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The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter

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The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
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R,1hr 35min
Genre:
Musical
Release:
1970
Directors:
Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Mitchell Zwerin
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Sonny Barger, Melvin Belli, Jefferson Airplane  ...more
Synopsis: This musical documentary concerns the Rolling Stones and their tragic free concert at Altamont Speedway near San Francisco in early December 1969. The event was all but destroyed by violence that marked the end of the peace and love euphoria of the 1960s. The night began smoothly, with the supercharged Flying Burrito Brothers opening up for the Rolling Stones and performing the truck-driving classic "Six Days on the Road" and Tina Turner giving a sensually charged performance. But on this particular ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Betzold, AMG Review
A dark counterpoint to the lovefest of the film Woodstock, this documentary about the Rolling Stones' 1969 American concert tour centers on the hallucinatory nightmare of the Altamont Music Festival. The free rock concert attracted 300,000 fans. The Stones hired members of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang to conduct security, but the gang ended up implicated in a fan riot which left one person dead. ... Full Review
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