Leon Gast
Nacimiento : 1936-03-01, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Historia
Leon Gast is an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. His documentary When We Were Kings depicting the iconic heavyweight boxing match termed The Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman won the 1996 Academy Award for Documentary Feature and the Independent Spirit Award. Gast co-directed the 1977 documentary The Grateful Dead Movie with guitarist Jerry Garcia. The film captured the band's October 1974 five-night performance at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Gast also co-directed the 1983 film Hell's Angels Forever.
A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Gast studied dramatic arts at Columbia University, and in that same period worked the television series High Adventure with writer and broadcaster Lowell Thomas. Gast is also known for his still photography which has appeared in such magazines as Vogue, Esquire, and Harper's Bazaar.
Gast's most recent project is a documentary entitled Smash His Camera, a film about paparazzi photographer Ron Galella. The film won "Best Director" of a documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
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Documental sobre el 8 veces campeón del mundo de boxeo, el filipino Manny Pacquiao. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Historia del vilipendiado paparazzo Ron Galella, a quien Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis demandó y Marlon Brando le rompió la mandíbula, y análisis sobre temas como el derecho a la intimidad, la libertad de la prensa y la creciente espiral de culto a las celebridades.
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Soul Power is a 2008 documentary film about the Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa which accompanied the Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight boxing championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in October 1974. The film was made from archival footage; other footage shot at the time focusing on the fight was edited to form the film When We Were Kings.
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From the Academy Award-winning director of When We Were Kings comes this enthralling tribute to the timeless power and magic of basketball.
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1. Introduction 2. To Know You Is To Love You 3. I Believe In Myself 4. Why I Sing The Blues 5. Ain't Nobody Home 6. Sweet Sixteen 7. The Thrill Is Gone 8. Guess Who 9. I Like To Live The Love That I Sing About 10. Black Blues
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1. Introduction 2. To Know You Is To Love You 3. I Believe In Myself 4. Why I Sing The Blues 5. Ain't Nobody Home 6. Sweet Sixteen 7. The Thrill Is Gone 8. Guess Who 9. I Like To Live The Love That I Sing About 10. Black Blues
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1. Introduction 2. To Know You Is To Love You 3. I Believe In Myself 4. Why I Sing The Blues 5. Ain't Nobody Home 6. Sweet Sixteen 7. The Thrill Is Gone 8. Guess Who 9. I Like To Live The Love That I Sing About 10. Black Blues
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The Pointer Sisters traen su sexy espectáculo teatral a Kinshasa, Zaire, en esta actuación de 1974 capturada en vivo en el escenario por el director ganador de un Oscar, Leon Gast. Con el telón de fondo de la pelea histórica de George Foreman y Muhammed Ali, este concierto fue el punto culminante de una celebración musical y deportiva de tres días e incluye éxitos como "Steam Heat", "Salt Peanuts", "I Wish I could Shimmy" "," Eso es un montón
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The Pointer Sisters traen su sexy espectáculo teatral a Kinshasa, Zaire, en esta actuación de 1974 capturada en vivo en el escenario por el director ganador de un Oscar, Leon Gast. Con el telón de fondo de la pelea histórica de George Foreman y Muhammed Ali, este concierto fue el punto culminante de una celebración musical y deportiva de tres días e incluye éxitos como "Steam Heat", "Salt Peanuts", "I Wish I could Shimmy" "," Eso es un montón
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The Pointer Sisters traen su sexy espectáculo teatral a Kinshasa, Zaire, en esta actuación de 1974 capturada en vivo en el escenario por el director ganador de un Oscar, Leon Gast. Con el telón de fondo de la pelea histórica de George Foreman y Muhammed Ali, este concierto fue el punto culminante de una celebración musical y deportiva de tres días e incluye éxitos como "Steam Heat", "Salt Peanuts", "I Wish I could Shimmy" "," Eso es un montón
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In 1974, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman held their heavyweight title fight in Zaire, billing it as the "Rumble in the Jungle". A three-day music festival was staged concurrently, and B.B. King was the headlining act. Anyone who has ever had the fortune to see B.B. King play live, even in his later, seated years knows that he is a consummate showman. B.B. King: Live in Africa '74 presents the man at the peak of his powers, as a performer and as a player.
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In 1974, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman held their heavyweight title fight in Zaire, billing it as the "Rumble in the Jungle". A three-day music festival was staged concurrently, and B.B. King was the headlining act. Anyone who has ever had the fortune to see B.B. King play live, even in his later, seated years knows that he is a consummate showman. B.B. King: Live in Africa '74 presents the man at the peak of his powers, as a performer and as a player.
