Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richard, Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones), Tina Turner, The Flying Burrito Bros., Jefferson Airplane. 1970 motion picture, remastered and restored from the camera original. Blu-ray special edition features: High-definition digital transfer of the uncensored thirtieth anniversary version ; audio commentary by directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin and collaborator Stanley Goldstein ; performances from the Madison Square Garden show in 1969 and footage of the band mixing "Little Queenie" ; audio excerpts from KSAN Radio's Altamont wrap-up with introductions by then DJ Stefan Ponek ; an Altamont stills gallery featuring the work of photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower ; original and re-release theatrical trailers ; and a booklet featuring essays by Amy Taubin, Stanley Booth, Georgia Bergman, Michael Lydon, and Godfrey Cheshire.
Summary:
"Called the greatest rock film ever made, this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, Direct Cinima pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin were there to immortalize on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment"--Container.
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