Gimme Shelter
David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin
United States
1970
91 minutes
Color
1.33:1
English
99
Synopsis
Called “the greatest rock film ever made,” this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When 300,000 members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hell’s Angels at San Francisco’s Altamont Speedway, direct cinema pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin immortalized on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade’s dreams into disillusionment.
Cast
| Mick Jagger | |
| Keith Richards | |
| Mick Taylor | |
| Charlie Watts | |
| Bill Wyman |
Credits
| Director | David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin |
| Editing | Ellen Giffard, Robert Farren, Joanne Burke and Kent McKinney |
| Associate producer | Porter Bibb |
| Special help | Stanley Goldstein |
| Assistant film editors | Mirra Bank, Susan Steinberg and Janet Lauretano |
| Filmed by | The Maysles Brothers |
| Camera | Peter Adair, Baird Bryant, Joan Churchill, Ron Dorfman, Robert Elfstrom, Elliott Erwitt, Bob Fiori, Adam Giffard, William Kaplan, Kevin Keating, Stephen Lighthill, George Lucas, Jim Moody, Jack Newman, Pekke Niemela, Robert Primes, Eric Saarinen, Peter Smokler, Paul Ryan, Coulter Watt, Gary Weiss and Bill Yarrus |
| Sound | Michael Becker, John Brumbaugh, Howard Chesley, Pepper Crawford, Stanley Cronquist, Paul Deason, Tom Goodwin, Peter Pilafin, Orly Lindgren, Walter Murch, Art Rochester, David Thompson, Nelson Stoll and Alvin Tokunow |
Disc Features
- Breathtaking new high-definition transfer of the uncensored 30th Anniversary version, remastered and restored from the camera original
- Exclusive Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround sound mixes
- Never-before-seen performances of the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1969, 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 then-DJ, Stefan Ponek
- Altamont stills gallery, featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower
- Original and rerelease theatrical trailers, plus trailers for Maysles Films’ classics Grey Gardens and Salesman
- Filmographies for Maysles Films and Charlotte Zwerin
- Restoration demonstration
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual layer edition
- PLUS: “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
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