The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter [Criterion Collection]

Director: David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Mitchell Zwerin

Overview

"The Rolling Stones concert at Altamont will forever be remembered as one of the most frightening moments in rock & roll history. Gimme Shelter documented that night with chilling cinéma vérité accuracy. Criterion has delivered the film to DVD in a

Product Details

Release Date:	11/14/2000
UPC:	0037429154526
Original Release:	1970
Rating:	PG
Source:	CRITERION
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[stereo, Dolby Digital]
Language:	English
Time:	1:31:00
Sales rank:	1,812

Special Features

High-definition transfer of the uncensored 30th anniversary version, remastered and restored from the original; Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 Surround Sound mixes; Never-before-seen Rolling Stones 1969 performance at Madison Square Garden, including "Little Queenie," "Oh Carol," and "Prodigal Son," plus backstage outtakes; Audio commentary by directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, and collaborator Stanley Goldstein; Excerpts from KSAN radio's Altamont wrap-up, recorded December 7, 1969, with new introductions by DJ Stefan Ponek; Alamont stills gallery, featuring the work of photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower; "The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and Gimme Shelter": A 44-page booklet with essays by Jagger's former assistant Georgia Bergman, music writers Michael Lydon and Stanley Booth, ex-Oakland Hell's Angels chapter head Sonny Barger, and film critics Amy Taubin and Godfrey Cheshire; Original and re-release theatrical trailers, plus trailers for Maysles Films' classics Grey Gardens and Salesman; Filmographies for Maysles Films and Charlotte Zwerin; Restoration demonstration

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mick Jagger	Performer
Ike Turner	Performer,Performer
Jefferson Airplane	Actor
The Rolling Stones	Actor

Technical Credits

Porter Bibb	Producer
Ronald Schneider	Executive Producer
Nelson Stoll	Sound/Sound Designer
Paul Deason	Sound/Sound Designer
Arthur Rochester	Sound/Sound Designer
John Brumbaugh	Sound/Sound Designer
Howard Chesley	Sound/Sound Designer
Michael Becker	Sound/Sound Designer
Walter Murch	Sound/Sound Designer
David Thompson	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1
0. Chapters
1. Opening credits [1:09]
2. "Welcome to the breakfast show" [4:20]
3. "Well done, Sonny" [4:33]
4. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" [5:39]
5. "Creating a microcosmic society" [3:32]
6. "You Gotta Move" [1:31]
7. "Wild Horses" [2:49]
8. "Brown Sugar" [1:55]
9. "Love in Vain" [4:29]
10. "It's like the lemmings of the sea" [3:35]
11. "I've Been Loving You Too Long" [3:27]
12. "Honky Tonk Woman" [4:13]
13. The show goes on [2:07]
14. "Street Fighting Man" [:02]
15. "They hit Mick" [3:41]
16. "Let it happen" [1:25]
17. The bummers begin [3:00]
18. "The greatest party of 1969" [4:54]
19. "The Other Side of This Life" [4:36]
20. "It doesn't seem right" [6:02]
21. "Sympathy for the Devil" [1:34]
22. "Everybody's got to cool out" [1:36]
23. "Why are we fighting?" [7:00]
24. "Under My Thumb" [2:26]
25. "He's gotta gun" [3:28]
26. "Gimme Shelter" [4:53]
27. End Credits [2:02]
0. Index
1. "more Than A Concert Film" [1:09]
2. The Stones Want A Film [4:20]
3. Capturing Their Reactions [4:33]
4. "special Qualities" [5:39]
5. Getting Releases [3:32]
6. Sartorial Influences [1:31]
7. "al Just Takes It!" [2:49]
8. "could It Be Good Enough?" [1:55]
9. "a Device To Get You Closer" [4:29]
10. "a Lawyer Is Needed" [3:35]
11. "remarkable Lady!" [3:27]
12. Synching Film In 1969 [4:13]
13. "the King Of The Torts" [2:07]
14. Al's Camera [:02]
15. "the Visual Turning Point" [3:41]
16. Technical Difficulties [1:25]
17. Editing Concerns [3:00]
18. "something To Live Through" [4:54]
19. Unofficial Honor Guard [4:36]
20. The Dead Elect Not To Go On [6:02]
21. "life Actors" [1:34]
22. The Critics Respond [1:36]
23. Distribution Problems [7:00]
24. "the Angel Way" [2:26]
25. "part Of The Film...inevitably" [3:28]
26. Mick's Biggest Criticism [4:53]
27. "the True Story The Woodstock Wasn't" [2:02]
0. Index
0. Local Color
0. "the Hell With You, Brother"
0. Kitty Genovese Stories
0. The Allure Of Celebrity
0. John Burkes, Rolling Stone Magazine
0. "what About The Media?"
0. Pete, San Francisco Hell's Angels
0. Sam Cutler, Road Manager
0. Sonny Barger, Oakland Hell's Angels
0. Photographer Jim Marshall
0. Emmett Grogan
0. Wrap-up
0. Bonus: The Rainbow Room

