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Gimme Shelter [DVD]

The Rolling Stones    Suitable for 15 years and over   DVD
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Actors: The Rolling Stones
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Sep 2009
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0018O51DS
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 14,074 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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To cite Gimme Shelter as the greatest rock documentary ever filmed is to damn it with faint praise. This 1970 release benefits from a horrifying serendipity in the timing of the shoot, which brought filmmakers Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin aboard as the Rolling Stones' tumultuous 1969 American tour neared its end. By following the band to the Altamont Speedway near San Francisco for a fatally mismanaged free concert, the Maysles and Zwerin wound up shooting what's been accurately dubbed rock's equivalent to the Zapruder film. The cameras caught the ominous undercurrents of violence palpable even before the first chords were strummed, and were still rolling when a concertgoer was stabbed to death by the Hell's Angels that served as the festival's pool cue-wielding security force.

By the time Gimme Shelter reached theater screens, Altamont was a fixed symbol for the death of the 1960s' spirit of optimism. The Maysles and Zwerin used that knowledge to shape their film: their chronicle begins in the editing room as they cut footage of the Stones' Madison Square Garden performance of "Jumpin' Jack Flash," and from there moves toward Altamont with a kind of dreadful grace. The songs become prophecies and laments for broken faith ("Wild Horses"), misplaced devotion ("Love in Vain"), and social collapse ("Street Fighting Man" and, of course, "Sympathy for the Devil"). Along the way, we glimpse the folly of the machinations behind the festival, the insularity of life on the concert trail, and the superstars' own shell-shocked loss of innocence.

Gimme Shelter looks into an abyss, partly self-created, from which the Rolling Stones would retreat--but unlike its subject, the filmmakers don't blink. --Sam Sutherland

Product Description

Gimme Shelter is the landmark documentary about the tragicallyill-fated Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969. Only four months earlier, Woodstock defined the Love Generation; now it lay in ruins on a desolate racetrack six miles outside of San Francisco.

Before an estimated crowd of 300,000 people, the Stones headlined a free concert featuring Tina Turner, The Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers and others. Concerned about security, members of outlaw biker gang The Hell's Angels were asked to help maintain order. Instead, an atmosphere of fear and dread arose, leading ultimately to the stabbing death of a fan. What began as a flower-power love-in had degenerated into a near riot; frightened, confused faces wondering how the Love Generation could, in one swift, cold-blooded slash, became a generation of disillusionment and disappointment.

Gimme Shelter has received a full restoration of visuals and audio, and ispackaged alongside an exclusive 36 page booklet containing snapshots and essays detailing the events at Altamont and the end of the Rolling Stones US tour in 1969.



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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Birth of The Stones as a Stadium Band 28 Jun 2009
Format:DVD
This is a shockingly fantastic film. It was meant to start out as a filmed document of the Stones live comeback of '69 and instead, mostly, turned into a document of the Altamont Free Concert disaster. Indeed a young man was stabbed, Hunter Meredith was only 18.

I do object to Amazons review of this DVD stating, "the on-screen stabbing of a young African-American man (during 'Sympathy for the Devil,' no less)" In fact the song permormed at the time was 'Under My Thumb.' This sort of proves that Amazons reviewers don't actually watch the DVD's before reviewing them.

Still a fantastic film no less. The look on Jaggers face at the end, when he asks the film editor to rewind the section of film where Meredith Hunter is stabbed, shows total shock and empathy. And a short great scene I like where the camera pans across the studio to find Keith lying on his back behind the amps (for some reason) is quite amusing.

This film captures the Stones at the start of their live performances as we know them today. After a two and a half year absence from the stage they returned to a different musical world to the one they'd left. No longer did concerts last 30 minutes (although in the '69 tour they only played around 80 minutes a show, unlike other bands at the time clocking 2 hour concerts). The stage presences, the glam, Jaggers strutt all starts here.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Horrible...But Compelling. 16 Nov 2009
Format:DVD
After years of reading about this infamous concert in various Stones bio's/ magazine articles etc. to finally get the chance to see it was an exciting moment. What can I say!? It's every bit as unsettling and brutal as I'd been led to believe. The idea of the film was to show the Stones on their tour of America at the end of 1969, culminating in a free concert, Woodstock-style, at a suitable venue, which eventually became the Altamont Speedway when no suitable venue would give them permission. What started as a triumphant tour as witnessed in the early footage at Madison Square Garden quickly degenerated into chaos. The film is of course, notorious for showing an audience member (18 year old Meredith Hunter) being stabbed to death near the stage while the Stones are performing. The film-makers didn't know at the time that they'd caught a murder on camera. To them it was just another of several unsavoury scuffles that had been raging throughout the day. Watching Jaggers face as he's shown the fatal blows in an editing room is chilling. Several other scenes leave an indelible impression. The hideous faces of tripping, scruffy looking, hippies (God, these people are ugly!), the explosive bursts of violence from the Hell's Angels, the argument between Jack Cassady of the Jefferson Airplane and an Angel when the bands singer Marty Balin has been beaten up for questioning the Angels heavy-handedness. In fact, you can almost feel the nasty vibe coming through into the room as you're watching. I'm not someone who is easily shocked but I was left in a daze when the film had finished. To see an actual murder on film, rather than seeing one in a work of fiction, is a totally different experience and I couldn't get the scene out of my head for nearly 24 hours. Altamont signalled the end of the 60's dream in the most brutal way possible and Gimme Shelter captures this superbly. So, not an easy watch then but utterly essential viewing.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The end of Flower Power! 13 Jun 2000
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
If you're a fan of the Sixties or the Rolling Stones, you simply have to have this video. This is the Stones at their best before it all went tragically wrong at Altamont when 18 year old Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death in front of the stage by Hell's Angels. For many, this free concert by the Stones at Altamont at the end of 1969 spelt the end of the Sixties and the flower power era. For that reason alone, this is compulsive viewing for devotees of the genre.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not A Pleasant Viewing, But As An Historic Document, Essential
A film of The Stones 1969 US tour which lead up to the disaster of Altamont (where many claim the sixties died). Read more
Published 20 days ago by Mr. Clifton Jones
2.0 out of 5 stars The video brings back memories, not able to play Crossfire Hurricane...
The DVD worked on both my tv dvd player and laptop player. The DVD shows some great video of when I was a young man and now my son is that young man in early 20's. Read more
Published 1 month ago by John
3.0 out of 5 stars NOT ENOUGH OF THE MAGNIFICENT STONES
There are two stories struggling to get out of this film. The Stones 1969 U.S.A. Tour, which is what most interested me, and the madness and violence that accompanied it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Stephen Goldsmith
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! (contains spoilers)
Any one with even a passing interest in 60s culture should own this movie. I'm not a Stones fan as such, but I do have a love of the music of that decade, and it was simply a... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Changed Daily
5.0 out of 5 stars The death of the "Hippie Dream".
Some people don't seem to understand why this Film was made, and so I write this appraisal for them. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mild Dill Hotpot
5.0 out of 5 stars classic concert that told of the end of a era.
This master is even clearer than the dvd version. Criterion really cleaned this up for both formats but this one is better. The blu ray is like most criterion efforts outstanding. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Michael Dobey
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Published 11 months ago by Geoff McDonald
5.0 out of 5 stars Looking back at the notorous Altamont Rollings Stones gig
Great movie with cutting edge footing of the infamous gig. Amazing witnesses, crowds and music and Mick and Keith look the coolest pair in rock history even in the face of total... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Corinne
4.0 out of 5 stars No shelter
A lot has been written about this event but for me somehow inconclusive, so I bought this DVD. It's a documentary, so the music is not the main focus. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Iain
5.0 out of 5 stars Gimme Shelter
If your a Stones fan then this is a must to your collection. Brilliant DVD, you can feel the strange atmosphere, enjoyed every minute of it.
Published 22 months ago by Liz Spiteri
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