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In 1974, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman held their heavyweight title fight in Zaire, billing it as the "Rumble in the Jungle". A three-day music festival was staged concurrently, and B.B. King was the headlining act. Anyone who has ever had the fortune to see B.B. King play live, even in his later, seated years knows that he is a consummate showman. B.B. King: Live in Africa '74 presents the man at the peak of his powers, as a performer and as a player.
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Estados Unidos, 1974. La resaca del Watergate y la dimisión de Nixon, el activismo negro y, sobre todo, los míticos combates de boxeo -especialmente el de Muhammad Ali contra George Foreman en el Zaire- en los que Ali, un hombre negro llegaría a ser un símbolo para su raza, son el telón de fondo de este documental.
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Estados Unidos, 1974. La resaca del Watergate y la dimisión de Nixon, el activismo negro y, sobre todo, los míticos combates de boxeo -especialmente el de Muhammad Ali contra George Foreman en el Zaire- en los que Ali, un hombre negro llegaría a ser un símbolo para su raza, son el telón de fondo de este documental.
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Estados Unidos, 1974. La resaca del Watergate y la dimisión de Nixon, el activismo negro y, sobre todo, los míticos combates de boxeo -especialmente el de Muhammad Ali contra George Foreman en el Zaire- en los que Ali, un hombre negro llegaría a ser un símbolo para su raza, son el telón de fondo de este documental.
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Estados Unidos, 1974. La resaca del Watergate y la dimisión de Nixon, el activismo negro y, sobre todo, los míticos combates de boxeo -especialmente el de Muhammad Ali contra George Foreman en el Zaire- en los que Ali, un hombre negro llegaría a ser un símbolo para su raza, son el telón de fondo de este documental.
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Muhammad Ali. He is known as the most thrilling athlete of all time... he is known as The Greatest. The remarkable story of how he became one of the most loved, hated, intriguing, and controversial figures in American history is brought to life in the 6-hour series, Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story. Episode 1: Olympic Gold. Episode 2: The Youngest Heavyweight Champion. Episode. 3: Exile. Episode 4: The Road Back. Episode 5: The Rumble In The Jungle Episode. 6: The Thrilla In Manila.
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Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson is a 1993 film made by acclaimed American documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Though Tyson was in jail serving a sentence for rape, Kopple used existing interviews with the boxer, as well as her own extensive interviews with those closest to Tyson, to explore the man's history. The film traces Tyson's story from his troubled and tumultuous upbringing, through his rapid ascendancy in the ranks of the boxing world and his subsequent struggle with the trappings of fame. Fallen Champ earned Barbara Kopple a Directors Guild of America award as Best Documentary Director of 1993.
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En 1974, la presentación de los All Stars en el estadio Statu Hai (con una capacidad de 80.000 espectadores) en Kinshasa (Zaire) fue grabada por Leon Gast y estrenada como la película Live in Africa en 1974 (distribuida en video en el Reino Unido bajo el título Salsa Madness en 1991). Esta representación zaireña ocurrió en el festival de música que se llevó a cabo en combinación con el combate boxístico por el título de los pesos pesados entre Mohammed Ali y George Forman. La Fania All-Stars compartió tarima con Stevie Wonder y otros artistas muy conocidos.
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What starts off as a squadron of American daredevil bombers in World War II, branded by society as renegades, turns into a revealing ride into the world of honor, violence, and undying passion for motorcycles on the road.
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Released in 1977 and directed by Jerry Garcia, is a film that captures performances from the Grateful Dead's October 1974 five-night stand at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. This end-of-tour run marked the beginning of an extended hiatus for the band, with no shows planned for 1975. The movie also faithfully portrays the burgeoning Deadhead scene. The film features the "Wall of Sound" concert sound system that the Dead used for all of 1974.
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Documentary about Salsa music with interviews with major Latin stars
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Documentary about Salsa music with interviews with major Latin stars
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El 26 de agosto 1971 la ciudad de New York dio a luz un sonido que cambiaría la música latina para siempre. Esa noche en el reconocido club nocturno Cheetah, la Fania All Stars subió al escenario con su sonido único que hizo eco a través de todas las fronteras y llegó a todos los países. Fania Records reedita en DVD “Our Latin Thing”, la película que desencadenó el movimiento salsero de los años setenta. Del concierto salió un doble LP titulado “Live At The Cheetah” y la histórica película “Our Latin Thing”. Su director, Leon Gast, documentó lo acontecido en Cheetah con el añadido de imágenes de los músicos en el estudio de grabación y escenas del Spanish Harlem neoyorquino. La edición del 40 aniversario de “Our Latin Thing” incluye un DVD con la película remasterizada, y dos CDs con la música de la película y algunos temas adicionales, que pueden ser adquiridos en la página oficial del sello.
