Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock (2005)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 1H 31M
Director : Mary Works
Sinopse
This documentary pays tribute to the contributions and importance of the title watering hole in the creation of the psychedelic dancehalls that littered the West during the late '60s and helped launch such super groups as The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and The Quicksilver Messenger Service. The Red Dog Saloon had its genesis in 1964 when a group of free-thinking, LSD-enhanced Northern California students and young folks had a party and began thinking about starting up a saloon that would evoke the old West. They decided to build their saloon in Virginia City, Nevada, a once prosperous town that was by then nearly empty. The ambience of the saloon blended Old West sensibilities with modern psychedelia, go-go girls and plenty of illegal drugs. The film is comprised of interviews with surviving founders, actual archival footage, and even a performance of some of the musicians who appeared there.
Though several actors portray Elvis Presley at different stages of his life, this documentary is comprised mostly of actual performance footage and interviews with Elvis, his fans and those close to him. This biographical docu-drama features rare footage of Elvis and dramatically recreated scenes from Elvis' life.
Chili Palmer (John Travolta) decide abandonar suas atividades na indústria cinematográfica para se dedicar à outra arte: a música. Após um de seus amigos ser eliminado enquanto com ele almoçava, Chili decide procurar a esposa dele, Edie (Uma Thurman), para lhe oferecer uma parceria em uma nova gravadora independente. Chili descobriu uma promissora artista pop, Linda Moon (Christina Milian), mas precisa lidar com Raji (Vince Vaughn), o empresário de Linda, e ainda com Elliot Wilhelm (Dwayne Johnson), o namorado dela que é também aspirante a ator. Chili precisa ainda se envolver com mafiosos russos e Sin LaSalle (Cedric the Entertainer), um produtor de rap, para manter sua recém-aberta gravadora em funcionamento.
One of the dominating figures in Elvis Presley's life was his manager, who was known as the "Colonel". No other relationship in Elvis' life was as controversial and misunderstood as the one he had with Colonel Tom Parker. The truth about their unique friendship is revealed in this documentary.
Califórnia, década de 1980. Cinco jovens usam suas experiências pessoais na produção de músicas honestas, rebeldes, diferentes e totalmente contra o sistema. Surge o N.W.A. (Niggaz Wit Attitudes), que dá voz a uma geração e promove a explosão do gangsta rap.
Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a vanishing subculture...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade," (Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe). A tour-de-force tale of greed, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, downloading, and technological shifts in the music industry told through candid interviews, crestfallen record store owners, startling statistics, and eye-popping animation. Fat cats or our favorite record stores? You decide. Featuring- IAN MACKAYE, NOAM CHOMSKY, MIKE WATT, THURSTON MOORE, LENNY KAYE (Patti Smith), CHRIS FRANTZ (Talking Heads), GLENN BRANCA, PATTERSON HOOD (Drive By Truckers), PAT CARNEY (Black Keys) , LEGS MCNEIL, BOB GRUEN, BP HELIUM, and many indie record stores across the U.S.
Effie White, Deena Jones e Lorrell Robinson moram em Chicago e formam um grupo musical, as Dreamettes. As três começam a fazer sucesso graças ao manipulador empresário Curtis Taylor Jr., que consegue fazer com que elas acompanhem um cantor de "soul". Os conflitos começam quando Curtis sonha em transformar as Dreamettes em Dreams. Sua ideia é trocar Effie por Deena e fazer dela a vocalista principal do grupo, o que deixa evidente seu interesse romântico pela jovem.
No final dos anos 1960, em um bar de Detroit, um artista é descoberto. Esquecido em seu país, ele se tornou uma lenda para o resto do mundo. Dois fãs sul-africanos exploram a extraordinária história do cantor Sixto Díaz Rodríguez.
In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. gathered the best musicians from Detroit's thriving jazz and blues scene to begin cutting songs for his new record company. Over a fourteen year period they were the heartbeat on every hit from Motown's Detroit era. By the end of their phenomenal run, this unheralded group of musicians had played on more number ones hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined - which makes them the greatest hit machine in the history of popular music. They called themselves the Funk Brothers. Forty-one years after they played their first note on a Motown record and three decades since they were all together, the Funk Brothers reunited back in Detroit to play their music and tell their unforgettable story, with the help of archival footage, still photos, narration, interviews, re-creation scenes, 20 Motown master tracks, and twelve new live performances of Motown classics with the Brothers backing up contemporary performers.
Os últimos anos da vida de Ian Curtis, vocalista da lendária banda inglesa Joy Division. Curtis, que teve uma trajetória curta e intensa, ficou famoso por seu talento de letrista e por suas performances épicas à frente da banda. Sofrendo com os ataques de epilepsia, sem saber como lidar com o seu talento e dividido entre o amor por sua mulher e filha e um caso extraconjugal, ele se enforcou em 18 de maio de 1980, aos 23 anos.
Supermensch documents the astounding career of Hollywood insider, the loveable Shep Gordon, who fell into music management by chance after moving to LA straight out of college, and befriending Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. Shep managed rock stars such as Pink Floyd, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass and Alice Cooper, and later went on to manage chefs such as Emeril Lagasse, ushering in the era of celebrity chefs on television.
Cheio de ganância, ambição e uma quantidade desumana de drogas, Steven Stelfox procura um novo sucesso para seu próximo disco em meio a uma orgia incessante como auto-gratificação. Criado por uma indústria que exige êxito a qualquer preço, ele eleva o conceito de concorrência a um nível sombrio, em uma tentativa desesperada de salvar sua carreira.
Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.
A successful music producer quits the industry and exiles himself in upstate New York, but the solitude he seeks is shattered when his estranged son and the pop star he's created come looking for answers.
Um grupo de pescadores e cantores da Cornualha chega ao top 10 após assinar um contrato com um executivo musical de Londres.
No filme online American Pop, O diretor colocou quatro gerações de músicos (cada período no seu contexto histórico e social) enquanto cada um procura a fama com a mudança das eras musicais. Começando no começo do século, depois os movimentos do jazz, a música-popular, os anos 60 e o punk, através dos arranjos de Lee Holdridge, numa produção de Martin Rondshoff – um dos mais famosos produtores independentes de Hollywood.
Frankie is an emotional train wreck, careening around the East Los Angeles music scene drinking and meeting strangers. Lev is a taciturn and tormented soul. He drives a limo and wants to work in the music business. They begin a relationship after they connect with each other one night at a party.
Desejando se tornar um cantor de Reggae bem-sucedido, um jovem jamaicano se encontra vinculado a produtores de discos corruptos e a traficantes de drogas.
A clean-cut synth artist in Germany hopes to turn his career around with the help of a washed-up, erratic, publicity-crazed American manager.
Uma cinebiografia que conta a vida do famoso Alan Freed, um locutor de rádio que inventou a expressão "Rock N' Roll" e a popularizou desde os anos 50. Freed foi uma fonte de grande controvérsia, sendo acusado de corromper a juventude.
Shot around the breathtaking coastline of B.C.'s Howe Sound, Whale Music is the triumphant adaptation of Paul Quarringaton's Governor General's Award-winning novel about the redemption of a faded rock star through love and music. Richard J. Lewis' exploration of the reclusive musician's efforts to create a piece of music that will summon the whales is a sensory and emotional tour de force. Written by Vancouver Film Festival, Handbook
