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A Hard Day's Night
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Monterey Pop
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Gimme Shelter
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Quadrophenia
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Gimme Shelter
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 Cinema 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.
Monterey Pop
On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey would launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few among a wildly diverse cast that included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. With his characteristic vérité style, D. A. Pennebaker captured it all, immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend destroying his guitar, Jimi Hendrix burning his. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this timeless document of a landmark event.
Quadrophenia
The Who’s classic rock opera Quadrophenia was the basis for this invigorating coming-of-age movie and depiction of the defiant, drug-fueled mod subculture of early 1960s London. Our antihero is Jimmy (Phil Daniels), a teenager dissatisfied with family, work, and love. He spends his time knocking around with his clothes-obsessed, pill-popping, scooter-driving fellow mods, a group whose antipathy for the motorcycle-riding rockers leads to a climactic riot in Brighton. Director Franc Roddam’s rough-edged film is a quintessential chronicle of youthful rebellion and turmoil, with Pete Townshend’s brilliant songs (including “I’ve Had Enough,” “5:15,” and “Love Reign O’er Me”) providing emotional support, and featuring Sting and Ray Winstone in early roles.
A Hard Day's Night
Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen. A Hard Day’s Night, in which the bandmates play cheeky comic versions of themselves, captured the astonishing moment when they officially became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever. Directed with raucous, anything-goes verve by Richard Lester and featuring a slew of iconic pop anthems, including the title track, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “I Should Have Known Better,” and “If I Fell,” A Hard Day’s Night, which reconceived the movie musical and exerted an incalculable influence on the music video, is one of the most deliriously entertaining movies of all time.
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Supplements
- Audio commentary featuring directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin and collaborator Stanley Goldstein
- Audio commentary by Festival producer Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker
- New audio commentary featuring director Franc Roddam and Brian Tufano
- Audio commentary featuring cast and crew
- Performances by the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1969, including "Little Queenie," "Oh Carol," and "Prodigal Son," plus backstage outtakes
- Video interview with Lou Adler and D.A. Pennebaker from 2002
- New interview with Bill Curbishley, the film’s coproducer and the Who’s comanager
- In Their Own Voices, a new piece combining 1964 interviews with the Beatles with behind-the-scenes footage and photos
- Audio excerpts from KSAN Radio's Altamont wrap-up, recorded December 7, 1969, with new introductions by then-DJ, Stefan Ponek
- Audio interviews with festival producer John Phillips, festival publicist Derek Taylor, and performers Cass Elliot and David Crosby
- New interview with the Who’s sound engineer, Bob Pridden, featuring a discussion of the new mix as well as a restoration demonstration
- “You Can’t Do That”: The Making of “A Hard Day’s Night,” a 1994 documentary by producer Walter Shenson including an outtake performance by the Beatles
- Altamont stills gallery, featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower
- Photo-essay by photographer Elaine Mayes
- Segment on the film from a 1979 episode of the BBC series Talking Pictures, featuring interviews and on-set footage
- Things They Said Today, a 2002 documentary about the film featuring Richard Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor
- Original and rerelease theatrical trailers
- Original theatrical trailer
- Segment from a 1964 episode of the French news program Sept jours du monde, about mods and rockers
- Picturewise, a new piece about Lester’s early work, featuring a new audio interview with the director
- A booklet featuring essays by film critic Amy Taubin, music writer Stanley Booth, Jagger
- Radio spots
- Seize millions de jeunes: “Mods,” a 1965 episode of the French youth-culture program, featuring early footage of the Who
- The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960), Lester’s Oscar-nominated short
- Monterey Pop Festival scrapbook
- A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Howard Hampton, a 1985 personal history by original mod Irish Jack, and Pete Townshend’s liner notes from the 1973 album
- Anatomy of a Style, a new piece on Lester’s methods
- Two hours of performances not included in Monterey Pop, from the Association, Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Blues Project, the Byrds, Country Joe and the Fish, the Electric Flag, Jefferson Airplane, Al Kooper, the Mamas and the Papas, Laura Nyro, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Simon and Garfunkel, Tiny Tim, and the Who
- New interview with author Mark Lewisohn
- Booklet featuring essays by critics Michael Lydon, Barney Hoskyns, and Armond White
- An essay by critic Howard Hampton
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Release Notes on Restoration
The soundtrack was remixed by Eddie Kramer from the original analog 8-track tapes made at the concerts by Wally Heider, and conformed to picture by Ted Hall at POP Sound, Santa Monica. The soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD.
The soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from the original 35mm magnetic multitracks. Clicks, thumps, hiss, and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD.