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Shut Up & Sing [DVD] [2007] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Natalie Maines (Actor), Emily Robison (Actor), Barbara Kopple (Director), Cecilia Peck (Director) | Format: DVD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Clayton Allen, Billy B.
  • Directors: Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
  • Producers: Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck, Claude Davies, Craig Hymson, Daniel Voll
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Weinstein Company
  • DVD Release Date: 20 Feb 2007
  • Run Time: 93 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000KX0IN6
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 45,828 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The american way? 4 Sep 2007
By Dave 'Grrrrrrr'
Format:DVD
First off I have to say that I am a massive Dixie Chicks fan. I have all their albums and I honestly think that they have some of the greatest songs ever written.

This is a documentary about how things went wrong for them after the lead singer spoke her mind on the American President.
The biggest selling female group of all time. Then their music was banned from many stations in the US. Things were looking bad and I guess that things will never be the same for them, but you have to respect them for not backing down.

You get a great insight into how the dixies make music, what they went through when there was a death threat hanging over them............................... Its just a great doc about a band going through hard times and trying to find a way out without going back on what they believe in.

This is not a movie, this is real life. This proves that there is no such thing as free speech.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Free speech and the Land of the Free - Not! 15 Sep 2007
By J. Stark
Format:DVD
I already knew the story of Natalie Maines comment about George W. Bush in the UK in March 2003. If a UK artist on tour in the US or anywhere else for that matter had made a similar comment about Tony Blair - I cannot imagine more than passing discussion in the UK.
I am a Dixie Chicks fan - I love all their albums and particularly 'Taking the Long Way' and I understood the sentiments behind 'Not Ready To Make Nice', what I had failed to understand is the significance of some of the lyrics in the rest of the album.
This film highlights the furore which followed the reporting of the comment, the bigoted, small-minded actions of a few (I would like to think) Americans, but when you witness the sheer scale of the protests, including the trashing and steam-rollering of their CDs, by their 'fans', and the boycotting of country radio, it suddenly becomes more than a documentary, more like a social commentary and harkens back to the book burnings of Nazi Germany. Free speech - not even close, it cost them a great deal.
Ask yourself the question, what would you do if you were the subject of protests, pilloried as a traitor to your country, had your livelihood and your actual lives threatened?
See the film, I only hope if I was ever in this position, I could be as brave and resolute as the Dixie Chicks, who I hope will forgive the non-country reference because they truly rock!
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Not ready to make nice? I don't blame them. Great DVD 23 April 2009
By robin hamilton
Format:DVD
I came across this documentary on an overnight flight, watching it on with little expectation of making it through the first few minutes. Wow. I was hooked from the outset; this film follows the Dixie Chicks through a couple of very turbulent years, saying more about redneck America and the music industry than anything I have seen before or since. Let me state that I would not classify myself as a Dixie Chicks fan pre watching this documentary. Since seeing it on the plane not only have I bought the DVD and shared it with my friends and family but I bought the CD too in support of the ladies.
`Not ready to make nice'? I don't blame them.
Highly recommended
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Land of the free? 23 Mar 2008
By B. Cooper
Format:DVD
I initially wanted to see this documentary because I'm a fan of the band and couldnt quite believe what happened to them after the lead singer made an off-hand comment in 2003 criticising George W. Bush.

After watching it what worried me more than what happened to the band was the sheer numbers of people willing to denounce them and their music in the name of blind, unquestioning patriotism.

In the so called land of the free it appears you still cant criticise the president without the right wing wackos threatening your life.

The mentality of those involved in attacking the band is portrayed vividly here, from mothers teaching their young children anti-Chicks chants using swear words to death threats to the genius who actually wrote "shut up and sing."

That said I think the band members dont get off scot-free here; there are moments when they are stubborn and naive and court controversy.

As for the film making; the mixed up chronology used to build to a climax is ultimately effective but quite distracting and there are moments where it gets off topic but all in all it is a good document of events.

Rather than being a straight up music documentary this is more an addition to the debate on free-speech and patriotism in a time of a war that has been questioned like none other in history. The band come out in a mostly positive light and appear to be carving their own path through a mine-field of controversy that they claim not to have wanted but certainly do nothing to avoid.

Even if you dont like country music this is still a worth-while watch, worth it alone for the final words from the band, a sentiment I'm sure many will share.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Have some great music with your fascinating documentary 17 Oct 2008
By K Soze
Format:DVD
The first time I heard of the Dixie Chicks was during the furore surrounding their comments at Shepherds Bush, the only track of theirs I'd heard was "Shut Up and Sing" and that song was what prompted me to watch this documentary. Not since George Michael followed his stint in the Gents with "Come Outside" had an artist responded to media condemnation in such a way and the lyrics made me want to find out more about the situation surrounding their inception.

The documentary is utterly absorbing. It holds a mirror up to the USA at the beginning of the twenty first century, showing it both at its humorous, resilient, courageous best and its threatening, obsessive worst. Contradictions and juxtapositions abound: (how can a country that claims to be fighting for freedom in other countries not allow its own citizens basic freedom of speech? The cowardice of an anonymous death threat followed by the sheer courage of the girls walking out on stage after its arrival) but the film never dictates opinion to its audience.

Of course it helps that the music turned out to be great too, and yes I will be buying an album.
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4.0 out of 5 stars the dixie chick story
this dvd details the downfall of the dixie chicks from the cma nominations and wins to their eventual demise, and shows how a misplaced word at the wrong time can be disasterous. Read more
Published 2 months ago by greying fox
4.0 out of 5 stars Dixie Chicks documentary highly recommended
A very interesting and parts shocking documentary about the campaign against the then hottest Country group of the nation after a comment of leadsinger Natalie Maines in a concert... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Siegfried
5.0 out of 5 stars great!
im a huge dixie chicks fan, and i really enjoyed this film! i would recommend it to anyone that likes the dixie chicks!:-)
Published 23 months ago by emma
5.0 out of 5 stars Carole
Interesting view of comments and how they spread. Seems rediculous that it happened at all. The media have a lot to answer for, good girl band should never have happened.
Published 23 months ago by skooter
4.0 out of 5 stars The Dixie Whos?
I must confess to having never heard of the Dixie Chicks before watching this documentary and also to being unaware of the controversy that is the subject of the film. Read more
Published on 7 May 2011 by Dyspeptic Spirit
5.0 out of 5 stars A must see!
I rate this musical documentary very highly, not only because I'm a huge Dixie Chick fan, but because of how genuinely good and interesting it might be to someone who had never... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2010 by J. W. Simpson
5.0 out of 5 stars You gotta love the chicks
Being a huge fan of the Chicks this film is a must, but even if your not it carries as a riveting documentry. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2009 by Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars The truth revealed!
Ideal for those who like Dixie Chicks music and want to understand why they were banned by Americans. Unbelievable!! Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2009 by V. Vacque
5.0 out of 5 stars Fine documentary
Country radio dropped the band from their playlists primarily because their listeners demanded that they ban the Chicks. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2008 by Suds
4.0 out of 5 stars Shut up and sing review
As a British fan of the Dixie Chicks I was fascinated by the uproar in the USA surrounding the off-the- cuff comment made, in jest, by Natalie Maines. Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2007 by Katherine Murphy
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