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The Pretenders - Greatest Hits [DVD] [2000]

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The Pretenders - Greatest Hits [DVD] [2000]

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Actors: Chrissie Hynde, Rosanna Arquette, Bono, Ali Campbell, Elvis Costello
Directors: Don Letts, Daniel Kleinman, David Mallet, Derek Burbidge, Jonathan Demme
Format: Full Screen, PAL
Language English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Warner Music Vision
DVD Release Date: 22 Jan 2001
Run Time: 120 minutes

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00004YABO
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 64,499 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The Pretenders Greatest Hits is a selection of 20 songs and their variously successful videos. Chrissie Hynde arrived in the UK in 1973, and after a period as the "Loud Yank" NME journalist, she realised her dream of putting a band together. "Stop Your Sobbing" was a terrific first single for The Pretenders, debuting a voice that defied comparison or description. Naturally it's included here. Chrissie hated the early videos for her songs, especially "Brass in Pocket", which was one of the very first shown on MTV. She relays this sort of information to camera in the terrific documentary, "No Turn Left Unstoned", featured on this DVD. Comments come in from Rosanna Arquette, ex-managers, Elvis Costello, Bono, and her oldest friend. The overall opinion of the singer-writer that comes across in these interviews is one of an irreverent genius, not afraid to speak her mind (as in her passionate standing for animal rights through the organisation PETA ("People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals"). The band's turbulent history is chronicled through drug-related deaths, firing and re-hiring, motherhood, and the controversial use of the F word on stage, back when such things were shocking. There have been Pretenders greatest hits collections before, but this is expanded with "Human" and "Popstar" from the 1999 Viva El Amor album. --Paul Tonks

Special Features

4:3
DVD 9
English
Region 2
Linear PCM Stereo English\Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Linear PCM Stereo
Dolby Digital 2.0
English\French\German\Italian\Spanish

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5.0 out of 5 stars A classic DVD for any music fan, 23 Mar 2001

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The Pretenders have been around for a very long time or so it seems. I would not have said I was a Pretenders fan before I watched this DVD but I was surprised at how many of the songs I actually knew word for word. It features 20 songs from the classics such as Brass in Pocket, I've Got You Babe and Hymn to her as well as a couple of newer songs, most notably Popstar. This is a hilarious dig at all the newer so called popstars and just highlights how versatile The Pretenders are by being able to survive the change in mainstream music. The compilation is varied, the sound fantastic and the documentary gives you a fascinating insight into the band, a lot of which I did not know. I think now I can truly say that I am a fan of The Pretenders.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Should have looked deeper!, 15 Jun 2007

By	Alan Burridge (Poole,, Dorset. United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

The Biography Channel had this Pretenders / Chrissie Hynde documentary on about 3 times, someone told me about it once, I missed it the second time and watched it the third. It was great. The story of how Chrissie 'came up' amongst her peers in The Damned, Lemmy from Motorhead, The Clash etcetera and how she became driven to forming her own band by seeing their success. Excellent. But I couldn't find it anywhere on DVD - odd! Then, through a long story I won't bore you with, I found the doc to be a part of this 'Greatest Hits' DVD - bloody marvellous! So if you missed it too, look no further; if I HAD looked further I would have found it much sooner.

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