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Organist Korla Pandit was an alluring enigma, a television pioneer and the godfather of exotica music. He never spoke a word on 900 episodes of his groundbreaking 1950s TV program but captured the hearts of countless Los Angeles housewives with his soulful, hypnotic gaze and theatrical performance of popular tunes and East Indian compositions on the newly developed Hammond B3 organ. In the ’90s he resurfaced as a cult figure with the tiki/lounge music aficionados and ended up immortalized in the film Ed Wood. Often pegged as a “man of mystery,” Korla lived up to that billing when he took an amazing secret with him to his grave in 1998—one that is finally revealed in KORLA.
Profile of the soul singer, documenting his childhood and career, including unseen home movies that reveal how his 1967 tour of Britain dramatically changed his life and music. Plus, footage of rare performances and intimate interviews with Redding's widow, daughter and previous band members Steve Cropper and Booker T.
Considered by soul music fans to be one of the greatest lineups of artists ever to grace the concert stage, this concert, from April 7, 1967 in Oslo, Norway features stunning performances by Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Eddie Floyd, Arthur Conley, The Mar-Keys and the legendary Booker T. & The MGs.
Self - Booker T. & the MG's
Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. Comedian Tom Smothers introduces Redding to a crowd that is leaving -- until Redding grabs them with his charged rendition of "Shake." Redding's performance also includes "Respect" (which he wrote), "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Satisfaction," and "Try a Little Tenderness." Tragically, Redding died in a plane crash six months later. An innovative filmmaker who started in the 1950s making experimental films, Pennebaker garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature in 1993 for The War Room, his behind-the-scenes look at Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. His other subjects have included Norman Mailer, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie.
Keyboard (Gilda's Band)
Doc Jenkins may be one of country music's most beloved stars, but his private life is a wreck. He's split up with his longtime partner, Blackie Buck, a country outlaw with a heart of gold. Doc's singer-wife, Honey Carder, has thrown him out of the house. And now he's gotten involved with a sleazy music manager, Rodeo Rocky, who's out to steal his material. Teaming up with Blackie, Doc takes drastic measures to win back his family and reclaim his songs.
The Speedway
유명한 영화배우이자 가수인 노먼 메인은 부러울게 없는 부와 명예를 지니고 있지만 삶이 권태스럽다. 그는 친구들과 다운비트 클럽에 한잔하러 갔다가 그곳에서 노래하는 무명 가수 에스터의 선천적인 재질을 발견하여 자신의 상대역으로 발탁시킨다. 두 사람은 점차 사랑하는 사이로 발전하고, 비키 에스터라는 이름으로 바꾼 노먼은 팬들의 야유를 무릅쓰고 그녀를 공연에 출연시켜 대성공을 거두어 에스터는 하루 아침에 스타가 된다. 노먼과 에스터는 비밀리에 결혼식을 올리고 스타들이 들끊는 헐리웃을 피하여 네바다주의 사막에다 그들만의 보금자리를 짓는다. 그러나 두 사람의 행복은 오래가지 못하고 인기가 충천한 에스터에 비해 노먼은 슬럼프에 빠져 술과 여자로 세월을 보내는 한편 에스터가 공연으로 집을 비운 사이에 여자를 끌어 들여 에스터에게 들키기도 한다. 그러는 가운데 에스터의 인기는 높아만 가고 미국 최고의 톱가수 위치에 오르지만 노먼은 계속 하락세이다. 노먼은 에스터가 아카데미상을 타던 날 스포츠카를 과속으로 몰다 사고로 죽는다. 남편을 기념하는 공연에서 에스터는 혼신을 다하여 그를 추모하는 노래를 눈물로서 부른다.
Original Music Composer
Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