Menu

Side #1
Play The Movie
Commentary
Play
Menu Group #1 with 27 chapter(s) covering 01:31:37
Audio Options
1969 Ksan Radio Broadcast
Play All
Local Color
"the Hell With You, Brother"
Kitty Genovese Stories
The Allure Of Celebrity
John Burkes, Rolling Stone Magazine
"what About The Media?"
Pete, San Francisco Hell's Angels
Sam Cutler, Road Manager
Sonny Barger, Oakland Hell's Angels
Photographer Jim Marshall
Emmett Grogan
Wrap-up
Bonus: The Rainbow Room
Outtakes
Play All
Mixing "little Queenie"
"little Queenie"
"oh Carol"
"prodigal Son"
Backstage With Mike, Ike, And Tina
Images From Altamont
Bill Owens Photos
Beth Sunflower Photos
Maysles Films Trailers
Gimme Shelter Theatrical Trailer 1
Gimme Shelter Theatrical Trailer 2
Gimme Shelter Re-release Trailer
Salesman Trailer
Grey Gardens Trailer
Filmographies
Maysles Films: A Selected Filmography
Charlotte Zwerin Filmography
Restoration Demonstration
Filmographies.
Restoration Demonstration.

Editorial Reviews

The rock movie's very own Zapruder film, Gimme Shelter stands today as a landmark portrait of a band and a generation that changed the stakes between the two camps forever. What starts as an electrifying document of the Rolling Stones' performances on their fiery 1969 American tour switches to an inquiry into the satanic Altamont concert where Hell's Angels -- hired by the group itself -- effectively stomped out the last shreds of '60s Utopia. Obviously, the Stones had no idea what was to happen at Altamont when they hired directors David Maysles, Albert Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin. They simply didn't like how they looked a year earlier when Jean-Luc Godard showed them creating, and seemingly never finishing, "Sympathy for the Devil," in his lethargic, hypnotic same-titled film. The Maysleses and Zwerin fulfill their obligation to catch the fervor and brilliance of live Stones shows -- particularly in songs like "Honky Tonk Women" and "Street Fighting Man." They also, in the process, happen to catch a fan being stabbed in a crowd, footage that they then run past singer Mick Jagger. This snippet makes Gimme Shelter cut deeper than any rock documentary: Jagger's bitter expression as he shakes his head at his own arrogance and naivete is a remarkable moment. Bouncing between the band's debauched tour lifestyle (including a shaggy, funny session mixing "Wild Horses") and the fateful, ultraviolent California show, Gimme Shelter lets it all hang out. This 30th Anniversary DVD edition boasts a new, loud DTS version of the soundtrack, deleted scenes and radio excerpts from the live KSAN broadcast of the four-hour show, as well as a booklet of essays on both the tour and the cultural climate of the 1960s. This is a documentary and a document that is truly worthy of such elaborate treatment.