stones 2006 Beacon Theatre performance on their A Bigger Bang Tour.[1] The Scorsese film also includes archive footage from the band's career and marked the first utilisation by Scorsese of digital cinematography for his films with it being used for the backstage sequences. The film takes its title from the song of the same name, featured on the band's 1972 album Exile on Main St. A soundtrack album was released in April 2008 on the Universal label.

Scorsese filmed the Rolling Stones at New York City's Beacon Theatre on October 29 and November 1, 2006, but the film generally depicts one complete concert performance. The music was recorded, mixed and co-produced by Bob Clearmountain. The concert footage is preceded by a brief semi-fictionalised introduction about the preparations for the shows, and is intercut with historical news clips and archival interviews with band members. The shows, which were added to the tour schedule for the purposes of the film shoot, featured a different set list than was typical of other shows on the tour (see below), and were noted for their star-studded crowds, including former President Bill Clinton and wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, who are shown in the film as attending a Rolling Stones soundcheck, and former President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski.[2][3]

The Rolling Stones' Beacon Theater performances benefitted the Clinton Foundation, a charity of former US President, Bill Clinton, who also provided a short speech to the crowd at the October 29, 2006 performance. The film also shows Jack White, Buddy Guy and Christina Aguilera performing with the Stones.

Prior to the October 29, 2006 show, 89 year old Ahmet Ertegün, a co-founder and executive of Atlantic Records and chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum, was in a back stage in a VIP social area that was known on the Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang Tour, as the "Rattlesnake Inn", when he tripped and fell, striking his head on the concrete floor. Ahmet was rushed to the hospital after the fall, which ultimately led to his death on December 14, 2006. Shine a Light is dedicated to the memory of Ahmet Ertegün.

According to Rolling Stones' keyboardist, Chuck Leavell's Tour Diary, Mick Jagger had been ill with throat problems, forcing a postponement of the Stones scheduled Atlantic City concert and the October 31 Beacon Theater show was moved to November 1, in order to Jagger to recuperate. According to Leavell, he had worked closely with Jagger on the "theater style" set list and had campaigned for the inclusion of such songs as "Rip This Joint", "Too Much Blood", "19th Nervous Breakdown", "Dear Doctor", "Moonlight Mile", "Let Me Go", "Crazy Mama", and some of the new tunes like "Laugh, I Nearly Died" and "Sweet Neo Con", but there was not enough time to try out these songs for possible incorporation into the Beacon Theater shows.

Shine a Light was initially scheduled for release on September 21, 2007, but Paramount Classics postponed it until April 2008.[4] The world premiere was at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival on February 7, 2008.[5] The film is also being screened in some IMAX cinemas.[6] The IMAX version of the film was the second IMAX Stones concert film, the first being Live at the Max, released in 1991.

The MPAA gave the film a PG-13 rating (the film was edited from an R) for brief strong language, drug references, and smoking, and has been released on both DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Paramount Home Entertainment, a division of Paramount Pictures. The Blu-ray Disc release is recorded in 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video and Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround (48kHz/24-bit) audio.


Contents

[edit] Performances

Most of the performance footage was culled from the second night of filming. All songs are written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except the ones which are noted.

  1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
  2. "Shattered"
  3. "She Was Hot"
  4. "All Down the Line"
  5. "Loving Cup" - with Jack White
  6. "As Tears Go By" (Jagger/Richards/Oldham)
  7. "Some Girls"
  8. "Just My Imagination" (Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong)
  9. "Far Away Eyes"
  10. "Champagne & Reefer" (Muddy Waters) - with Buddy Guy
  11. "Tumbling Dice"
  12. * Band introductions
  13. "You Got the Silver" - lead vocal by Keith Richards
  14. "Connection" (incomplete/cut with 1999 interview clips) - lead vocal by Keith Richards
  15. "Sympathy for the Devil"
  16. "Live with Me" - with Christina Aguilera
  17. "Start Me Up"
  18. "Brown Sugar"
  19. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction "
  20. "Shine a Light" (incomplete; audio only)

Additional acoustic instrumental numbers are also played during the closing credits:

Noting Martin Scorsese's frequent use of Rolling Stones music in his scripted movies, Mick Jagger has joked that Shine a Light may be the only Scorsese film that does not include "Gimme Shelter" in its soundtrack.[7]

[edit] DVD release

From Paramount Home Entertainment, Shine a Light was released on DVD and Blu-ray July 29, 2008.

Bonus features

The DVD moved 50,115 copies during the first week in US. It has sold 132,886 by August 14, 2008.[8]

[edit] Critical reception

Shine a Light received mostly positive reviews from critics. As of April 4, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 88% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 82 reviews.[9] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 76 out of 100, based on 33 reviews.[10]

The total U.S. box office gross as of November 23, 2008 stands at $5,371,629 while the international gross stands at $8,571,775 making for a total worldwide gross of $13,943,404.[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Buchanan, Jason. "Shine a Light (2008) Review Summary". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/379050/Shine-a-Light/overview. Retrieved on 2008-03-02. 
  2. ^ Glazer, Mitch (2007). "Soul Survivors". Conde Nast. http://www.moviesrock2007.com/article-soul-survivor.php#article-body. Retrieved on 2008-04-02. 
  3. ^ Boucher, Geoff (March 30 2008). "Stones Roll with Scorsese in Shine a Light". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-stones30mar30,0,1437315.story. Retrieved on 2008-04-02. 
  4. ^ "Stones Film Is Delayed". The New York Times. August 11 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/movies/11arts-STONESFILMIS_BRF.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. Retrieved on 2008-03-02. 
  5. ^ Lim, Dennis (February 16 2008). "Wars Past & Present, Rockers Evergreen". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/movies/awardsseason/16fest.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-02. 
  6. ^ IMAX - Shine A Light
  7. ^ "Scorsese Shines New Light on Stones". Reuters/The Australian. 9 February 2008. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23181075-5013575,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-02. 
  8. ^ "The-Numbers DVD sales". The-Numbers.com. http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/ROLST-DVD.php. Retrieved on 2008-08-14. 
  9. ^ "Shine a Light Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shine_a_light/. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. 
  10. ^ "Shine a Light (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/shinealight. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. 
  11. ^ Shine A Light (2008). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 14, 2008.

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